gow

See also: Gow

English

Etymology

From Chinese 膏 (gāo, “ointment”), probably as a shortening of 藥膏／药膏 (yàogāo).

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡaʊ/

Noun

gow (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, dated) opium

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English girl.

Pronunciation
  • (FR) IPA(key): /ɡo/

Noun

gow f (plural gows)

  1. (slang) a girl, chick

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish gaibid (“lays hold of, grasps”).

Verb

gow (verbal noun goaill)

  1. (transitive)
    1. take, get
      1. catch, capture, apprehend, arrest, affect, engage
      2. (medicine) contract (as disease)
  2. (intransitive)
    1. imperative of immee

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
gowghowngow
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle English

Pronoun

gow

  1. Alternative form of yow

References
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