different between guana vs gunna

English

Etymology

By aphesis.

Noun

guana (plural guanas)

1. (archaic) An iguana.

Derived terms

• goanna

References

• The Dinkum Dictionary : The Origins of Australian Words, Susan Butler, Text Publishing, 2001, ?ISBN.

Anagrams

• Gauna

English

Etymology

Apparently due to eye dialect.

Contraction

gunna

1. Alternative spelling of gonna
   • 1915, George Bronson-Howard, God’s Man,^[1] The Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 132,

     “Oh, yes, I can,” answered Pink, “you’re gunna try to make me think you’re stuck on Beau. What you’re gunna give him you was [sic] saving for me. See? I’m jerry.” And he laughed at her encrimsoned face.

   • a. 1972, J. R. Simplot, quoted in Neal R. Peirce, The Mountain States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Eight Rocky Mountain States,^[2] W. W. Norton & Company (1972), ?ISBN, page 134,

     We have the products here, the raw materials, the know-how to do it. That’s simple, and we’re gunna do it.

   • 2007, Mallory Dunn, The Letters,^[3] Xlibris Corporation, ?ISBN, page 14,

     “Always, Drake. No police officer will ever hold you down.” Myrick looked around. “Man, I hate hospitals. Let’s get out of here. I’m gunna go sign that paper work.” [sic] Myrick turned towards the door as he escaped the pressing moment with his son.

Anagrams

• Nunga

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gunna, borrowed from Middle English gunne.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /???n???/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /???n???/

Noun

gunna m (genitive singular gunna, nominative plural gunnaí)

1. gun

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gunna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “gunna” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "gunna" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Byzantine Greek ????? (goúna), from an unknown Alpine or Balkan language. Or, possibly borrowed from Celtic.

Noun

gunna f (genitive gunnae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) a kind of leather garment

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Italian: gonna
• Old French: goune
  • French: gonne
  • ? Middle English: gowne
    • English: gown
    • Scots: goun
  • ? Middle Irish: gúna
    • Irish: gúna
• ? Basque: gona

References

• gunna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish gunna, borrowed from Middle English gunne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.n?/

Noun

gunna m (genitive singular gunna, plural gunnachan)

1. gun, musket
2. cannon

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• “gunna” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gunna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language