gunge

See also: gungë

English

Etymology 1

See gong.

Noun

gunge (plural gunges)

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌndʒ

Noun

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.”

Derived terms

• gungey/gungy

Verb

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

From Hindi गंज (gañj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/

Noun

gunge (plural gunges)

1. (British India) Alternative spelling of ganj

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “gunge”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Anagrams

• Geung

Albanian

Noun

gunge

1. indefinite genitive/dative/ablative singular of gungë

Middle English

Adjective

gunge

1. Alternative form of yong

North Frisian

Etymology

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

Verb

gunge

1. (Mooring) to go

Conjugation

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

Etymology

Suppletive:

• For forms with -ng-, from Old Frisian gunga, from Proto-West Germanic *gangan. Cognates include Danish gange and Scots gang.
• For forms without -ng-, from Old Frisian gān, from Proto-West Germanic *gān. Cognates include West Frisian gean and German gehen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣʊŋə/
• Hyphenation: gun‧ge
• Rhymes: -ʊŋə

Verb

gunge

1. (intransitive) to go

Conjugation

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

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