# gon
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (unstressed) IPA: /ɡən/
* (stressed) IPA: /ɡoʊn/, /ɡɔn/, [ɡõ(ʊ)]
* Audio (US):(file)

#### Contraction

gon
* (informal) Alternative form of gonna
    I’m gon be there around four.

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).

#### Noun

gon (plural gons)
* (geometry, trigonometry) One hundredth of a right angle; a gradian.

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

Clipping.

#### Noun

gon (plural gons)
* (rail transport) Abbreviation of gondola car.

### Anagrams

* NGO, Ngo, Ong, nog

## Breton
### Noun

gon
* Soft mutation of kon.

## Finnish
### Noun

gon
* genitive singular of go

## Haitian Creole
### Contraction

gon
* Contraction of gen yon.

## Japanese
### Romanization

gon
* 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: /ɡɔːn/
* (Early Middle English, Northern) IPA: /ɡɑːn/
* Rhymes: -ɔːn

#### Verb

gon
* to go

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) gon, go | (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 | yede, wente |
| imperative singular | go | — |
| plural$^1$ | gon, go | yeden, yede, wenten, wente |
| imperative plural | goth, go | — |
| participles | goynge, gonde | gon, go, ygon, ygo |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: go
* Geordie English: gan
* Middle Scots: go, goe, gone
** Scots: gan, gae, ga, gang
* Yola: goe, gow, go, goeth (influnced by Irish silent -th)

##### 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: /ɡɔːn/
* (Early Middle English, Northern) IPA: /ɡɑːn/
* Rhymes: -ɔːn

#### Verb

gon
* 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
* Alternative form of gunne

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔn
* Syllabification: gon

### Noun

gon m inan
* (hunting) chase, pursuit
    Synonyms: gonitwa, gońba, pogoń
* (hunting) barking of hounds during a hunt
* mating season of fallow deer and chamois
    Hypernym: okres godowy
* (obsolete) hunt, hunting
    Synonyms: łów, polowanie

#### Related terms

* gończy
* goniec
* ganiać impf
* gnać impf
* gonić impf

### 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)
* hurt, prick, wound

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English gun.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡon/

### Noun

gon
* gun

## Teojomulco Chatino
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nkõ/, [ŋɡõ]

### Noun

gon
* armadillo

### References

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