gango

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaŋo/, [ˈɡa.ŋɔ]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ngo

Noun

gango

  1. water-filled hole used to contain fish

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:gango.

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French gangue, from German Gang.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡanɡo]
  • Rhymes: -anɡo
  • Hyphenation: gan‧go

Noun

gango (accusative singular gangon, plural gangoj, accusative plural gangojn)

  1. (geology, mining) gangue, tailings
  2. (geology, archaic) vein
    Synonym: vejno

Higaonon

Etymology

From gangu.

Adjective

gango

  1. dry

Maranao

Adjective

gango

  1. dry (dried)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀaŋu. Compare Ilocano gango, Abenlen Ayta yango, Hanunoo gangu, Calamian Tagbanwa langu, and Maranao gango.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈŋo/, [ɡɐˈŋo]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ngo

Adjective

gangó (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜅᜓ)

  1. stricken numb or dead (such as fish affected by pest, poisoning, or dynamiting)
  2. dried up; withered
    Synonyms: tuyot, nangangalirang

Derived terms
  • magango
  • pagkagango

See also

Further reading
  • “gango”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 134
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*Raŋu”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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