goj

Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy), from Hebrew גוי (“nation”).

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goj m (plural gojim or gojims, diminutive gojtje n)

1. (Judaism) a goy, gentile in the Jewish sense of ethnic non-Jew

• (non-Jew): niet-Jood m

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• IPA^(key): /ˈᵑɡo.jo/

goj

1. water
2. river

• Ursula Gojtéj Wiesemann, Dicionário Kaingang

Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), from Hebrew גּוֹי (gōy, “gentile, nation”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔj/

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• Rhymes: -ɔj
• Syllabification: goj

goj m pers (female equivalent gojka)

1. goy, Gentile

   Synonyms: (rare) goim, nie-Żyd

• goj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• goj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ko˥/
• Tone numbers: go³
• Hyphenation: goj

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goj (Sawndip forms 訶[1] or 可[1] or 古[1] or 詁[1] or 𬤐[1] or 咕[1], 1957–1982 spelling goз)

1. story; tale

   Synonyms: (dialectal) gojgaeq, (dialectal) cuhgeq

From Proto-Tai *koːꟲ (“also”).^[2]

Cognate with Thai ก็ (gɔ̂), Northern Thai ᨣᩴ᩵, Lao ກໍ (kǭ) or ກໍ່ (kǭ), Tai Dam ꪁꪷ꫁, Shan ၵေႃႈ (kāu) or ၵေႃး (káu), Ahom 𑜀𑜦𑜡 (kō) or 𑜀𑜦𑜨𑜡 (keoā).

Compare Old Khmer ក (ka), *កោ (*ko), *ករ៑ (*kar, “a conjunction marking a consequential clause; to happen, to occur; to begin, to start; etc”), Modern Khmer ក៏ (kɑɑ), Mon ကဵု.

goj (Sawndip forms 可[1] or 古[1] or 故[1], 1957–1982 spelling goз)

1. also; as well

   Synonyms: caemh, hix, (dialectal) yax, (dialectal) hah, (dialectal) hih, (dialectal) lawq