ongang

English

noun
Definitions
  • (UK) A start-up; beginning; commencement (of activity, work, machinery, etc.); a setting in motion.
  • (UK) Rowdy or unrestrained behaviour; antics.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *ongang inherited from Old English ongang (assault, incursion, irruption, attack, worship, entrance) prefix from English gang (a going, walk, path, step, way, course of travel, course, go).

Origin

English

gang

Gloss

a going, walk, path, step, way, course of travel, course, go

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

歩

Emoji
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