gu

See also Appendix:Variations of "gu"

English

Noun

gu

1. Alternative spelling of gue.

Anagrams

• UG, Ug, ug

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Basque

Pronoun

gu

1. we

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Dena'ina

Adverb

gu

1. here

Determiner

gu

1. this

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Isthmus Zapotec

Noun

gu

1. sweet potato

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Japanese

Romanization

gu

1. See ぐ
2. See グ

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Lojban

Cmavo

gu

1. (conjunction) whether (or not)

Usage notes

• This is a coordinating conjunction: gu ... gi ... means ... whether or not ....
• This is a so-called "forethought connective". Its corresponding "afterthought connective" is .iju.

See also

• ga
• ganai
• ge
• genai
• gi
• go
• gonai

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Mandarin

Romanization

gu

1. Nonstandard spelling of gū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of gú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of gǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of gù.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡu/

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

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.

Alternative forms

• gus

Usage notes

• Before the definite article takes the form chun and is followed by the genitive instead of the dative.

  Is toil e a bhith a' dol gu partaidhean. - He likes going to parties.

  A bheil thu tighinn chun a' phartaidh? - Are you coming to the party?

Derived terms

• gu bhith
• gu dearbh
• gu leòr
• gu leth
• The following prepositional pronouns:

Combining pronoun	Prepositional pronoun	Prepositional pronoun (emphatic)
mi	thugam	thugamsa
tu	thugad	thugadsa
e	thuige	thuigesan
i	thuice	thuicese
sinn	thugainn	thugainne
sibh	thugaibh	thugaibhse
iad	thuca	thucasan

Conjunction

gu

1. that; used with the dependent form of a verb to introduce a subordinate clause. If the clause is negated, gu is replaced with nach.
   • Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil clann aca. - I think that they have children.