ghis

== English == === Noun === ghis plural of ghi == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒis/ === Preposition === ghis H-system spelling of ĝis == Italian == === Alternative forms === ghisso === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch giek. === Noun === ghis m a main boom, a diagonal beam on which a sail is attached, gaff Synonym: picco ==== Descendants ==== → Ottoman Turkish: گز (giz) Turkish: giz === Further reading === Kahane, Henry R.; Kahane, Renée; Tietze, Andreas (1958), The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, page 250 Nr. 329