guna

See also Guna

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit, meaning "quality".

Noun

guna (plural gunas)

1. (linguistics) A lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, e, by prefixing an a element, mainly in Sanskrit.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡuna/

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *gunang, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kuna.

Noun

guna

1. excrement, faeces, shit

References

• Alpher, Barry. 2004. "Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma." Claire Bowern, Harold Koch (eds.) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
• Austin, Peter. 1993. A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit.

Noun

guna

1. use

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Kriol

Noun

guna

1. faeces
2. anus

Verb

guna

1. to defecate