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gunate

US/ɡuneɪt/

gunate verb: to lengthen the simple vowel a, i, u, or ṛ by prefixing an a element through gunating.

Verb

gunate (third-person singular simple present gunates, present participle gunating, simple past and past participle gunated)

  1. (Sanskrit, transitive) To lengthen the simple vowel a, i, u, or ṛ by prefixing an a element through gunating.

Forms of gunate

third-person singular presentgunates
present participlegunating
past participlegunated
pastgunated

Origin of gunate

From guna + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from gunate

Questions about gunate

What does gunate mean?
Gunate means to lengthen the simple vowel a, i, u, or ṛ by prefixing an a element through gunating.
What part of speech is gunate?
Gunate is a verb.
How do you pronounce gunate?
Gunate is pronounced /ɡuneɪt/ (US).
What is the past tense of gunate?
The past tense of gunate is gunated.

Words near gunate in the dictionary

  1. gunarchy
  2. gunas
  3. Gunasekara
  4. Gunasekera
  5. Gunasena
  6. gunate
  7. gunated
  8. gunates
  9. gunating
  10. gunation
  11. gunations

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