ganot
Central Bikol
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaʔˈnot/ [ɡaʔˈn̪ot]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ga‧not
Noun
gànot (Basahan spelling ᜄᜈᜓᜆ᜔)
Derived terms
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ganut, related to Proto-Germanic *ganzô (“gander”), see also Dutch gent (“gander”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɑ.not/
Noun
ganot m
- gannet (sea-bird)
- 10th century, The Seafarer:
- Hwīlum ylfete song dyde iċ mē tō gomene, ganetes hlēoþor ond huilpan swēġ fore hleahtor wera, mǣw singende fore medodrince.
- Sometimes I made the swan song as a mirth to myself, the gannet’s speech and the hwilp’s noise instead of laugher of men, the singing seagull instead of a mead-drink.
- waterfowl, especially a fen-duck or swan
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ganot | ganotas |
| accusative | ganot | ganotas |
| genitive | ganotes | ganota |
| dative | ganote | ganotum |