goos

See also: Goos and Göös

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːz/

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• Rhymes: -uːz

Noun

goos

1. plural of goo

Verb

goos

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of goo

Central Dusun

Noun

goos

1. effort

Cornish

Alternative forms

• goes

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *gwoɨd, from Proto-Celtic *waitos, probably ultimately from the root of gwythi (“veins”), see that entry for cognates.^[1] Cognate with Breton gwad, Welsh gwaed.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈɡoːz]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈɡuːz]

Noun

goos m (plural gosow)

1. blood
2. bloodline

Mutation

Mutation of goos

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
goos	woos	unchanged	koos	hwoos	woos

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

goos

1. Soft mutation of koos (“wood, forest”).

References

1. Buck, C. D. (2008). A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages. United States: University of Chicago Press, p. 206

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gusi (“gums”), from Proto-Austronesian *gusi (“gums”). Cognate of Malay gusi and Maguindanao gus.

Noun

goos

1. the gums

Middle English

Alternative forms

• goce, gos, gose, gosse

Etymology

From Old English gōs, from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans; compare gandre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːs/

Noun

goos (plural gees)

1. goose (especially a female one)
2. The meat or corpse of a goose; a dead goose.
3. A fool or idiot.

Related terms

• goshauk
• goslyng
• gossomer

Descendants

• English: goose
• Scots: guse

Somali

Noun

goos ?

1. The act of biting