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gunna

  1. Alternative spelling of gonna.
    • 1915, George Bronson-Howard, God’s Man,[1] The Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 132,
      “Oh, yes, I can,” answered Pink, “you’re gunna try to make me think you’re stuck on Beau. What you’re gunna give him you was [sic] saving for me. See? I’m jerry.” And he laughed at her encrimsoned face.
    • a. 1972, J. R. Simplot, quoted in Neal R. Peirce, The Mountain States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Eight Rocky Mountain States,[2] W. W. Norton & Company (1972), →ISBN, page 134,
      We have the products here, the raw materials, the know-how to do it. That’s simple, and we’re gunna do it.
    • 2007, Mallory Dunn, The Letters,[3] Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 14,
      “Always, Drake. No police officer will ever hold you down.” Myrick looked around. “Man, I hate hospitals. Let’s get out of here. I’m gunna go sign that paper work.” [sic] Myrick turned towards the door as he escaped the pressing moment with his son.

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish gunna,[1] from Middle English gunne.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gunna m (genitive singular gunna, nominative plural gunnaí)

  1. gun

Declension

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Declension of gunna (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gunna gunnaí
vocative a ghunna a ghunnaí
genitive gunna gunnaí
dative gunna gunnaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gunna na gunnaí
genitive an ghunna na ngunnaí
dative leis an ngunna
don ghunna
leis na gunnaí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of gunna
radical lenition eclipsis
gunna ghunna ngunna

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gunna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 67

Further reading

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *guna, *guňa (coarse fur garment), likely through Byzantine Greek γούνα (goúna), γούννα (goúnna) if not vice versa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gunna f (genitive gunnae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) a kind of leather garment

Declension

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First-declension noun.

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Descendants

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  • Italian: gonna
  • Old French: goune
  • Basque: gona

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish gunna,[1] from Middle English gunne.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gunna m (genitive singular gunna, plural gunnachan)

  1. gun, musket
  2. cannon

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of gunna
radical lenition
gunna ghunna

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gunna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gunna”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[4], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC