ungo

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• (nonstandard) ongo

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u‧ngo
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔuŋoʔ/, [ˈʔu.ŋɔʔ]

Noun

ungò

1. (folklore) witchlike or vampirelike creature or monster
2. (by extension) ghost

Verb

ungò

1. to be the prey or victim to this creature
2. (of an ungo) to hunt or attack prey
3. to be addicted to something
4. to become; to cause to become or to turn into an ungo
5. to be haunted by a ghost

Synonyms

• balbal, ekek, kikik, wakwak

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ungo.

Anagrams

• guno, nuog

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin unguis.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈunɡo]
• Rhymes: -unɡo
• Hyphenation: un‧go

Noun

ungo (accusative singular ungon, plural ungoj, accusative plural ungojn)

1. (anatomy) nail, claw

Derived terms

• ungego

Italian

Verb

ungo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ungere

Anagrams

• ugno, ugnò

Latin

Alternative forms

• unguō

Etymology

From earlier unguō, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”).

Cognates include Sanskrit अनक्ति (anakti, “to oil, anoint”), Sanskrit अञ्जस् (áñjas, “ointment, unguent”), Old Armenian օծ (ōc) and Proto-Germanic *ankwô.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈun.ɡoː/, [ˈʊŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈun.ɡo/, [ˈuŋɡo]

Verb

ungō (present infinitive ungere, perfect active ūnxī, supine ūnctum); third conjugation

1. to anoint, smear with oil, oil, grease

   Synonyms: dēlibuō, unguentō, inunguō

Conjugation

Conjugation of ungō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ungō	ungis	ungit	ungimus	ungitis	ungunt
	imperfect	ungēbam	ungēbās	ungēbat	ungēbāmus	ungēbātis	ungēbant
	future	ungam	ungēs	unget	ungēmus	ungētis	ungent
	perfect	ūnxī	ūnxistī	ūnxit	ūnximus	ūnxistis	ūnxērunt, ūnxēre
	pluperfect	ūnxeram	ūnxerās	ūnxerat	ūnxerāmus	ūnxerātis	ūnxerant
	future perfect	ūnxerō	ūnxeris	ūnxerit	ūnxerimus	ūnxeritis	ūnxerint
passive	present	ungor	ungeris, ungere	ungitur	ungimur	ungiminī	unguntur
	imperfect	ungēbar	ungēbāris, ungēbāre	ungēbātur	ungēbāmur	ungēbāminī	ungēbantur
	future	ungar	ungēris, ungēre	ungētur	ungēmur	ungēminī	ungentur
	perfect	ūnctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ūnctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ūnctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ungam	ungās	ungat	ungāmus	ungātis	ungant
	imperfect	ungerem	ungerēs	ungeret	ungerēmus	ungerētis	ungerent
	perfect	ūnxerim	ūnxerīs	ūnxerit	ūnxerīmus	ūnxerītis	ūnxerint
	pluperfect	ūnxissem	ūnxissēs	ūnxisset	ūnxissēmus	ūnxissētis	ūnxissent
passive	present	ungar	ungāris, ungāre	ungātur	ungāmur	ungāminī	ungantur
	imperfect	ungerer	ungerēris, ungerēre	ungerētur	ungerēmur	ungerēminī	ungerentur
	perfect	ūnctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ūnctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	unge	—	—	ungite	—
	future	—	ungitō	ungitō	—	ungitōte	unguntō
passive	present	—	ungere	—	—	ungiminī	—
	future	—	ungitor	ungitor	—	—	unguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ungere	ūnxisse	ūnctūrum esse	ungī	ūnctum esse	ūnctum īrī
participles		ungēns	—	ūnctūrus	—	ūnctus	ungendus, ungundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ungendī	ungendō	ungendum	ungendō	ūnctum	ūnctū

Derived terms

• ūnctiō
• unctō
• ūnctum
• ūnctūra
• ūnctus
• inungō
• unguēdō
• unguen
• unguentum

Related terms

• unguentārius
• unguentātus
• unguentō
• unguinōsus

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: ungu, aungu, ung, undziri
  • Romanian: unge, ungere
  • → Albanian: ngjyej
• Dalmatian:
  • jongar
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: ungere

    Central dialects: ógne, ógna

    Tuscan: ógnare, úgne, unge

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: unghere, úngiri
  • Sicilian: ùnciri
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: onzi, ongi
  • Ladin: onjer, onje
  • Lombard: ongg, vongg, vonz, vonze
  • Piedmontese: onze, onz, vonze, ogne, vogne
  • Venetian: onzer, onxer, ondher, onzar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: ouendre
  • Occitan: ónher (multiple dialects)

    Auvergnat: ónjer, onjir

    Gascon: únher

    Languedocien: únher

    Limousin: ónger

  • Old French: oindre
    • French: oindre
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturleonese:

    Asturian: xuncir, xuncer, xoncer

    Leonese: uñir, xunir, uncir

    Salamanca: juñir

  • Old Galician-Portuguese: ungir, ongir
    • Galician: unxir, onxir, xuncir, xunguir
    • Portuguese: ungir
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: ungir
  • → Spanish: ungir
  • → Old Irish: oingid
    • Irish: ung

Further reading

• “ungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ungo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ŭnguĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 36

Swahili

ungo

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Noun

ungo (u class, plural nyungo)

1. winnower (fan for winnowing)