गुणगुणणे

गुणगुणणे

Marathi

Etymology

Compare Hindustani گُنگُنانا / गुनगुनाना (gungunānā), Nepali गन्गनाउनु (ganganāunu). Ultimately, a reduplication.

Pronunciation

  • (formal) IPA(key): /ɡuɳ.ɡuɳ.ɳe/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡuɳ.ɡuɳ.ɳə/

Verb

गुणगुणणे • (guṇguṇṇe)

  1. (ambitransitive) to hum

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “गुणगुणणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “गुणगुणणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “गुणगुण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ganagana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press