-gu

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Gamilaraay

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Suffix

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-gu

  1. movement to
  2. purpose
  3. belonging to
    bubaa birraygu
    boy's father.
  4. for

Japanese

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Romanization

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-gu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of

Kwini

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Suffix

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-gu

  1. dative case marker
    ngawa-gu : for water

References

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Laboya

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Pronoun

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-gu

  1. first person singular subject enclitic
  2. first person singular possessive enclitic

See also

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Salar

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Suffix

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-gu

  1. Equipping infinitive of verbs.

References

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  • Yakup Abdurishid (2020). Salar Halkı ve Dilleri (Duygu Ö. Demir, Trans.). Tehlikedeki Diller Dergisi, Çeviriler Dosyası 2-Ek, 151-163. [1]

Uneapa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *-gu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ku, from Proto-Austronesian *-ku.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-gu

  1. A first-person singular possessive suffix.

Further reading

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  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 365
  • Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.