gonäs
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Derived from go, gåo (“good.”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡ̊ɯ̀ᵝːne̞s], [ɡ̊ɯ̀ᵝːɳe̞s]
- Rhymes: -ùːðnɛs, -ùːnɛs, -ɛs
Verb
gonäs (active goon)
- (middle, intransitive) To be lazy, to lounge.
- (middle, intransitive) To settle, to establish or improve by itself or oneself by lying still for a while, come into its own.
- Han wahl no bätter bȧra han få ligg å gones nȧlta'
- He’ll get better, he’ll just have to lie down for a little while and thus improve himself, or as if coming to his senses a little.
Usage notes
This kind of bettering is of an unspecified kind that simply happens by iteself with time, as someone or something lies for a while.
Synonyms
- goon