guja

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡuj.ja/ Rhymes: -ujja === Noun === guja (Romanesco) hernia Synonym: ernia == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *guja (“snake”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷówyeh₂, a derivative of *gʷówyos (“pertaining to cows”). The semantic link between a "snake" and "cow" is resolved by noting the existence of folk beliefs among Slavs that snakes could consume cow milk. This same etymology also underlies Latin boa, a snake also subject to similar beliefs in Roman folklore. For further information, see Witczak, Kowalski and Rychło (2023). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡǔːja/ Hyphenation: gu‧ja === Noun === gúja f (Cyrillic spelling гу́ја) (literary or colloquial) serpent, snake, adder (regional) worm, earthworm venomous snake in the family Elapidae ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “guja”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026