gojë

See also: goje and ĝoje

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • golë
  • gjojë, gjëjë — middle Gheg
  • goglie — old Tosk

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Albanian *gougula (“mouth”), from *gau (“speak, emit a sound”) + *gula (“throat”), from *gʷl-, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡojə/

Noun

gojë f (plural gojë, definite goja)

  1. mouth
    • 1483, Tommaso de Mezzo, Epirota (overall work in Latin), Venice, act 11, verse 803[1]:
      Dramburi te clofto goglie!
      [Trëmburë të qoftë, o gojë!]
      May your mouth tremble!

Declension
Declension of gojë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative gojë gojë goja gojët
accusative gojën
dative goje gojëve gojës gojëvet
ablative gojësh

References
  1. Bardhyl Demiraj (2012) “La maledizione dell'epirota (1483)”, in Res Albanicae (in Italian), number 1, →ISSN, pages 133–143
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