goro

See also: goró, góro, and Gorō

Fula

Alternative forms

  • gooro

Etymology

Cognate with Hausa gōr̃ò, Bambara wòro, Wolof guru.

Noun

goro

  1. cola

See also

  • goroore
  • gorohi

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gʷorīti (warm up, heat) (compare Welsh gori ('brood; sit, of hen'), Middle Irish guirid (to warm)),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (warm,hot).

Cognate with Spanish huero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɾo̝/

Noun

goro m (plural goros)

  1. unfertilized (egg) that has been brooded by the hen

Derived terms

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 146

Further reading


Hausa

Etymology

From Kanuri góro; the ultimate origin is likely from Songhay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡóː.rò/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɡʷóː.rò]

Noun

gōr̃ò m (plural gwâr̃r̃ā, possessed form gōr̃òn)

  1. kola nuts
  2. (figuratively) A small gift or reward.

Japanese

Romanization

goro

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ごろ

Maranao

Noun

goro

  1. teacher
  2. instructor
  3. professor

References


Portuguese

Verb

goro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gorar

Ulch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɔrɔ]

Adjective

goro

  1. far

References

  • Rachel Walker, Round Licencing, Harmony, and Bisyllabic Triggers in Altaic, 2001.

Welsh Romani

Noun

goro m

  1. gadjo who has intermarried with a Romani and adopted their lifestyle, sometimes applied to half-breeds
    Synonym: (female) gori

Derived terms

  • goresko
  • måxado goro
  • phivlo goro
  • xindo goro
  • xujimen goro

References

  • goro” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Wolof

Noun

goro

  1. in-law
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