Guna

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Guna \Gu"na\ (g[=oo]"n[.a]), n. [Skr. guna quality.]
     In Sanskrit grammar, a lengthening of the simple vowels a, i,
     e, by prefixing an a element. The term is sometimes used to
     denote the same vowel change in other languages.
     [1913 Webster]