dagon

See also: Dagon and dag-on

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧gon

Noun

dagon

1. a lucky charm

Quotations

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Cuyunon

Etymology

Compare Ratagnon dagon.

Noun

dagon

1. year

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dagoun

Etymology

Compare English dag (“a loose end”).

Noun

dagon (plural dagons)

1. A slip or piece; a scrap, particularly of cloth
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Somnour's Tale", in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; Rev. Walter W. Skeat, editor, The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. 4, Second Edition, Oxford at the Clarendon Press: Humphrey Milford, 1900, →OCLC, lines 1746–1753 (38–45)

     'Yeve us a busshel whete, malt, or reye,
     A goddes kechil, or a trip of chese,
     Or elles what yow list, we may nat chese;
     A goddes halfpeny or a masse-peny,
     Or yeve us of your brawn, if ye have eny;
     A dagon of your blanket, leve dame,
     Our suster dere, lo! here I write your name;
     Bacon or beef, or swich thing as ye finde.'

     "Give us a bushel of wheat, malt or rye, or a God's cake, or some cheese—whatever you like, we leave it up to you. A God's halfpenny or mass-penny, or a piece of meat, if you have any; A scrap of your blanket, my dear lady, our sister dear, look! I write your name here: Bacon or beef, or any such thing you find."

Ojibwe

Etymology 1

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

Verb

dagon (inanimate intransitive (vii), changed conjunct form endagog, changed conjunct stem endagon)

1. be situated in (a certain place)

   Mii imaa endagoninig o'o odasanjigoowigamig.

   That's where her storage lodge was located.

See also

• ate
• ayaa
• biinde

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/dagon-vii

Etymology 2

dagw- (include) + -in (act on by hand)

Verb

dagon (transitive animate (vta), changed conjunct form degonaad, reduplicated form dadagon)

1. add in, mix in

   Nindagonaag okaadaakoog naboobiikeyaan.

   I add carrots when I make soup.

Related terms

• dagonan

See also

• ginigawin

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/dagon-vta

Ratagnon

Etymology

Compare Cuyunon dagon.

Noun

dagon

1. year