Cebuano

Noun

ungo

1. (Philippine folklore) A witchlike or vampirelike creature or monster.

Verb

ungo

1. To be a prey or victim to this creature.
2. (of an ungo) To hunt or attack prey.
3. To be addicted to something.

1. Naungo sa sugal‎

   gambling addict.

Synonyms

• balbal, ekek, kikik, wakwak

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin unguis. Compare Spanish uña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈunɡo/

Noun

ungo ‎(accusative singular ungon, plural ungoj, accusative plural ungojn)

1. nail, claw

Italian

Verb

ungo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ungere

Latin

Alternative forms

• unguō

Etymology

From earlier unguō, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- ‎(“anoint”).

Cognates include Sanskrit अनक्ति ‎(anakti, “to oil, anoint”), Vedic Sanskrit अञ्जस् ‎(añjas, “ointment, unguent”)^[1], Old Armenian օծ ‎(ōc) and Proto-Germanic *ankwô.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈun.ɡoː/

Verb

ungō ‎(present infinitive ungere, perfect active unxī, supine unctum); third conjugation

1. I anoint, smear with oil.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• unguentārius
• unguentātus
• unguentō
• unguinōsus

Descendants

References

• ungo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ungo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ungo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

1. ↑ “ungere” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2

Swahili

Noun

ungo (u class, plural nyungo)

1. winnower (fan for winnowing)