ungo

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: u‧ngo
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔuŋoʔ/

Noun

ungò

  1. (folklore) witchlike or vampirelike creature or monster
  2. (by extension) ghost

Verb

ungò

  1. to be the prey or victim to this creature
  2. (of an ungo) to hunt or attack prey
  3. to be addicted to something
  4. to become; to cause to become or to turn into an ungo
  5. to be haunted by a ghost

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Quotations

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Esperanto

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin unguis.

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Noun

ungo (accusative singular ungon, plural ungoj, accusative plural ungojn)

  1. (anatomy) nail, claw

Derived terms

Italian

Verb

ungo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ungere

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier unguō, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (anoint).

Cognates include Sanskrit अनक्ति (anakti, to oil, anoint), Sanskrit अञ्जस् (áñjas, ointment, unguent),[1] Old Armenian օծ (ōc) and Proto-Germanic *ankwô.

Pronunciation

Verb

ungō (present infinitive ungere, perfect active ūnxī, supine ūnctum); third conjugation

  1. to anoint, smear with oil, oil, grease
    Synonyms: dēlibuō, unguentō, inunguō

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ “ungere” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Further reading

Swahili

ungo

Pronunciation

Noun

ungo class XI (plural nyungo class X)

  1. winnower (fan for winnowing)