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go

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English gon, goon, from Old English gān (“to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave”).

The inherited past tense form yode (compare Old English ēode) was replaced through suppletion in the 15th century by went, from Old English wendan (“to go, depart, wend”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: gō, IPA^(key): /ɡoʊ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [ɡəʊ]
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡoʊ/
  • (Canada) IPA^(key): [ɡoː]
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): [ɡəʉ]
  • (New Zealand) IPA^(key): [ɡɐʉ]
  • (Black Country) IPA^(key): [ɡu]
• Hyphenation: go
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Verb

go (third-person singular simple present goes, present participle going, simple past went or (obsolete) yode, past participle gone or (nonstandard) went or (substituted in certain contexts) been)

1. To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:

   Synonyms: move, fare, tread, draw, drift, wend, cross

   Antonyms: freeze, halt, remain, stand still, stay, stop

   1. (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
      • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

        I have to go now.

   2. (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
   3. (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
   4. To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
   5. (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
   6. (intransitive) To leave; to move away.

      Synonyms: depart, leave, exit, go away, go out

      Antonyms: come, arrive, approach
   7. To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
   8. To travel or pass along.

   9. (obsolete, intransitive) To walk; to travel on one's feet. [11th–19th c.]
2. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).

   Synonyms: function, work, operate, run
3. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
   • 2001 June 18, a prophecy, quoted in Mary and the Unity of the Church →ISBN, page 49:

     Be listening for my voice. Go when you hear my voice say go.

4. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.

   Synonyms: move, make one's move, take one’s turn

5. (intransitive) To attend.

6. To proceed:
   1. (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
   2. (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
7. (intransitive) To extend along.
8. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
9. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access (to).
10. To become, move to or come to (a state, position, situation)
    2. (copulative) To become. (The adjective that follows often, but not always, describes a negative state.)

       Synonyms: become, turn, grow, get, wax
    3. To move to (a position or state).

    4. To come (to a certain condition or state).

11. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).

12. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
13. (intransitive, copulative) To continuously or habitually be in a state.

14. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
15. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result)

16. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
17. To pass, to be used up:
    1. (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
    2. (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)

       Synonyms: disappear, vanish, go away, end, dissipate

       Antonyms: remain, stay, hold

    3. (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
18. (intransitive) To die.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:die
19. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out:
    1. (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.

    2. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.

20. To break down or apart:
    1. (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.

       Synonyms: crumble, collapse, disintegrate, give way
    2. (intransitive) To break down or decay.

21. (intransitive) To be sold.

22. (intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.

23. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
24. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.

25. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
    • 2011, H. R. F. Keating, Zen there was Murder →ISBN:

      'Surely one cannot go for long in this world to-day without at least a thought for St Simon Stylites?'

26. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
    1. (intransitive) Of an opinion or instruction, to have (final) authority; to be authoritative.

    2. (intransitive) To be accepted.
    3. (intransitive) To be valid or applicable.
28. To say (something), to make a sound:
    1. (transitive, colloquial) To say (something, aloud or to oneself).

    2. (transitive) To make the (specified) sound.

    3. (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
29. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).

30. (intransitive) To resort (to).

31. To apply or subject oneself to:
    1. To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
    2. (intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).

    3. (intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.

32. To fit (in a place, or together with something):
    1. (intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit.

       Synonyms: fit, pass, stretch, come, make it

    2. (intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.

       Synonym: harmonize

       Antonym: clash

    3. (intransitive) To belong (somewhere).

       Synonyms: belong, have a place

    4. (intransitive, snooker) Of a ball, to be capable of being potted, not having its path to the pocket obstructed by other balls.

33. (intransitive) To date.

    Synonyms: go out (with), date, see

34. (transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
35. To attack:
    1. (intransitive) To fight or attack.
    2. (transitive, obsolete, US, slang) To fight.
    3. (transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
37. (in phrases with 'as') Used to express how some category of things generally is, as a reference for, contrast to, or comparison with, a particular example.
38. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
39. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
40. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.

41. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
42. (intransitive, colloquial) To go to the toilet; to urinate or defecate.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate, Thesaurus:defecate
43. (imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.

44. (UK, Australia, intransitive, colloquial) Clipping of go to the.
45. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To fight, usually with the fists.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fight

Usage notes

• Along with do, make, and to a lesser extent other English verbs, go is often used as a substitute for a verb that was used previously or that is implied, in the same way a pronoun substitutes for a noun. For example:

  Chris: Then he goes like this: (Chris then waves his arms around, implying that the phrase means then he waves his arms).

• Some speakers use went for the past participle, especially in informal contexts, though this is considered nonstandard and is proscribed.
• Like other English verbs, the verb go once had an alternative present participle formed with the suffix -and, i.e. goand. Goand is now obsolete, having been replaced by going, except in a few rural dialects in Scotland and Northern England, where it is considered archaic. Even in such dialects, it is never used to form the continuous tenses. These examples are from the Highlands:

  Goand snell athwart the houf, hoo hent 'im be the swyr. ― Going swiftly across the churchyard, she grabbed him by the neck.

  Goand oot of the holt, she saw a woundor baist. ― Going out of the woods, she saw a magical creature.

• In certain contexts, been is idiomatically substituted for gone as the past participle. For example, one might go to London but later say that one has been to London. One might also say that one will go to the toilet but later say that one has been to the toilet.

Conjugation

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:go.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

go (countable and uncountable, plural goes)

1. (uncommon) The act of going.
2. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).

   Synonyms: stint, (turn in a game) turn, (turn in a game) move, turn

3. An attempt, a try.

   Synonyms: attempt, bash, shot, stab, try
4. A period of activity.
5. A time; an experience.
6. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident, often unexpected.
   • 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, in 1868, The Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 2: Nicholas Nickleby, Martin Chuzzlewit, American Notes, page 306,

     “Well, this is a pretty go, is this here! An uncommon pretty go!
8. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.

   Synonym: green light
9. An act; the working or operation.
   • 1598, John Marston, Pigmalion, The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image and Certaine Satyres, 1856, J. O. Halliwell (editor), The Works of John Marston: Reprinted from the Original Editions, Volume 3, page 211,

     Let this suffice, that that same happy night,
     So gracious were the goes of marriage […]

10. (dated) The fashion or mode.

    Synonyms: mode, style, trend

    • 1852, Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn), The London and Paris ladies' magazine of fashion (page 97)

      We are blowing each other out of the market with cheapness; but it is all the go, so we must not be behind the age.

11. (dated) Noisy merriment.
12. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.

    Synonyms: gage, measure

    • 1868 March, In a City Bus, in the Eclectic Magazine, new series volume VII, number 3:

      “Then, if you value it so highly,” I said, “you can hardly object to stand half a go of brandy for its recovery.”

13. (dated) A portion
14. (uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.

    Synonyms: energy, flair, liveliness, perseverance, pizzazz, spirit, verve, vigour, vim, vitality, zest

15. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
16. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.

    See Thesaurus:dandy

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

go (not comparable)

1. (postpositive, chiefly military and space flight) Working correctly and ready to commence operation; approved and able to be put into action.

Etymology 2

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go), shorter variant of Japanese 囲碁(いご) (igo), from Chinese 圍棋 / 围棋 (wéiqí, literally “encirclement board game”).

Alternative forms

• Go

Noun

go (uncountable)

2. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.

   Synonyms: weiqi, baduk

Derived terms

• go stone

Translations

Further reading

• “go”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “go”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• 'og, O&G, O.G., OG, Og, og

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• (particle; preposition) ga, ge, gi, gu; gan, gon
• (verb) gā, gān, ga, gaa, gah, gan, ge, gi, goo, goh, gou, gu

Etymology 1

Short form of gon (“to, towards”). Particle served originally as a preposition (prespositions gon, gan still do). Cognate to (particle/preposition) Alemannic German ga, ge, gi, gu, etc. From Middle High German gon (gan, gen), from Old High German gagan, from Proto-Germanic *gagin. Cognate to German gen (“to, towards”), gegen (“against, towards”), Dutch tegen, English gain, gain-, again, against, Icelandic gegn.

Not to be confused with the verb go (“to go”) (gaa, goo, etc.).

Pronunciation

• (Switzerland) IPA^(key): [ɡo], [ɡɔ]
• Hyphenation: go

Particle

go

1. to (particle follows after verbs (such as go, come); placed before infinitive)

   Synonyms: (in northern and western Switzerland dialects with certain verbs) cho, lah

   I(ch) gang go (ga, ge, gi, gu) schaffe. ― I am going to work.

   I(ch) gahn(e) go schaffe. ― I'm going to work.

   I(ch) gang go schlaaffe. ― I am going to sleep.

Preposition

go

1. (dated) to, towards (indicating a direction; nowaday often replaced by uf, nach)

   Synonyms: uf, nach

   I(ch) gang go (ga, gi, etc.) Bäärn. ― I'm going to Bern.

   I(ch) gang go (ga, gi, etc.) Züri. ― I'm going to Zurich.

2. to (used a verb preposition; in combination with verbs and often reduplicated. See particle for more)
3. (used as an auxiliary time verb for perfect (tense) sentences; placed after verb sii (“being”) and causing an omission of participle gange (“went”))

Etymology 2

Cognate to (verb) Alemannic German gon (“go”), ga, gan, etc. From Middle High German gān (gēn), from Old High German gān, (gēn), from Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave”). Cognate with German gehen, Low German gan, gahn, Dutch gaan, English go, Danish and Swedish gå.

Not to be confused with the particle/preposition go (“to, towards”) (ga, ge, etc.).

Pronunciation

• (Switzerland) IPA^(key): [ɡoː], [ɡɔː]
• Hyphenation: go

Verb

go (goo, goh) (third-person singular simple present goht, past participle ggange, past subjunctive gieng, auxiliary sii)

1. to go, to walk, step (movement/motion indicating starting point, direction, aim and purpose)
2. to go away, walk away , step away
3. to enter; to step in(side), walk in(side), step in(side) (+ inne (“in(side)”) (ine (“id”)); a room, house, building)
4. to be in motion, to work

   Es muess go (ga, gaa, gah, goo, goh). ― It has to work (It must work).

5. to flow (indicating flow direction of a river, stream, creek)

Related terms

• (preposition, particle) gäg, gäge, goge, gogen
• (preposition, particle, verb) gango, gang go

Further reading

• [19] particle/preposition/verb "go" (gā, ga, gān, gan, gāⁿ, gaⁿ, go,​ goⁿ,​ gogeⁿ,​ gi) in Schweizerisches Idiotikon (Swiss,Idiotikon)
• [20] article about "go" (to, towards, against) in Schweizerisches Idiotikon (Swiss Idiotikon), by Christoph Landolt, August 2018

Arigidi

Adjective

go

1. tall

References

• B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

Cornish

Etymology

From the same source as gew.

Interjection

go

1. woe!

Derived terms

Czech

Etymology

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡo]

Noun

go n

1. (board games) go

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoː/, (board game, occasionally among older players) /ɣoː/
• Rhymes: -oː

Etymology 1

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Noun

go n (uncountable)

1. (board games) go

Etymology 2

From English go.

Noun

go m (plural go's)

1. go, an approval or permission to do something

   Synonym: groen licht

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo/
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: go

Noun

go (accusative singular go-on, plural go-oj, accusative plural go-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

Ewe

Noun

go

1. shore

Derived terms

Togo

References

Westermann, D.V.: Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoː/, [ˈɡo̞ː]
• Rhymes: -oː

Noun

go

1. go (game)

Declension

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo/
• Rhymes: -o

Etymology 1

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Noun

go m (plural go)

1. go (board game)

   Synonym: jeu de go

Etymology 2

Noun

go m (plural gos)

1. alternative form of gau

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Bambara go, itself from French gosse.

Noun

go f (plural go or gos)

1. (Ivory Coast, France) girlfriend
2. (Senegal, France) girl, chick

Synonyms

• fille
• meuf

Further reading

• “go”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡoː]
• Rhymes: -ɡoː

Noun

go (plural gók)

1. (board games) go

Declension

Derived terms

• gózik
• gotábla

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo/
• Hyphenation: go

Noun

go (plural go-go)

2. (board games) a strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish co, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Cognate with German ge- (“with”) (collective prefix) and gegen (“toward, against”), English gain-, Spanish con (“with”), Russian ко (ko, “to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ/, /ɡə/

Conjunction

go (triggers eclipsis, takes dependent form of irregular verbs)

1. that (used to introduce a subordinate clause)

   Deir sé go bhfuil deifir air. ― He says that he is in a hurry.

2. used to introduce a subjunctive optative

   Go gcuidí Dia leo. ― May God help them.

   Go maire tú é! ― May you live to enjoy it!

   Go raibh maith agat. ― Thank you. (literally, “May you have good.”)

3. until, till

   Synonym: go dtí go

   Fan go dtiocfaidh sé. ― Wait until he comes.

Related terms

• (introducing subordinate clause; until):
  • gur (for past tenses)
  • nach (for negated clauses)
  • nár (for past tenses in negated clauses)
• (introducing subjunctive hortative): nár (for a negative wish)

Preposition

go (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis)

1. to (with places), till, until

   dul go Meiriceá ― to go to America

   Fáilte go hÉirinn ― Welcome to Ireland

   go leor ― enough, plenty, galore (literally, “until plenty”)

   go fóill ― still, yet, till later, in a while, later on

Usage notes

• In the meaning "to", used with place names that do not start with the definite article. Place names that do start with the definite article use go dtí instead. In a few fixed phrases, the archaic form gos is used.

Synonyms

• go dtí

Particle

go (triggers h-prothesis)

1. used to make temporary state adverbs

   D’ith sé go maith. ― He ate well.

   Shiúlaíodar go mall. ― They walked slowly.

   go feargach ― angrily

2. used to make predicative adjectives expressing an opinion or value judgment

   Tá an t-anraith seo go maith. ― This soup is good.

   Bhí a mac go hálainn. ― Her son was beautiful.

   Ní raibh an scannán go huafásach. ― The film wasn't awful.

Usage notes

Only used with predicate adjectives expressing a value judgment like "good/bad", "beautiful/ugly" etc. Other predicate adjectives do not take a particle:

Tá an t-anraith seo te. ― This soup is hot.

Bhí a mac ard. ― Her son was tall.

Ní raibh an film fada. ― The film wasn't long.

References

Italian

Etymology

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ/^*, /ˈɡo/^*
• Rhymes: -ɔ, -o
• Hyphenation: gò, gó

Noun

go m (uncountable)

1. (board games) go

References

Further reading

• go in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *qʷuw (“far”), from Old Chinese 迂 (OC *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa). Cognate with White Hmong deb and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] ghoub.

Adjective

go 

1. far, distant

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English go.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo/

Verb

go

1. to go; going; went. (tense is determined from context)

See also

• a-go
• a go
• de-go
• de go
• gwaan

Further reading

• go at majstro.com

Japanese

Romanization

go

1. The hiragana syllable ご (go) or the katakana syllable ゴ (go) in Hepburn romanization.

Kamkata-viri

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *gāwā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡo/

Noun

go f (Kamviri, Western Kata-viri)

1. cow

References

Lhao Vo

Alternative forms

go:

Etymology

Cognate with Burmese ကာ (ka, “shield”).

Noun

go

1. shield

References

• Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).

Middle English

Verb

go

1. alternative form of gon (“to go”)

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English go.

Verb

go

1. to go

   Im no go go wia wahala dey ― She will not go where there is trouble

Particle

go (to disambiguate this meaning, the acute intonation and the acute accent can be used: "gó")

1. Used to express the future tense, will

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈko/

Conjunction

go

1. when
2. when, as
3. since, because
4. (in comparisons) than

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[21], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Ojibwe

Alternative forms

• igo, igwa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

go

1. emphasis marker

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/go-pc-disc

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गो (go).

Noun

go m or f

1. cow, ox, bull

Declension

Derived terms

• gāvī

Pijin

Etymology

From English go.

Verb

go

1. to go; to leave; to go to; to go toward

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: go

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

go m

1. genitive/accusative singular mute of on

   Widzisz go? ― Can you see him?

Pronoun

go n

1. genitive singular mute of ono

See also

• Appendix:Polish pronouns

Etymology 2

Derived from Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Noun

go n (indeclinable)

1. (board games) go

Further reading

• go in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Noun

go m (uncountable)

1. (board games) go (Chinese strategy board game)

Salar

Alternative forms

• gau, gavu

Etymology

Borrowed from Amdo Tibetan [script needed] (go, “door”). Related to 口 (kǒu). Unrelated to Turkish kapı, Uyghur [script needed] (qovuq).

Pronunciation

• (Chahandusi, Jiezi, Gaizi, Qingshui, Mengda, Hanbahe, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [koː]
• (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [qoː]
• (Qingshui, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [ko]

Noun

go

1. door

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “go”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian)
• Kakuk, S. (1962) “go”, in “Un Vocabulaire Salar”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎^[23], volume 14, number 2, Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, pages 173-196
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “go”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 385, 463
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “go”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[24], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 113
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “go”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[25], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 107
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “go”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 231
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “go”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 274

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• gȏl (Croatia)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, bald”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡôː/

Adjective

gȏ (Cyrillic spelling го̑, definite gȍlī, comparative gòlijī)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) naked, nude, bare

Declension

South Efate

Etymology

Probably related to Big Nambas ka-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo/

Conjunction

go

1. and

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡo/ [ˈɡo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: go

Noun

go m (uncountable)

1. go (game)

Further reading

• “go”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English go.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo/, [ɡʊ̞], [ɡɔ̝]

Verb

go

1. to go

Swedish

Adjective

go (comparative goare, superlative goast)

1. (colloquial) alternative form of god (chiefly of taste)

2. (colloquial) appealing, usually in a cozy, cuddly, cute, or charming way

Declension

Noun

go n

1. (colloquial) go (initiative, perseverance, etc.)

   Synonym: jävlar anamma

Noun

go

1. (board games) go

References

• go in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• go in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English go.

Verb

go

1. go, leave

Tyap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəu/

Verb

go

1. to maintain, nurture, incubate

Venetan

Verb

go

1. first-person singular present indicative of gaver

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣɔ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣɔ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣɔ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Noun

go • (𩸰)

1. (obsolete) gills

Etymology 2

Noun

go • (𦁣)

1. woof, weft

Volapük

Adverb

go

1. absolutely

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwo-, from Old Welsh guo-, from Proto-Brythonic *gwo-, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo- (“under”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoː/

Adverb

go (causes soft mutation)

1. pretty, a bit, fairly

Derived terms

• go iawn (“real, proper”)
• go lew (“decent, alright”)

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “go”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yola

Etymology 1

Verb

go

1. alternative form of goan (“going”)

Etymology 2

Verb

go

1. alternative form of goe (“to go”)

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

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡò/

Verb

gò

1. to cover or put something in a coop; usually referring to birds

   ó go adìẹ náà ― She put the chicken in a coop

Usage notes

• go before a direct object

Derived terms

• àgò (“coop”)

Etymology 2

Compare with Olukumi gó

Alternative forms

• ga (SY)
• gọn (Ijebu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡō/

Verb

go

1. (Ondo, Ifẹ, Ikalẹ) to be tall

   Ulí yí Olú kọ́ go (Oǹdó) ― The house Olu built is tall

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ko˨˦/
• Tone numbers: go¹
• Hyphenation: go

Etymology 1

From Chinese 棵.

Classifier

go (Sawndip forms 𣘁 or 枯 or 柯 or 古 or ⿰哥个, 1957–1982 spelling go)

1. Used with plants.

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 歌 (ka).

Noun

go (1957–1982 spelling go)

1. song

Etymology 3

From Middle Chinese 哥 (ka).

Noun

go (1957–1982 spelling go)

1. elder brother

   Synonyms: (dialectal) goq, (dialectal) goj

2. male relative outside of one's nuclear family, of the same generation, and older than oneself; brother-in-law or cousin

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 個?”)

Particle

go (1957–1982 spelling go)

1. Used sentence-finally to express certainty or decisiveness.

   Synonym: (dialectal) goh

Source: wiktionary.org