gu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gu"
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
gu
English edit
Noun edit
gu
See also edit
- gu zheng (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams edit
Ambulas edit
Noun edit
gu
References edit
- Patricia R. Wilson, Ambulas Grammar (1980)
Anguthimri edit
Noun edit
gu
- (Mpakwithi) knee
References edit
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186
Basque edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Basque *gu.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Pronoun edit
gu
- First-person plural personal pronoun; we
Declension edit
Declension of Basque personal pronouns
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Central Mazahua edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
gu (upper case Gu)
- A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.
Dena'ina edit
Adverb edit
gu
Determiner edit
gu
Iatmul edit
Noun edit
gu
Derived terms edit
- nyigi gu (“beer”, literally “bitter water”)
References edit
- Gerd Jendraschek, in Future Times, Future Tenses, edited by Philippe De Brabanter, Mikhail Kissine, Saghie Sharifzadeh
Isthmus Zapotec edit
Noun edit
gu
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
gu
Manambu edit
Noun edit
gu
References edit
- Alexandra Aikhenvald, The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea (2010, →ISBN
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
gu
- Nonstandard spelling of gū.
- Nonstandard spelling of gú.
- Nonstandard spelling of gǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of gù.
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Pronoun edit
gu
- Alternative form of yow
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
gu
- (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 edit
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish go, from Old Irish co. Cognates include Irish go and Manx dy.
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
gu
- Makes an adverb when placed in front of an adjective
- Tha mi gu math.
- I am (doing) well.
Usage notes edit
- Before vowels the form gu h- is used.
Preposition edit
gu (+ dative, no mutation, before the definite article chun, combined with the singular definite article gun)
- till, until
- Fanaidh mi gu ochd uairean.
- I’ll wait until eight o’clock.
- to
- Chuir mi litir gu mo phàrantan.
- I sent a letter to my parents.
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Personal inflection of gu | |||||||||
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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 edit
Derived terms edit
Conjunction edit
gu
- 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 edit
- If the clause is negated, gu is replaced with nach.
Sumerian edit
Romanization edit
gu
- Romanization of 𒄖 (gu)
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gu
- (colloquial) taste (implicit set of preferences), especially esthetic taste
- gu thẩm mĩ
- esthetic taste
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡiː/
- Homophone: gi (South Wales only)
Adjective edit
gu
- Soft mutation of cu.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
gu
Pronoun edit
gu
See also edit
Wutunhua personal pronouns
References edit
Zou edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ruʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rus. Cognates include Mizo ruh and Burmese ရိုး (rui:).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gù
References edit
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University