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Gamilaraay
Suffix
-gu
- movement to
- purpose
- belonging to
- for
Japanese
Romanization
-gu
- Rōmaji transcription of ぐ
Kwini
Suffix
-gu
- dative case marker
- ngawa-gu : for water
References
Laboya
Pronoun
-gu
- first person singular subject enclitic
- first person singular possessive enclitic
See also
Laboya pronominal clitics
Salar
Suffix
-gu
- Equipping infinitive of verbs.
References
- Yakup Abdurishid (2020). Salar Halkı ve Dilleri (Duygu Ö. Demir, Trans.). Tehlikedeki Diller Dergisi, Çeviriler Dosyası 2-Ek, 151-163.
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *-gu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ku, from Proto-Austronesian *-ku.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-gu
- A first-person singular possessive suffix.
Further reading
- Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 365
- Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.