gunate

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit गुण (guṇá, “quality”) +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡuneɪt/

Verb

gunate (third-person singular simple present gunates, present participle gunating, simple past and past participle gunated)

  1. (Sanskrit linguistics, transitive) To lengthen the simple vowel a, i, u, or ṛ by prefixing an a element.

Derived terms
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