gon

See also: gôn, goñ, gọn, goŋ, gon-, -gon, gon', goń, and Goń

Translingual

Symbol

gon

1. (ISO symbol) gradian

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English

Etymology 1

Compare Middle English gon, dialectal gan, Dutch gaan.

Contraction

gon

1. (US, dialectal) Alternative form of gonna

   I’m gon be there around four.

Etymology 2

From γωνία (gōnía, “angle”)

Noun

gon (plural gons)

1. (geometry, trigonometry) One hundredth of a right angle; a gradian.

Translations

gradian

• Finnish: gooni (fi)

Etymology 3

Clipping.

Noun

gon (plural gons)

1. (rail transport) Abbreviation of gondola car.

Anagrams

• NGO, Ngo, Ong, nog

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Breton

Noun

gon

1. Soft mutation of kon.

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Finnish

Noun

gon

1. Genitive singular form of go.

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Japanese

Romanization

gon

1. Rōmaji transcription of ごん

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English 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-.

Alternative forms

• (Northern ME) gan, ga
• goo, goon, go

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔːn/
• (Early ME, Northern ME) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

Verb

gon

2. to go

Conjugation

Conjugation of gon (irregular)

infinitive	(to) gon
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	go	wende, yede, yode
2nd person singular	gast	wende, wendest, yede, yedest
3rd person singular	gaþ	wende, yede, yode
plural	goþ, gon	wenden, yeden, yoden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	go	wende, yede, yode
plural	gon	wenden, yeden, yoden
imperative	present
singular	go
plural	goþ, gon
participle	present	past
	goende, goinge	(y)gon, (y)gongen

Descendants

• English: go
• Scots: ga

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.

Alternative forms

• gone, igon, gan, ȝegan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔːn/
• (Early ME, Northern ME) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

Verb

gon

2. past participle of gon (“to go”)

Descendants

• English: gone
• Scots: gane

Etymology 3

From Lady Gunilda; a name for a crossbow. More at English gun.

Noun

gon

1. Alternative form of gunne

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Verb

gon (past ghon, future gonaidh, verbal noun gonadh, past participle gonte)

1. hurt, prick, wound

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English gun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡon/

Noun

gon

1. gun

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Teojomulco Chatino

Etymology

Cognate with Tataltepec Chatino ncu̱ (“tortoise”), Western Highland Chatino nkuun⁴ (“tortoise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nkõ/, [ŋɡõ]

Noun

gon

1. armadillo

References

• Sullivant, J. Ryan (October 2016), “Appendix: Reintroducing Teojomulco Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics‎^[1], page [5]