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Apinayé

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Northern Jê *ŋgô (water) < Proto-Cerrado *ŋgôj’ (water) < (?) Proto-Jê *ŋgə̂₁j’ ~ *ŋgə̂₂j (water).

Noun

  1. water
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Northern Jê *ŋgô (louse) < Proto-Cerrado *ŋgô (louse) < Proto-Jê *ŋgə̂₁ᵗ (louse).

Noun

  1. louse

Vietnamese

Etymology

Clipping of French Guigoz, an originally Swiss brand which sells baby formula milk in big tin cans.

Pronunciation

Noun

  1. billycan
    Synonyms: ghi gô, hăng gô, cà mèn
    • 1978, Chu Lai, chapter 5, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:
      Giữa ván đã để sẵn cơm gạo mới thơm ngào ngạt và mấy lát đậu đũa, đậu xương rồng chiên dầu đậu nành rải lên trên.
      In the middle of the plank a billycan of strongly fragrant rice sprinkled with some slices of Chinese long beans and Manila beans fried in soybean oil stood ready.