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Chichicapan Zapotec
Noun
guh
- sweet potato
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *gáwšah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas; cognate with Persian گوش (guš).
Noun
guh m
- ear
Pali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit गुह् (guh).
Root
guh (Pali name guha)
- to hide
Derived terms
Tedim Chin
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ruʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rus.
Noun
guh
- bone
References
- Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip
Zhuang
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Tai *koːᴮ (“to build”), although the vowel and the tone of guh shows irregularity as a reflex of it.
In Northern Tai, cognate with Bouyei gueh.
In Central Tai, possibly cognate with Tày có.
In Southwestern Tai, possibly cognate with Thai ก่อ (gɔ̀ɔ), Lao ກໍ່ (kǭ), Tai Nüa ᥐᥨᥝᥱ (kǒw), Northern Thai ᨠᩬᩴ᩵, Shan ၵေႃႇ (kàu), Ahom 𑜀𑜦𑜡 (kō).
Compare Old Chinese 構 (OC *koːs).
Pronunciation
Verb
guh (Sawndip forms 𫩏 or ⿰丨口 or ⿱口一 or 骨 or 哭 or 𢫈 or 枯 or 个 or 𡊜, 1957–1982 spelling guƅ).
- to make; to create
- to build; to construct
- to farm; to plough; to work (land)
- to hit; to strike
- to write; to compose
- to sing; to perform (a folk song)
- to hold; to put on (a celebration)
- to do (a job, task, etc.)
- to be; to become (friends, a couple, etc.)
- to be (a role); to serve as; to work as
- to use as; to use instead of
- to pretend to be; to act like
References
- ^ This form was reconstructed by Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation), Department of Linguistics, Cornell University
, page 349
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 古壮字字典 (in Chinese), Guangxi: Ethnic Publishing House (广西民族出版社), 2012, →ISBN