gu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gu"

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EnglishEdit

NounEdit

gu

1. Alternative spelling of gue

AnagramsEdit

• UG, Ug, ug

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AmbulasEdit

NounEdit

gu

1. water

ReferencesEdit

• Patricia R. Wilson, Ambulas Grammar (1980)

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BasqueEdit

PronounEdit

gu

1. we

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Dena'inaEdit

AdverbEdit

gu

1. here

DeterminerEdit

gu

1. this

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IatmulEdit

NounEdit

gu

1. water
2. 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

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Isthmus ZapotecEdit

NounEdit

gu

1. sweet potato

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

gu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぐ
2. Rōmaji transcription of グ

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LojbanEdit

CmavoEdit

gu

1. (conjunction) whether (or not)

Usage notesEdit

• This is a coordinating conjunction: gu ... gi ... means ... whether or not ....
• This is a so-called "forethought connective". Its corresponding "afterthought connective" is .iju.

See alsoEdit

• ga
• ganai
• ge
• genai
• gi
• go
• gonai

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ManambuEdit

NounEdit

gu

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

ReferencesEdit

• Alexandra Aikhenvald, The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea (2010, ISBN 019161534X)

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MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

gu

1. Nonstandard spelling of gū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of gú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of gǔ.
4. 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.

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Scottish GaelicEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ku/

ParticleEdit

gu

1. 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

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.

Alternative formsEdit

• gus

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?

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from gu

• gu bhith
• gu dearbh

• gu leòr

• gu leth

• 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

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 notesEdit

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

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VietnameseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French goût

PronunciationEdit

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɣʊw˧˥]

NounEdit

gu

1. taste, set of preferences

Derived termsEdit

• gu thẩm mĩ
• hợp gu