gu

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Translingual

Symbol

gu

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

English

Noun

gu

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

See also

Anagrams

Ambulas

Noun

gu

  1. water

References

  • Patricia R. Wilson, Ambulas Grammar (1980)

Anguthimri

Noun

gu

  1. (Mpakwithi) knee

References

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

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *gu.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

gu

  1. First-person plural personal pronoun; we

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

Letter

gu (upper case Gu)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

See also

Dena'ina

Adverb

gu

  1. here

Determiner

gu

  1. this

East Central German

Adverb

gu

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) yes

Further reading

Iatmul

Noun

gu

  1. water
  2. any liquid

Derived terms

  • nyigi gu (beer, literally bitter water)

References

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

Isthmus Zapotec

Noun

gu

  1. sweet potato

Japanese

Romanization

gu

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

Manambu

Noun

gu

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

References

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

Mandarin

Romanization

gu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .

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.

Middle English

Pronoun

gu

  1. Alternative form of yow

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

See also

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Particle:

Preposition:

Particle

gu

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

Usage notes

  • Before vowels the form gu h- is used.

Preposition

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.

Usage notes

  • 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

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

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Conjunction

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.

Usage notes

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

References

  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. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  6. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  7. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

Sumerian

Romanization

gu

  1. Romanization of 𒄖 (gu)

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French goût.

Pronunciation

Noun

gu

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

Welsh

Pronunciation

Adjective

gu

  1. Soft mutation of cu.

Mutation

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

Etymology

Likely from Mandarin ().

Pronunciation

Determiner

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

gu

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

See also

References

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

Zou

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

  1. bone

References

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