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See also: agọ, Ago, Ago., AGO, agó, aĝo, ägo, and -ago

Translingual

Symbol

ago

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tainae.

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English ago, agon (passed), past participle of agon (to depart, escape, pass), from Old English āgān (to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (out), *gāną (to go), equivalent to a- + gone, and by surface analysis, a- + go. Cognate with German ergehen (to come to pass, fare, go forth). Compare also Old Saxon āgangan (to go or pass by), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, to go forth).

Pronunciation

Postposition

ago

  1. Before now, before the present time
    I got married ten years ago.
    When they first met in 2000, my dad told my mom how he had gotten the money. The story begins 20 years ago.
    It was two weeks ago that I saw her last.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

ago (comparative more ago, superlative most ago)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
    in days ago / in days agone
  2. (archaic or dialectal) Nearly gone; dead. (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)
    Woe the day—she is agone!

Usage notes

  • Usually follows the noun.

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Further reading

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Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa) (compare Turkish ağa) or Greek άγιος (ágios).

Noun

ago m

  1. (Gheg, archaic, poetic) god

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agō.

Pronunciation

Noun

ago (accusative singular agon, plural agoj, accusative plural agojn)

  1. act, action

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Derived terms

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈɡu/ [ʔaˈɡo]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: a‧go

Interjection

agó (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤᜳ)

  1. an exclamation of surprise

See also

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 22

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agō.

Pronunciation

Noun

ago (plural agi)

  1. act, action, deed

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Derived terms

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin acus.

Noun

ago m

  1. needle

Italian

Etymology

From earlier *aco, from Latin acus (needle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (sharp). Compare Romanian ac.

Pronunciation

Noun

ago m (plural aghi)

  1. needle
    • 1947, Primo Levi, “Storia di dieci giorni”, in Se questo è un uomo [If This Is a Man], Torino: Einaudi, published 1987, →ISBN, page 190:
      Grazie alla mia ormai lunga esperienza delle cose del campo; ero riuscito a portare con me le mie cose personali: una cintura di fili elettrici intrecciati; il cucchiaio-coltello; un ago con tre gugliate; cinque bottoni; e infine, diciotto pietrine per acciarino che avevo rubato in Laboratoria.
      Thanks to my by now long experience with camp-related matters; I was able to bring with me my personal items: a belt made of braided electrical wires; the spoon-knife; a needle with three threads; five buttons; and lastly, eighteen flints for the lighter that I robbed from the Laboratory.

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Japanese

Romanization

ago

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あご

Karipúna Creole French

Pronunciation

Interjection

ago?

  1. may I come in?

Further reading

  • Alfred W. Tobler (1987), Dicionário Crioulo Karipúna/Português Português/Crioulo Karípúna (in Karipúna Creole French), Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 43

Latin

Lolopo

Maranao

Samoan

Ternate

Võro

Yoruba

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