Contionary:gyoy

Everestic

Etymology

From Proto-Everest gexox (“stump, drum”). Cognate with Old Himalayan daxax, whence Taik r-x-x.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /gɣoɣ/

Noun

gyoy (countable)

1. tree stump

   Tcek tcanun vaya tcay dja gyoya kxav gnanunn.

   My father cut this stump five years ago.

2. drum

   Vuv yayay gyoyya tcaktcanon vecu gadjana.

   Drums are often used in war to raise morale.

Declension of gyoy (consonant-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	gyoy	gyoyy
accusative	gyoya	gyoyya
vocative	gyog	gyogu
dative	gyoyu	gyogun
ablative	gyoyan	gyogun
locative	gyoyon	gyogun
instrumental	gyoyev	gyoyyev

Derived terms

• gyoja (“drummer”)

Descendants

• Traveler's Himalayan: gwo