gou

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gauw.

Adverb

gou

1. quick, quickly

Mandarin

Romanization

gou

1. Nonstandard spelling of gōu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of gǒu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of gòu.

Usage notes

• 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.

Rotuman

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

gou

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English gulle, from a Brythonic language, from Proto-Brythonic *gwuɨlann, from Proto-Celtic *wēlannā (“seagull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuː/, /ɡʌu/

Noun

gou (plural gous)

1. gull
2. fool, stupid creature

Hyponyms

• scorrie

Derived terms

• skaitie-gou
• willie-gou

West Makian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.u/

Noun

gou

1. (informal) foot, leg

   Synonyms: gufi, tarotaro (polite)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.u/

Noun

gou

1. a torch made of coconut fronds

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as gow in the sense of "foot")

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kuːᴬ (“singular first-person pronoun (weak)”). Cognate with Thai กู (guu), Lao ກູ (kū).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /kou˨˦/
• Tone numbers: gou¹
• Hyphenation: gou

Pronoun

gou (Sawndip forms 𭆸 or 九 or 戈 or 㕤 or 苟 or 𪜩 or 勾 or 句, 1957–1982 spelling gou)

1. I; me

   Synonyms: (dialectal) gwh, (dialectal) ngoh

See also