gou

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See also: gòu, gōu, göu, gǒu, Gǒu, and ȝou

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

Noun

gou (plural gous)

  1. gull
  2. fool, stupid creature

Hyponyms

Derived terms

West Makian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

gou

  1. (informal) foot, leg
    Synonyms: gufi, tarotaro (polite)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

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

Standard Zhuang personal pronouns
Person Singular Plural
1st exclusive gou dou
inclusive raeuz
2nd mwngz sou
3rd de gyoengqde
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