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Old English
Etymology
From in- + gān. Compare Old High German ingān.
Pronunciation
Verb
ingān
- to go in, enter
Conjugation
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Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English onyoun, from Old French oingnon, oignon, from Latin ūniōnem (“onion”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ingan (plural ingans)
- onion
1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:‘Hout, sir, ye ken little about Scotland; it's no for want of gude vivers—the best of fish, flesh, and fowl hae we, by sybos, ingans, turneeps, and other garden fruit.’- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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