giw

See also: Giw

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Gelao, White with w and i interchanged.

Symbol

giw

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for White Gelao.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of White Gelao terms

Middle English

Noun

giw

1. alternative form of Jew

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġiow, ġeow, eow

Etymology

From Latin grȳps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jiw/

Noun

ġiw m

1. griffin

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġiw	ġiwas
accusative	ġiw	ġiwas
genitive	ġiwes	ġiwa
dative	ġiwe	ġiwum

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ġiw”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪu̯/
• Rhymes: -ɪu̯

Noun

giw

1. soft mutation of ciw (“queue”)