guur
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /χyːr/
Adjective
guur (attributive gure, comparative guurder, superlative guurste)
Dutch
Etymology
Clipping of onguur. A similar development took place in the cognate West Frisian ûnhuer, which yielded njoer.[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /ɣyr/, [ɣyːr]
- Hyphenation: guur
- Rhymes: -yr
Inflection
| Inflection of guur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | guur | |||
| inflected | gure | |||
| comparative | guurder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | guur | guurder | het guurst het guurste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | gure | guurdere | guurste |
| n. sing. | guur | guurder | guurste | |
| plural | gure | guurdere | guurste | |
| definite | gure | guurdere | guurste | |
| partitive | guurs | guurders | — | |
Derived terms
- gurig
- guurheid
- guurte
- reaguurder
Descendants
- Afrikaans: guur
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “guur”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Yapese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xʊːr/
See also
Yapese personal pronouns
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First* | inclusive | gadow | gadaed | |
| exclusive | gaeg | gamow | gamaed | |
| Second | guur | gimeew | gimeed | |
| Third | qiir | yow | yaed | |
| Other expressions | ||||
| Partitive** | bagyow | bagyaed | ||
| * The first person can be inclusive (I/we and you) or exclusive (I/we and not you). This differentiation is meaningful only in the dual and in the plural. ** Partitive pronouns are used in expressions such as one of them two (dual) or one of them (plural). | ||||
References
- Jensen, John Thayer (1977) Yapese Reference Grammar, Honolulu: The University press of Hawaii, pages 132-135
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