gon
Translingual
Symbol
gon
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gondi.
- (ISO symbol) gradian
English
Pronunciation
- (unstressed) IPA(key): /ɡən/
- (stressed) IPA(key): /ɡoʊn/, /ɡɔn/, [ɡõ(ʊ)]
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).
Etymology 3
Clipping.
Breton
Finnish
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-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔːn/
- (Early ME, Northern ME) IPA(key): /ɡɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɔːn
Conjugation
infinitive | (to) gon, go | ||
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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
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔːn/
- (Early ME, Northern ME) IPA(key): /ɡɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɔːn
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gònъ. Compare Czech hon, Russian гон (gon), and Silesian gōn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔn
- Syllabification: gon
Noun
gon m inan
Declension
Further reading
- gon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *gonô, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”).
Teojomulco Chatino
Etymology
Cognate with Tataltepec Chatino ncu̱ (“tortoise”), Western Highland Chatino nkuun⁴ (“tortoise”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nkõ/, [ŋɡõ]
References
- Sullivant, J. Ryan (2016 October) “Appendix: Reintroducing Teojomulco Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, page [5]