gon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gon"

Translingual

Symbol

gon

1. (ISO symbol) gradian

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English

Etymology 1

Clipping of gonna. 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 Ancient Greek 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-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-.

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, suppletive)

infinitive	(to) gon, go
	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

• English: go
• Northumbrian: gan
• Scots: gan, gae, ga, gang

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
• Yola: ee-go

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

From Proto-Celtic *gonô, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”).

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]