ghis
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒis/
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Preposition
ghis
- H-system spelling of ĝis
Italian
Alternative forms
- ghisso
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch giek.
Noun
ghis m
- a main boom, a diagonal beam on which a sail is attached, gaff
- Synonym: picco
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: گز (giz)
- Turkish: giz
Further reading
- Kahane, Henry R.; Kahane, Renée; Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, page 250 Nr. 329