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:

     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	gojeje	gojëve	gojës	gojëve
ablative		gojësh