ghou

Etymology

From Proto-Hlai *ru: (“eight”), from Pre-Hlai *ru: (Norquest, 2015).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA^(key): /ɡou˥˧/

Numeral

ghou

1. eight

Etymology

A fossilised form borrowed from Irish dubh (“black”). Compare also glies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuː/

Adjective

ghou

1. black

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 38