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Guugu Yimidhirr
Noun
goyo
- Alternative spelling of guyu
Hausa
Pronunciation
Noun
gōyō m (plural gōyàyyakī, possessed form gōyon)
- something or someone carried on the back
- infant
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin gaudium.
Pronunciation
Noun
goyo m (plural goyos)
- (Galicia) joy, delight
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- Eſta e a primeira cantiga de loor de ſanta maria ementando os .VII. goyos que ouue de ſeu fillo.
- This is the first song of praise of Holy Mary, enumerating the 7 joys She had from Her Son.
Descendants
Tagalog
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
goyò (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜌᜓ)
- (slang) deception; trickery
- Synonyms: linlang, loko
- (slang) joking (with someone)
- (slang) something done to make a fool of someone
Derived terms
Further reading
- “goyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN