Wiktionary

gu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gu"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

gu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Gujarati.

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

gu

  1. Alternative spelling of gue (“Shetland fiddle”)
  2. (heraldry) Abbreviation of gules.

AnagramsEdit

AmbulasEdit

NounEdit

gu

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Patricia R. Wilson, Ambulas Grammar (1980)

AnguthimriEdit

NounEdit

gu

  1. (Mpakwithi) knee

ReferencesEdit

  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

gu

  1. First-person plural personal pronoun; we

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Basque personal pronouns
Common pronouns
singular plural
1st person 2nd person (informal) 2rd person (neutral) 1st person 2nd person
absolutive ni hi zu gu zuek
ergative nik hik zuk guk
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
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

Further readingEdit

  • gu in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “gu” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Dena'inaEdit

AdverbEdit

gu

  1. here

DeterminerEdit

gu

  1. this

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

Isthmus ZapotecEdit

NounEdit

gu

  1. sweet potato

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

gu

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

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

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.

Middle EnglishEdit

PronounEdit

gu

  1. Alternative form of yow

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Irish go, from Old Irish co. Cognates include Irish go and Manx dy.

PronunciationEdit

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 (+ dative)

  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.

InflectionEdit

Personal inflection of gu
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

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

Derived termsEdit

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.

SumerianEdit

RomanizationEdit

gu

  1. Romanization of 𒄖 (gu)

VietnameseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French goût.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gu

  1. (colloquial) taste, set of preferences

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

gu

  1. Soft mutation of cu.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
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.

WutunhuaEdit

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

gu

  1. that
    ngu gu xawa wan-di-yek.
    I am working on that task.
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 76)
    Synonyms: gu-gu, gu-ge
    Coordinate term: je (“this”)

PronounEdit

gu

  1. third-person pronoun; he, him, she, her, it
  2. that
    Synonym: gu-ge

See alsoEdit

Wutunhua personal pronouns
singular paucal collective
subjective objective
First person ngu nga ngu-jhege nga-mu
Second person ni nia ni-jhege ni-mu
Third person gu gu-jhege gu-mu

ReferencesEdit

  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

YolaEdit

VerbEdit

gu

  1. Alternative form of gee
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Gu es.
      Give us.

ReferencesEdit

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 43

ZouEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ruʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rus. Cognates include Mizo ruh and Burmese ရိုး (rui:).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gù

  1. bone

ReferencesEdit

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University
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