gon

Translingual

Symbol

gon

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gondi.
2. (ISO symbol) gradian

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of gonna. Compare Middle English gon, dialectal gan, Dutch gaan.

Pronunciation

• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /ɡən/
• (stressed) IPA^(key): /ɡoʊn/, /ɡɔn/,

Contraction

gon

1. (informal) 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

Etymology 3

Clipping.

Noun

gon (plural gons)

1. (rail transport) Abbreviation of gondola car.

Anagrams

• NGO, Ngo, Ong, nog

Breton

Noun

gon

1. Soft mutation of kon.

Finnish

Noun

gon

1. genitive singular of go

Haitian Creole

Contraction

gon

1. Contraction of gen yon.

Japanese

Romanization

gon

1. Rōmaji transcription of ごん

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

Descendants

• English: go
• Geordie English: gan
• Middle Scots: go, goe, gone
  • Scots: gan, gae, ga, gang
• Yola: goe, gow, go; goeth

References

• “gōn, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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
• Geordie English: gyen
• Scots: gane
• Yola: gome

Etymology 3

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

Noun

gon

1. Alternative form of gunne

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

gon

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gònъ. Compare Czech hon, Russian гон (gon), and Silesian gōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔn/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: gon

Noun

gon m inan

1. (hunting) chase, pursuit

   Synonyms: gonitwa, gońba, pogoń

2. (hunting) barking of hounds during a hunt
3. mating season of fallow deer and chamois

   Hypernym: okres godowy

4. (obsolete) hunt, hunting

   Synonyms: łów, polowanie

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• gon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English gun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡon/

Noun

gon

1. gun

Teojomulco Chatino

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nkõ/,

Noun

gon

1. armadillo

References

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