ungo

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: u‧ngo
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔuŋoʔ/, [ˈʔu.ŋɔʔ]

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

Synonyms

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ungo.

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin unguis.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈunɡo]
  • Rhymes: -unɡo
  • Hyphenation: un‧go

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

Anagrams

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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: ungu, aungu, ung, undziri
    • Romanian: unge, ungere
    • Albanian: ngjyej
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: ungere
      Central dialects: ógne, ógna
      Tuscan: ógnare, úgne, unge
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: unghere, úngiri
    • Sicilian: ùnciri
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: ouendre
    • Occitan: ónher (multiple dialects)
      Auvergnat: ónjer, onjir
      Gascon: únher
      Languedocien: únher
      Limousin: ónger
    • Old French: oindre
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Asturleonese:
      Asturian: xuncir, xuncer, xoncer
      Leonese: uñir, xunir, uncir
      Salamanca: juñir
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: ungir, ongir
  • Borrowings:
    • Catalan: ungir
    • Spanish: ungir
    • Old Irish: oingid

References

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

Further reading

Swahili

ungo

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

ungo (u class, plural nyungo)

  1. winnower (fan for winnowing)
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