goya

See also: Goya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Okinawan ごーやー (gooyaa).

Noun

goya

1. (Japan) bitter melon (edible fruit, especially as it is eaten by Okinawans)

Anagrams

• Gayo, Yoga, gayo, yoga

Lower Tanana

Alternative forms

• go

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *ɢaˑy. Compare Ahtna ggaay (“small”), -ggaay (“offspring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔjæ/, /qɔjæ/

Noun

goya (third-person singular begoya)

1. young, baby, or yearling animal

Adjective

goya

1. small, little, baby

   bedzeyh goya ― baby caribou

   chila go ― baby boy

   tsuya goya ― baby birds

Derived terms

• begoya ch'il'ani (“female caribou”)
• begoya xulani (“female black bear with cubs”)
• benenh ch'edegoyi (“June”)
• ch'egoya ts'iga (“drizzle, light snow”)
• gath goya (“jack king salmon”)
• nuduyi goya (“domestic cat”)
• ɬigoya (“puppy”)

Related terms

• goyh

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 184

Spanish

Noun

goya m (plural goyas)

1. Goya Award

Further reading

• “goyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025