gron

See also: grön, grǫn, grøn, grōń, gróń, and Groń

Middle English

Etymology 1

A back-formation from gronen.

Alternative forms

• grone, grane

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔ̝ːn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡraːn/ (Northern)
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

Noun

gron (plural grones)

1. A groaning or moaning sound.
2. The trickle of a watercourse.

Descendants

• English: groan
• Scots: grain, grane

References

• “grōn(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 February 2019.

Etymology 2

Verb

gron

1. alternative form of gronen

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔn/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Podegrodzie) IPA^(key): [ˈɡrɔn]

• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: gron

Etymology 1

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Noun

gron m animal

1. (Podegrodzie) synonym of talar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gron

1. genitive plural of grono

Further reading

• Karol Mátyás (1891), “gron”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 322

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English ground.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾoŋ/, /ɡɾon/, [ɡɾʊ̞̃ŋ], [ɡɾɔ̝ŋ]

Noun

gron

1. earth, soil
   • 1999, Hillary de Bruin, “Liederen uit de praktijk van de duman [Songs from the Winti priest's practice]”, in OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis‎^[2], Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, →ISSN, page 152:

     Blesi sa kon bogobogo, Masra pramis' m'anga yu, Lek'wan alen a sa wiki, Kraf' den di bribi fu tru, Sula fu seigi, wan dei sa was' kon na gron, now wan tu dropu de spiti, ma sibibusi sa kon

     Blessing will come abundantly / the Lord promised to me and you / like a rainshower it will awaken / strengthen those who truly believe / With cataracts of blessing / one day the ground will be awash / now a few droplets are spitting / but torrential rains will come

2. field, plot
3. vegetable garden, allotment
4. (historical) a provision ground, a plot of land allocated to enslaved people for subsistence agriculture
   • 1951, Albert Helman, “Gadodede [Slender dayflower]”, in Adyosi / Afscheid‎^[3], Nijmegen: Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, published 1994, page 20:

     Nengre tek' en srapu owru / g' a prenasi, kap' wan gron, / tan te wroko brok' en skowru, / fala ala bigi bon, / kapu wana, fala pisi, / fala san en owru kisi, / krin kapuweri seibi lo, - / gadodede tan fu gro!

     The black man took his sharp machete / went to the plantation, to clear a plot, / stayed until the work broke his shoulders, / felled all the big trees, / chopped down red louro, cut down laurels / cut down what his machete could get at, / cleared thickets, seven rows, - / the slender dayflower kept on growing!

Derived terms

• gronmama
• grontapu
• Sranangron

Descendants

• Aukan: goón
• Saramaccan: goón