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From Sanskrit गुण (guṇá, “quality”).

• IPA(key): /ˈɡʊnə/

guna (countable and uncountable, plural gunas)

1. (Sanskrit linguistics) A lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, u, by prefixing an a element.
2. (countable) In Hindu philosophy, any of the three fundamental operating principles or tendencies of prakṛti (universal nature): sattva, rajas, and tamas.

• ANUG, Aung, Guan, UNGA, guan, guan-

guna

1. feces
2. anus

guna

1. to defecate

guna

1. Romanization of ᬕᬸᬡ

Sarong gunâ kaiba an saiyang mga siyo (A mother hen with her chicks).

• IPA(key): /ɡuˈnaʔ/ [ɡuˈn̪aʔ]
• Hyphenation: gu‧na

gunâ (Basahan spelling ᜄᜓᜈ)

1. (Naga) hen
   Synonym: gunakan

• dumaraga

• lalong

• manok

• siwo

• siyo

• sulog

• Hyphenation: gu‧na

• IPA(key): /ˈɡuna/ [ˈɡu.n̪ɐ]

guna

1. a type of bolo knife, shorter and smaller than a sundang and with a blunt point, primarily used for weeding, digging and loosening the soil around plants

guna

1. to weed, dig or loosen the soil using a guna

From pinyin transcription of the phrase 滾啊 (gǔn a, “go away, go to hell”).

guna

1. (Mandarin, Internet slang, humorous, euphemistic) go away; get lost; GTFO

From Proto-Central New South Wales *gunang, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kuna.

• IPA(key): /ɡuna/

guna

1. excrement, faeces, shit

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

guna

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of gute Nacht.

• gumo
• IPA(key): /ɡú.nàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɡʷʊ́.nàː]

gunā̀ f (plural gunōnī, possessed form gunàr̃)

1. tsamma (a bitter melon, Citrullus lanatus)
2. An epithet for someone who is not as strong as expected.
3. (colloquial) A girl who is physically mature with developed breasts.

guna

1. usage

guna

1. of use, wanted, needed, of benefit.
   ..., mayuh pengawa begunaka pengelandik dalam digital.
   ..., many jobs need digital skillfulness.

• Richards, Anthony. An Iban-English Dictionary, Volume 1 Clarendon Press. 1981.
• Nembiak patut nyemelaka pemujur dalam pelajar enggau pengelandik Utusan Borneo. 28 August 2023.

From Malay guna (“usage”), from Classical Malay guna, from Sanskrit गुण (guṇa, “use”).

• IPA(key): /ɡuna/
• Rhymes: -na, -a
• Hyphenation: gu‧na

guna (first-person possessive gunaku, second-person possessive gunamu, third-person possessive gunanya)

1. benefit
2. purpose, function
3. goodness

• goena (pre-1947)

• (benefit): faedah, manfaat, maslahat

• (function): fungsi

• (goodness): budi baik, kebaikan

• berguna

• berkegunaan

• kegunaan

• ketergunaan

• mempergunakan

• menggunakan

• pengguna

• penggunaan

• seguna

• tergunakan

• mandraguna

guna

1. for

• bagi
• untuk
• “guna” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

guna

1. Romanization of ꦒꦸꦤ

guna

1. use; purpose

• IPA(key): /ɡuna/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ɡunə]
• Rhymes: -a

From Sanskrit गुण (guṇa, “use”).

guna (Jawi spelling ݢونا, plural **guna-guna, informal 1st possessive gunaku, 2nd possessive gunamu, 3rd possessive gunanya)

1. benefit
   Synonyms: faedah, manfaat
2. function, use
   Synonyms: fungsi, peranan
3. goodness, kindness
   Synonyms: budi baik, kebaikan

• berguna

• gunaan

• kebergunaan

• kegunaan

• kepenggunaan

• mempergunakan

• menggunakan

• pengguna

• penggunaan

• pergunaan

• seguna

• Indonesian: guna

guna (Jawi spelling ݢونا)

1. for
   Synonyms: bagi, untuk

Clipping of menggunakan.

guna (Jawi spelling ݢونا)

1. (informal) to use
   Aku guna fon aku ni hanya untuk menelefon mak ayah aku selalunya.
   I usually use my phone here just to call my parents.

• “guna” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from English goon.[1][2]

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡũ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡũ.nɐ/

  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡu.na/

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡu.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: gu‧na

guna m (plural gunas)

1. (Portugal, Porto, colloquial, derogatory) a chav (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
   Synonym: (Southern Portugal) mitra

• andar à guna
• gunada

1. ^ “guna”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
2. ^ “guna”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

• IPA(key): /ˈɡuna/ [ˈɡu.na]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: gu‧na

guna f (plural gunas)

1. (Hinduism) guna

-guna (infinitive kuguna)

1. to moan, grunt

From Persian گناه (gonâh).

guna

1. sin