guur
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
guur (attributive gure, comparative guurder, superlative guurste)
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
guur (comparative guurder, superlative guurst)
- chillingly cold, rainy and windy
InflectionEdit
Inflection of guur | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | guur | |||
inflected | gure | |||
comparative | guurder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | guur | guurder | het guurst het guurste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | gure | guurdere | guurste |
n. sing. | guur | guurder | guurste | |
plural | gure | guurdere | guurste | |
definite | gure | guurdere | guurste | |
partitive | guurs | guurders | — |
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: guur
SomaliEdit
VerbEdit
guur
YapeseEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
guur
- Second-person singular pronoun; you
See alsoEdit
Yapese personal pronouns
Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
First* | inclusive | gadow | gadaed | |
exclusive | gaeg | gamow | gamaed | |
Second | guur | gimeew | gimeed | |
Third | qiir | yow | yaed | |
Other expressions | ||||
Partitive** | bagyow | bagyaed | ||
* The first person can be inclusive (I/we and you) or exclusive (I/we and not you). This differentiation is meaningful only in the dual and in the plural. ** Partitive pronouns are used in expressions such as one of them two (dual) or one of them (plural). |
ReferencesEdit
- Jensen, John Thayer (1977) Yapese Reference Grammar, Honolulu: The University press of Hawaii, pages 132-135