gon
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
gon
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gondi.
- (ISO symbol) gradian
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Clipping of gonna. Compare Middle English gon, dialectal gan, Dutch gaan.
ContractionEdit
gon
Etymology 2Edit
From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).
NounEdit
gon (plural gons)
- (geometry, trigonometry) One hundredth of a right angle; a gradian.
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
Clipping.
NounEdit
gon (plural gons)
AnagramsEdit
BretonEdit
NounEdit
gon
- Soft mutation of kon.
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
gon
Haitian CreoleEdit
ContractionEdit
gon
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
gon
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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-.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
gon
- to go
ConjugationEdit
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.
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “gōn, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2Edit
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 formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
gon
- past participle of gon (“to go”)
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From Lady Gunilda; a name for a crossbow. More at English gun.
NounEdit
gon
- Alternative form of gunne
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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
DeclensionEdit
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Further readingEdit
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *gonô, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”).
VerbEdit
gon (past ghon, future gonaidh, verbal noun gonadh, past participle gonte)
Sranan TongoEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
gon
Teojomulco ChatinoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with Tataltepec Chatino ncu̱ (“tortoise”), Western Highland Chatino nkuun⁴ (“tortoise”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
gon
ReferencesEdit
- Sullivant, J. Ryan (October 2016), “Appendix: Reintroducing Teojomulco Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics[1], page [5]