different between goji vs godi

English

Etymology

Marketing coinage, likely an altered pronunciation of Mandarin ?? (g?uq?). The earliest known usage in print was in a 1996 publication. The first usage in the LexisNexis database is a 2002 newspaper article. Wider usage began in 2003 and 2004.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??o?.d?i/

Noun

goji (plural goji)

1. A fruit in the genus Lycium, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as a superfruit.

   Synonyms: goji berry, wolfberry

Usage notes

The UK Food Standards Agency notes: ‘[It has been] suggested that the name "goji" was originally applied only to the species L. [Lycium] chinensis and should not be used for L. barbarum. However, it appears that "goji" is widely understood in the UK to refer to the latter species […] .

References

Anagrams

• jigo

Japanese

Romanization

goji

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Portuguese

Noun

goji m (plural gojis)

1. goji; wolfberry (berry from plants of the genus Lycium)

English

Alternative forms

• gothi

Etymology

From Icelandic goði.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????di/

Noun

godi (plural godis)

1. A local chieftain in Iceland with religious and administrative duties.
   • 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin 2001, p. 180:

     Odd was the chieftain of Borgarfjord on the south side of Hvita then. He was the godi of the temple to which everyone living south of Skardsheidi paid tribute.

2. (Germanic paganism) A priest of the modern Norse religion.

Related terms

• godord
• gythja (a female priest)

Anagrams

• DIGO, Digo, Doig, dogi

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?di

Verb

godi

1. second-person singular present indicative of godere
2. second-person singular imperative of godere

Anagrams

• dogi

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /???d?/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /??o?di/, /???di/

Verb

godi

1. Soft mutation of codi.

Mutation