गुणगुणणे
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Compare Hindustani گُنگُنانا / गुनगुनाना (gungunānā), Nepali गन्गनाउनु (ganganāunu). Ultimately, a reduplication.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
गुणगुणणे • (guṇguṇṇe)
- (transitive, intransitive) to hum
References edit
- Berntsen, Maxine, “गुणगुणणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गुणगुणणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “गुणगुण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ganagana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press