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gunge

See also: gungë

English

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Etymology 1

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See gong.

Noun

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gunge (plural gunges)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of gong: an outhouse.

Etymology 2

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First attested around 1935-40. Probably an alteration of gunk.

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Noun

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gunge (usually uncountable, plural gunges)

  1. (British) A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk.
    Synonyms: goo, goop, grunge, gunk, slime
    • 1978, A. S. Byatt, The Virgin in The Garden, Vintage International, published 1992, page 390:
      Have I got trails of gunge on these frills?
  2. (organic chemistry, informal) Tholin.
    • 11 January 1979, Dr Bernard Dixon (editor), "Grains between the stars account for spectra", in New Scientist:
      They call this solid material tholin (after the Greek word for muddy), but it seems likely that chemists will continue to call this rather familiar material “gunge.”
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Verb

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gunge (third-person singular simple present gunges, present participle gunging, simple past and past participle gunged)

  1. (often with up) To clog with gunge.
  2. (British) To cover with gunge.
    • 2012, Simon Packham, The Bex Factor:
      I've been gunged on children's TV, hung out with some actors off that soap Dad used to watch, done a photoshoot for a major highstreet fashion outlet and now here we are on the red carpet, outside the cinema in Leicester Square […]

Etymology 3

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From Hindi गंज (gañj).

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Noun

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gunge (plural gunges)

  1. (British India) Alternative spelling of ganj
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Albanian

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Noun

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gunge

  1. indefinite genitive/dative/ablative singular of gungë

Middle English

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Adjective

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gunge

  1. Alternative form of yong

North Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian gunga or gān, which derives from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk, step”).

Verb

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gunge

  1. (Mooring) to go

Conjugation

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Mooring conjugation of gunge
infinitive I gunge
infinitive II tu gungen
infinitive III än gung
past participle gängen
imperative gung
  present past
1st-person singular ik gung ik gäng
2nd-person singular dü gungst dü gängst
3rd-person singular hi/jü/et gungt hi/jü/et gäng
1st-person dual wat gunge wat gängen
2nd-person dual jat gunge jat gängen
1st-person plural we gunge we gängen
2nd-person plural jam gunge jam gängen
3rd-person plural ja gunge ja gängen
  perfect pluperfect
1st-person singular ik ban gängen ik wus gängen
2nd-person singular dü bast gängen dü wjarst gängen
3rd-person singular hi/jü/et as gängen hi/jü/et wus gängen
1st-person dual wat san gängen wat wjarn gängen
2nd-person dual jat san gängen jat wjarn gängen
1st-person plural we san gängen we wjarn gängen
2nd-person plural jam san gängen jam wjarn gängen
3rd-person plural ja san gängen ja wjarn gängen
  future
1st-person singular ik wård gunge
2nd-person singular dü wårst gunge
3rd-person singular hi/jü/et wårt gunge
1st-person dual wat wårde gunge
2nd-person dual jat wårde gunge
1st-person plural we wårde gunge
2nd-person plural jam wårde gunge
3rd-person plural ja wårde gunge

Saterland Frisian

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Suppletive:

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Verb

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gunge

  1. (intransitive) to go

Conjugation

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Conjugation of gunge (irregular)
Grúundfoarme gunge
Infinitive tou gungen
Present tense Past tense
iek gunge wie gunge iek geen wie gene
du gungst jie gunge du geenst jie gene
hie/ju/dät gungt jo gunge hie/ju/dät geen jo gene
Present participle Imperative Auxiliary Past participle
gungend Singular gunge weze geen
Plural gunget

References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “gunge”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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