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giéra

//ˈɡje.ra//
Polishnoun

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giéra is an alternative form of gira.

Definitions of gira noun · /ˈɡi.ra/ | /ˈɡi.ra/ | /ˈɡi.ra/ | /ˈɡi.ra/ | /ˈɡi.ra/

Full entry for gira
  1. 1.pickled ham hock
  2. 2.leg(colloquial, dialectal)
  3. 3.weight (standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object)

Etymology of gira

Possibly inherited from Old Polish giża (“ham, buttock”), from Proto-Slavic *gyža (“stump”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gúnˀźjāˀ (“clump”) (possibly *gū́ˀźjāˀ), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *genǵ- or *gunǵ- (“to clump, to curl”).

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