gou

See also: gòu, gōu, göu, gǒu, Gǒu, and ȝou

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gauw.

Adverb

gou

quick, quickly

Mandarin

Romanization

gou

Nonstandard spelling of gōu.
Nonstandard spelling of gǒu.
Nonstandard spelling of gòu.

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.

Rotuman

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

gou

I (personal pronoun)
me (direct object of a verb)
me (object of a preposition)
me (indirect object of a verb)
my (belonging to me)

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English gulle, from a Brythonic language, from Proto-Brythonic *gwuɨlann, from Proto-Celtic *wēlannā (“seagull”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡuː/, /ɡʌu/

Noun

gou (plural gous)

gull
fool, stupid creature

Hyponyms

scorrie

Derived terms

West Makian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.u/

Noun

gou

(informal) foot, leg
Synonyms: gufi, tarotaro (polite)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.u/

Noun

gou

a torch made of coconut fronds

References

James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics
Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics (as gow in the sense of "foot")

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kuːᴬ (“singular first-person pronoun (weak)”). Cognate with Thai กู (guu), Lao ກູ (kū).

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /kou˨˦/
Tone numbers: gou¹
Hyphenation: gou

Pronoun

gou (Sawndip forms 𭆸 or 九 or 戈 or 㕤 or 苟 or 𪜩 or 勾 or 句, 1957–1982 spelling gou)

I; me
Synonyms: (dialectal) gwh, (dialectal) ngoh

Standard Zhuang personal pronouns
Person		Singular	Plural
1st	exclusive	gou	dou
1st	inclusive	gou	raeuz
2nd		mwngz	sou
3rd		de	gyoengqde