gon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gon"

Translingual

Symbol

gon

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gondi.
2. (ISO symbol) gradian

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of gonna. Compare Middle English gon, dialectal gan, Dutch gaan.

Contraction

gon

1. (informal) Alternative form of gonna

   I’m gon be there around four.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).

Noun

gon (plural gons)

1. (geometry, trigonometry) One hundredth of a right angle; a gradian.

Translations

gradian

• Finnish: gooni (fi)

Etymology 3

Clipping.

Noun

gon (plural gons)

1. (rail transport) Abbreviation of gondola car.

Anagrams

• NGO, Ngo, Ong, nog

Breton

Noun

gon

1. Soft mutation of kon.

Finnish

Noun

gon

1. genitive singular of go

Haitian Creole

Contraction

gon

• Contraction of gen yon.

Japanese

Romanization

gon

1. Rōmaji transcription of ごん

Middle English

Etymology 1

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 forms

• (Northern ME) gan, ga
• goo, goon, go

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔːn/
• (Early ME, Northern ME) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

Verb

gon

2. to go

Conjugation

Conjugation of gon (irregular, suppletive)

infinitive	(to) gon, go
	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

• English: go
  • Northumbrian: gan
• Scots: gan, gae, ga, gang
• Yola: goe, gow, go

References

• “gōn, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

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

• gone, igon, gan, ȝegan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔːn/
• (Early ME, Northern ME) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

Verb

gon

2. past participle of gon (“to go”)

Descendants

• English: gone
• Scots: gane
• Yola: ee-go

Etymology 3

From Lady Gunilda; a name for a crossbow. More at English gun.

Noun

gon

1. Alternative form of gunne

Polish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔn/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: gon

Noun

gon m inan

1. (hunting) chase, pursuit

   Synonyms: gonitwa, gońba, pogoń

2. (hunting) barking of hounds during a hunt
3. mating season of fallow deer and chamois

   Hypernym: okres godowy

4. (obsolete) hunt, hunting

   Synonyms: łów, polowanie

Declension

Declension of gon

	singular	plural
nominative	gon	gony
genitive	gonu	gonów
dative	gonowi	gonom
accusative	gon	gony
instrumental	gonem	gonami
locative	gonie	gonach
vocative	gonie	gony

Related terms

adjective

• gończy

 

noun

• goniec

 

verbs

• ganiać
• gnać
• gonić

 

Further reading

• gon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gonô, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”).

Verb

gon (past ghon, future gonaidh, verbal noun gonadh, past participle gonte)

1. hurt, prick, wound

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English gun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡon/

Noun

gon

1. gun

Teojomulco Chatino

Etymology

Cognate with Tataltepec Chatino ncu̱ (“tortoise”), Western Highland Chatino nkuun⁴ (“tortoise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nkõ/, [ŋɡõ]

Noun

gon

1. armadillo

References

• Sullivant, J. Ryan (October 2016), “Appendix: Reintroducing Teojomulco Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics‎^[1], page [5]