ingan

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See also: i ngắn

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *ingān. Equivalent to in- +‎ gān. Compare Old High German ingān.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ingān

  1. to go in, enter

Conjugation

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Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English onyoun, from Old French oingnon, oignon, from Latin ūniōnem (onion).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ingan (plural ingans)

  1. onion
    • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:
      ‘Hout, sir, ye ken little about Scotland; it's no for want of gude vivers—the best of fish, flesh, and fowl hae we, by sybos, ingans, turneeps, and other garden fruit.’
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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