ghioagă
Romanian
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Latin clāva, which would have resulted in a hypothetical *ghie or *chie, to which the unexplained suffix -oagă was later added. Other possibilities include a Vulgar Latin root *clāvica.
Noun
ghioagă f (plural ghioage)
- club, cudgel, bludgeon, cosh
Synonyms
- măciucă
See also
- bâtă
- băț
- ciomag
- toiag