gunate

== English == === Etymology === From guna +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ɡuneɪt/ === Verb === gunate (third-person singular simple present gunates, present participle gunating, simple past and past participle gunated) (Sanskrit linguistics, transitive) To lengthen the simple vowel a, i, u, or ṛ by prefixing an a element through gunating. ==== Derived terms ==== gunation