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. (transitive, intransitive) 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