gu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gu"

Translingual

Symbol

gu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Gujarati.

English

Noun

gu

  1. Alternative spelling of gue (Shetland fiddle)
  2. Alternative form of gu. (gules)

See also

Anagrams

Ambulas

Noun

gu

  1. water

References

  • Patricia R. Wilson, Ambulas Grammar (1980)

Anguthimri

Noun

gu

  1. (Mpakwithi) knee

References

  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *gu.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ɡu/ [ɡu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: gu

Pronoun

gu

  1. First-person plural personal pronoun; we

Declension

Derived terms

  • geu (we ourselves)
  • guganatu (to bring closer to us)
  • guhaur
  • gure aita (Lord's Prayer)
  • gureganatu (to bring closer to us)
  • guretu

Further reading

  • "gu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • gu” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʷ/

Letter

gu (upper case Gu)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Dena'ina

Adverb

gu

  1. here

Determiner

gu

  1. this

Iatmul

Noun

gu

  1. water
  2. any liquid

Derived terms

  • nyigi gu (beer, literally bitter water)

References

  • Gerd Jendraschek, in Future Times, Future Tenses, edited by Philippe De Brabanter, Mikhail Kissine, Saghie Sharifzadeh

Isthmus Zapotec

Noun

gu

  1. sweet potato

Japanese

Romanization

gu

  1. The hiragana syllable (gu) or the katakana syllable (gu) in Hepburn romanization.

Manambu

Noun

gu

  1. water or any other liquid (beer, wine, petrol)

References

  • Alexandra Aikhenvald, The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea (2010, →ISBN

Mandarin

Romanization

gu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Pronoun

gu

  1. Alternative form of yow

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gu

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) alternative form of gud (god)
    • 1800, H.Barlien, Trondhiems Budstik:
      De føst Bue: Du ska int ha naakaan framund gu istan for mæg
      The first commandment: you shall not have any foreign god instead of me

See also

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish go, from Old Irish co. Cognates include Irish go and Manx dy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kə/

Particle

gu

  1. Makes an adverb when placed in front of an adjective
    Tha mi gu math.
    I am (doing) well.

Usage notes

  • Before vowels the form gu h- is used.

Preposition

gu (+ dative, no mutation, before the definite article chun, combined with the singular definite article gun)

  1. till, until
    Fanaidh mi gu ochd uairean.
    I’ll wait until eight o’clock.
  2. to
    Chuir mi litir gu mo phàrantan.
    I sent a letter to my parents.

Usage notes

  • Before the definite article takes the form chun and is followed by the genitive instead of the dative.
    Is toil leis a bhith a' dol gu partaidhean.
    He likes going to parties.
    A bheil thu tighinn chun a' phartaidh?
    Are you coming to the party?

Inflection

Personal inflection of gu
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st thugam thugamsa
2nd thugad thugadsa
3rd m thuige thuigesan
3rd f thuice thuicese
Plural 1st thugainn thugainne
2nd thugaibh thugaibhse
3rd thuca thucasan

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Conjunction

gu

  1. that; used with the dependent form of a verb to introduce a subordinate clause.
    Tha mi a’ smaoineachadh gu bheil clann aca.
    I think that they have children.

Usage notes

  • If the clause is negated, gu is replaced with nach.

Sumerian

Romanization

gu

  1. Romanization of 𒄖 (gu)

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French goût.

Pronunciation

Noun

gu

  1. (colloquial) taste (implicit set of preferences), especially esthetic taste
    gu thẩm mĩ
    esthetic taste

Derived terms

Derived terms
  • hợp gu

Welsh

Pronunciation

Adjective

gu

  1. Soft mutation of cu.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cu gu nghu chu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Wutunhua

Pronunciation

Determiner

gu

  1. that
    Synonyms: gu-gu, gu-ge
    Coordinate term: je (this)
    ngu gu xawa wan-di-yek.
    I am working on that task.
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 76)

Pronoun

gu

  1. third-person pronoun; he, him, she, her, it
  2. that
    Synonym: gu-ge

See also

References

  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

Zou

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ruʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rus. Cognates include Mizo ruh and Burmese ရိုး (rui:).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡu˧˩/

Noun

  1. bone

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University
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