գոնե
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Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Armenian գոնէ (gonē), գոնեա (gonea).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ˈɡone/, [ɡóne], /ɡoˈne/, [ɡoné]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /ˈkone/, [kʰóne], /koˈne/, [kʰoné]
- Hyphenation: գո‧նե
Particle
[edit]գոնե • (gone)
- at least
- Գոնե մի բան ասա։ ― Gone mi ban asa. ― At least say something.
Usage notes
[edit]Note the stress on the first syllable.
Further reading
[edit]- Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 48
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գոնեայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 579a