goá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "goa"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

góa

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese gŏá, from Proto-Vietic *-kwaːʔ, from Old Chinese 寡 (OC *[C.k]ʷˤraʔ) (B-S) (SV: quả).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣwaː˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣwaː˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɣwaː˦˥]

Adjective

goá • (化, 寡)

widowed
goá vợ ― be a widower

goá chồng ― be a widow

Derived terms

Derived terms

goá phụ

See also

quả phụ

Anagrams

gáo

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