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gāvo

gava

masc nom pl of gava (noun); masc acc pl of gava (noun); masc voc pl of gava (noun); masc nom pl of go (noun); …

  1. gava (masc): cow; cattle
  2. gāvo (masc): cattle
  3. go (masc): cow; cattle
  4. gāvo (masc): cattle (object)

Etymology. From PIE *gʷow- 'cow, ox'. Cognates: Sanskrit go-, Greek bous, Latin bos, English cow. The Pali form gava (and its variant go) continues the ancient livestock term found across Indo-European languages, originally denoting bovine animals and by extension wealth and property (cattle as a measure of value in pastoral societies).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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