goan

See also: Goan, gô-añ, and goán

English

Verb

goan

1. Pronunciation spelling of going.
2. Pronunciation spelling of going to.

Anagrams

• Gano, Gaon, Nago, Noga, agon, gaon

West Flemish

Verb

goan

1. to go

Yola

Alternative forms

• gone, go
• goath (influnced by Irish silent -th)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔːn/, /ɡɔː/

Verb

goan

1. present participle of goe
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Goan to glaade.

     Sunsetting.

   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 106:

     "Murreen leam, kish am." Ich aam goan maake mee will.

     To my grief, I am a big old sow. I am going to make my will,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 42