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gu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gu"

Translingual

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Symbol

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gu

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

English

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Noun

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gu

  1. Alternative spelling of gue (“Shetland fiddle”)
  2. Alternative form of gu. (“gules”)

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Anagrams

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Ambulas

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Noun

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gu

  1. water

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  • Patricia R. Wilson, Ambulas Grammar (1980)

Anguthimri

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Noun

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gu

  1. (Mpakwithi) knee

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

Basque

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Etymology

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From Proto-Basque *gu.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /ɡu/ [ɡu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: gu

Pronoun

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gu

  1. First-person plural personal pronoun; we

Declension

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Declension of Basque personal pronouns
Common pronouns
singular plural
1st person 2nd person (informal) 2nd 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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “gu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “gu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Central Mazahua

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Letter

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gu (upper case Gu)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

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Dena'ina

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Adverb

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gu

  1. here

Determiner

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gu

  1. this

East Central German

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Adverb

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gu

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) yes

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Iatmul

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Noun

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gu

  1. water
  2. any liquid

Derived terms

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

References

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

Isthmus Zapotec

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Noun

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gu

  1. sweet potato

Japanese

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Romanization

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gu

  1. The hiragana syllable ぐ (gu) or the katakana syllable グ (gu) in Hepburn romanization.

Manambu

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Noun

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gu

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

References

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

Mandarin

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Romanization

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gu

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

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Pronoun

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gu

  1. Alternative form of yow

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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gu

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect, 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

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Particle

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gu

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

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  • Before vowels the form gu h- is used.

Preposition

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gu (+ dative, no mutation, before the definite article chun, combined with the singular definite article gun)

  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.

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  • 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

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Personal inflection of gu
Person: simple emphatic
singular first thugam thugamsa
second thugad thugadsa
third m thuige thuigesan
f thuice thuicese
plural first thugainn thugainne
second thugaibh thugaibhse
third thuca thucasan

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Conjunction

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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.

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

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  3. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

Sumerian

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Romanization

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gu

  1. Romanization of 𒄖 (gu)

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From French goût.

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Noun

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gu

  1. (colloquial) taste (implicit set of preferences), especially esthetic taste
    gu thẩm mĩ
    esthetic taste

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Welsh

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Adjective

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gu

  1. Soft mutation of cu.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cu
radical soft nasal aspirate
cu gu nghu chu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Wutunhua

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Etymology

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Likely from Mandarin 其 (qí).

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Determiner

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gu

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

Pronoun

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gu

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

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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

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

Zou

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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gù

  1. bone

References

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