gon
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
gon
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gondi.
- (ISO symbol) gradian
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Clipping of gonna. Compare Middle English gon, dialectal gan, Dutch gaan.
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gon
Etymology 2 edit
From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).
Noun edit
gon (plural gons)
- (geometry, trigonometry) One hundredth of a right angle; a gradian.
Translations edit
Etymology 3 edit
Clipping.
Noun edit
gon (plural gons)
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Breton edit
Noun edit
gon
- Soft mutation of kon.
Finnish edit
Noun edit
gon
Haitian Creole edit
Contraction edit
gon
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gon
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English gān, from Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną, compare German gehen. Past tense supplied by Old English wendan, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną, or a suppletive stem yed-, yod-, from Old English ēod-.
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Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gon
- to go
Conjugation edit
infinitive | (to) gon, go | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | go | yede, wente | |
2nd-person singular | gost, gest | yedest, wentest | |
3rd-person singular | goth, geth | yede, wente | |
subjunctive singular | go | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | gon, go | yeden, yede, wenten, wente | |
imperative plural | goth, go | — | |
participles | goynge, gonde | gon, go, ygon, ygo |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “gōn, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English gān, ġegān, past participle of gān (“to go”), from Proto-Germanic *gānaz, past participle of *gāną (“to go”); equivalent to gon + -en.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
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gon
- past participle of gon (“to go”)
Descendants edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Lady Gunilda; a name for a crossbow. More at English gun.
Noun edit
gon
- Alternative form of gunne
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gònъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰón-o-s, from *gʷʰen- (“to slay, strike”). Cognate to Czech hon, Russian гон (gon) and Silesian gōn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gon m inan
- (hunting) chase, pursuit
- (hunting) barking of hounds during a hunt
- mating season of fallow deer and chamois
- Hypernym: okres godowy
- (obsolete) hunt, hunting
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- gon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *gonô, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”).
Verb edit
gon (past ghon, future gonaidh, verbal noun gonadh, past participle gonte)
Sranan Tongo edit
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gon
Teojomulco Chatino edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Tataltepec Chatino ncu̱ (“tortoise”), Western Highland Chatino nkuun⁴ (“tortoise”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gon
References edit
- Sullivant, J. Ryan (2016 October) “Appendix: Reintroducing Teojomulco Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics[1], page [5]