gavină xogă (Idiom) - Welcome (lit. well arrived)

gavină xogă (63_Social Formulae (Greetings & Everyday Speech))

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gavină xogă

gavină xogă

Grammatical function

• Type: Fixed Expression (Welcome)
• Meaning: “Welcome!” — said to a guest, visitor, or returnee.

Usage Note

Literally “(You have) well arrived.”

• gavină here functions adverbially (“well, skillfully, righteously” — its canonical gloss), modifying the achievement verb xogă.
• The subject is dropped (Anaphoric Minimal, 08_Minimal Sentence) — the arriver is obvious.

Structure

[Adverb] + [Root Verb]

Pronunciation

IPA: /gaʋinaɪ ɦogaɪ/

Example sentence

Gavină xogă! Chỏnůkă. “Welcome! Please eat.”

Etymology

gavină (well, righteously) + xogă (to arrive).

Synonyms

• nőjo (related greeting)

Antonyms

• Gavină xoxo. (“Depart well.“)