gu

Common pronouns
	singular			plural
	1st person	2nd person (informal)	2rd person (neuter)	1st person	2nd person
absolutive	ni	hi	zu	gu	zuek
ergative	nik	hik	zuk	guk	zuek
dative	niri	hiri	zuri	guri	zuei
genitive	nire, ene	hire	zure	gure	zuen
comitative	nirekin, enekin	hirekin	zurekin	gurekin	zuekin
causative	nigatik, niregatik, enegatik	higatik, hiregatik	zugatik, zuregatik	gugatik, guregatik	zuengatik
benefactive	niretzat, niretako, enetzat,enetako	hiretzat, hiretako	zuretzat, zuretako	guretzat, guretako	zuentzat, zuendako
instrumental	nitaz	hitaz	zutaz	gutaz	zuetaz
inessive	nigan, niregan, nire baitan, nitan, enegan, ene baitan	higan, hiregan, hire baitan, hitan	zugan, zuregan, zure baitan, zutan	gugan, guregan, gure baitan, gutan	zuengan, zuen baitan, zuetan
locative	nire baitako, ene baitako	hire baitako	gu baitako, gure baitako	zu baitako, zure baitako	zuen baitako
allative	niregana, nireganat, nire baitara, nire baitarat, enegana, eneganat, ene baitara, ene baitarat	hiregana, hireganat, hire baitara, hire baitarat	zugana, zuregana, zuganat, zureganat, zu baitara, zure baitara, zu baitarat, zure baitarat	gugana, guregana, guganat, gureganat, gu baitara, gure baitara, gu baitarat, gure baitarat	zuengana, zuenganat, zuen baitara, zuen baitarat
terminative	nireganaino, nire baitaraino, eneganaino	higanaino, hireganaino, hire baitaraino	zuganaino, zureganaino, zu baitaraino, zure baitaraino	guganaino, gureganaino, gu baitaraino, gure baitaraino	zuenganaino, zuen baitaraino
directive	niganantz, nireganantz, eneganantz	higanantz, hireganantz	zuganantz, zureganantz	guganantz, gureganantz	zuenganantz
destinative	niganako, nireganako, eneganako	higanako, hireganako	zuganako, zureganako	guganako, gureganako	zuenganako
ablative	nireganik, niregandik, nire baitatik, nire baitarik, eneganik, enegandik, ene baitatik, ene baitarik	higanik, hireganik, higandik, hiregandik, hire baitatik, hire baitarik	zuganik, zureganik, zugandik, zuregandik, zu baitatik, zu baitarik, zure baitatik, zure baitarik	guganik, gureganik, gugandik, guregandik, gu baitatik, gu baitarik, gure baitatik, gure baitarik	zuenganik, zuengandik, zuen baitatik, zuen baitarik
Emphatic pronouns
absolutive	neu	heu	zeu	geu	zeuek
ergative	neuk	heuk	zeuk	geuk	zeuek
dative	neuri	heuri	zeuri	geuri	zeuei
genitive	neure	heure	zeure	geure	zeuen
comitative	neurekin	heurekin	zeurekin	geurekin	zeuekin
causative	neugatik, neuregatik	heugatik, heuregatik	zugatik, zuregatik	gugatik, guregatik	zuengatik
benefactive	neuretzat, neuretako	heuretzat, heuretako	zeuretzat, zeuretako	geuretzat, geuretako	zeuentzat, zeuendako
instrumental	neutaz	heutaz	zeutaz	geutaz	zeuetaz
inessive	neugan	heuregan, heure baitan	zeugan, zeuregan	geugan, geuregan	zeuengan
locative	neure baitako	heure baitako	zeure baitako	geure baitako	zeuen baitako
allative	neuregana	heugana, heuregana, heure baitara, heure baitarat	zeugana, zeuregana	geugana, geuregana	zeuengana
terminative	neuregaino	heuganaino, heureganaino, heure baitaraino	zeuganaino, zeureganaino	geuganaino, geureganaino	zeuenganaino
directive	neuganantz	heuganantz, heureganantz	zeuganantz, zeureganantz	geuganantz, geureganantz	zeuenganantz
destinative	neureganako	heuganako, heureganako	zeuganako, zeureganako	geuganako, geureganako	zeuenganako
ablative	neuganik, neugandik	heuganik, heureganik, heugandik, heuregandik, heure baitatik, heure baitarik	zeuganik, zeureganik, zeugandik, zeuregandik	geuganik, geureganik, geugandik, geuregandik	zeuenganik, zeuengandik

Related termsEdit

geu

Dena'inaEdit

AdverbEdit

gu

here

DeterminerEdit

gu

this

IatmulEdit

NounEdit

gu

water
any liquid

Derived termsEdit

nyigi gu (“beer”, literally “bitter water”)

ReferencesEdit

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

Isthmus ZapotecEdit

NounEdit

gu

sweet potato

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

gu

Rōmaji transcription of ぐ
Rōmaji transcription of グ

ManambuEdit

NounEdit

gu

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

ReferencesEdit

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

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

gu

Nonstandard spelling of gū.
Nonstandard spelling of gú.
Nonstandard spelling of gǔ.
Nonstandard spelling of gù.

Usage notesEdit

English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle EnglishEdit

PronounEdit

gu

Alternative form of yow

ReferencesEdit

“you, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 May 2018.

Scottish GaelicEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ku/

ParticleEdit

gu

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

Usage notesEdit

Before vowels the form gu h- is used.

PrepositionEdit

gu

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 notesEdit

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?

Alternative formsEdit

gus

Derived termsEdit

The following prepositional pronouns:

Person	Number	Prepositional pronoun	Prepositional pronoun (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

ConjunctionEdit

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.