gwaan

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English go on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəwɑːn/

Verb

gwaan

1. go on - used to shoo away animals.

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English go on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaːn/

Verb

gwaan

1. going on, to go on

   Wa gwaan?

   What's going on?

   • 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 4:

     Nobadi no fi bi nobadi sliev ar liv ina slievri; slievri an aal saata sliev bizniz kyaahn gwaan.

     No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

     (literally, “No one is to be anyone's slave or live in slavery; slavery and any kind of slave business can't go on.”)

2. to happen

   Di kansrt gwaan gud, iihn?

   The concert went well, didn’t it?

   • 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 16.1:

     Dem disorv iikwal raits fi get marid, wail di marij a gwaan an iivn wen di marij don.

     They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.

3. to behave

   Wa mek yu a gwaan so?

   Why are you behaving like that?

See also

• go
• a-go
• a go
• de-go
• de go
• gweehn
• wah gwaan