gango

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaŋo/ [ˈɡa.ŋo]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ngo

Noun

gango

1. water-filled hole used to contain fish

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:gango.

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French gangue, from German Gang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡanɡo]
• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Hyphenation: gan‧go

Noun

gango (accusative singular gangon, plural gangoj, accusative plural gangojn)

1. (geology, mining) gangue, tailings
2. (geology, archaic) vein

   Synonym: vejno

Higaonon

Etymology

From gangu.

Adjective

gango

1. dry

Maranao

Adjective

gango

1. dry (dried)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀaŋu. Compare Ilocano gango, Abenlen Ayta yango, Hanunoo gangu, Calamian Tagbanwa langu, and Maranao gango.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈŋo/ [ɡɐˈŋo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ga‧ngo

Adjective

gangó (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜅᜓ)

1. stricken numb or dead (such as fish affected by pest, poisoning, or dynamiting)
2. dried up; withered

   Synonyms: tuyot, nangangalirang

Derived terms

• magango
• pagkagango

 

See also

• lango

 

Further reading

• “gango”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 134
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Raŋu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• anggo, agong, gaong