gojë

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See also: goje and ĝoje

Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

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