gullet

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, from Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (throat).

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Noun

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gullet (plural gullets)

  1. The throat or esophagus.
    • 2020 May 26, Charles Bramesco, “Corona-sploitation: is it too soon for Hollywood to make Covid-19 movies?”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      Turning a national tragedy into something a person can pay $12 to watch while shoveling popcorn down their gullet struck detractors as perverse, though critics spilled a goodly amount of e-ink debating the actual merits of the work itself.
  2. (cytology) The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
  3. The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
  4. A channel for water.
  5. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
  6. The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal.

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Northern Sami

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkuːlːleh(t)/

Verb

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gūlˈlet

  1. to (catch) fish
Inflection
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Contracted e-stem, no gradation
infinitive gūlˈlet
1st sing. present gūlˈlen
1st sing. past gūlˈlejin
infinitive gūlˈlet action noun gūlˈlen
present participle gūlˈlejeaddji action inessive gūlˈlemin
gūlˈleme
past participle gūlˈlen action elative gūlˈlemis
agent participle action comitative gūlˈlemiin
abessive gūlˈlekeahttá
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular gūlˈlen gūlˈlejin gūlˈlejēhkon
2nd singular gūlˈlet gūlˈlejit gūlˈle
3rd singular gūlˈle gūlˈlii gūlˈlejēhkos
1st dual gūlˈlejetne gūlˈliime gūlˈlejeadnu
gūlˈlejeahkku
2nd dual gūlˈlebeahtti gūlˈliide gūlˈlejeahkki
3rd dual gūlˈleba gūlˈliiga gūlˈlejēhkoska
1st plural gūlˈlet gūlˈliimet gūlˈlejētnot
gūlˈlejēhkot
gūlˈlejeahkkot
gūlˈlejeadnot
2nd plural gūlˈlebēhtet gūlˈliidet gūlˈlejēhket
3rd plural gūlˈlejit gūlˈlejedje gūlˈlejēhkoset
connegative gūlˈle gūlˈlen gūlˈle
conditional 1 conditional 2 potential
1st singular gūlˈlešin
gūlˈlešedjen
gūlˈlelin
gūlˈleledjen
gūlˈležan
2nd singular gūlˈlešit
gūlˈlešedjet
gūlˈlelit
gūlˈleledjet
gūlˈležat
3rd singular gūlˈlešii gūlˈlelii gūlˈleža
gūlˈleš
1st dual gūlˈlešeimme gūlˈleleimme gūlˈležetne
2nd dual gūlˈlešeidde gūlˈleleidde gūlˈležeahppi
3rd dual gūlˈlešeigga gūlˈleleigga gūlˈležeaba
1st plural gūlˈlešeimmet gūlˈleleimmet gūlˈležit
gūlˈležat
2nd plural gūlˈlešeiddet gūlˈleleiddet gūlˈležēhpet
3rd plural gūlˈleše
gūlˈlešedje
gūlˈlele
gūlˈleledje
gūlˈležit
connegative gūlˈleše gūlˈlele gūlˈleš
Further reading
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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkulleh(t)/

Verb

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gullet

  1. inflection of gullat:
    1. third-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person singular past indicative
    3. second-person plural imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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gullet n

  1. definite singular of gull

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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gullet n

  1. definite singular of gull

Swedish

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Noun

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gullet

  1. definite singular of gull