gu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gu"

English

Noun

gu

1. Alternative spelling of gue (“Shetland fiddle”)
2. (heraldry) Abbreviation of gules.

Anagrams

• UG, Ug, ug

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Ambulas

Noun

gu

1. water

References

• Patricia R. Wilson, Ambulas Grammar (1980)

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Anguthimri

Noun

gu

1. (Mpakwithi) knee

References

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

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡu/, [ɡu]

Pronoun

gu

1. First-person plural personal pronoun; we

Declension

Declension of Basque personal pronouns

Common pronouns
	singular				plural
	1st person	2nd person (informal)	2rd person (neutral)		1st person	2nd person
absolutive	ni	hi	zu		gu	zuek
ergative	nik	hik	zuk		guk
dative	niri	hiri	zuri		guri	zuei
genitive	nire, ene	hire	zure		gure	zuen
comitative	nirekin, enekin	hirekin	zurekin		gurekin	zuekin
causative	nigatik, niregatik, enegatik	higatik, hiregatik	zugatik, zuregatik		gugatik, guregatik	zuengatik
benefactive	niretzat, niretako, enetzat,enetako	hiretzat, hiretako	zuretzat, zuretako		guretzat, guretako	zuentzat, zuendako
instrumental	nitaz	hitaz	zutaz		gutaz	zuetaz
inessive	nigan, niregan, nire baitan, nitan, enegan, ene baitan	higan, hiregan, hire baitan, hitan	zugan, zuregan, zure baitan, zutan		gugan, guregan, gure baitan, gutan	zuengan, zuen baitan, zuetan
locative	nire baitako, ene baitako	hire baitako	gu baitako, gure baitako		zu baitako, zure baitako	zuen baitako
allative	niregana, nireganat, nire baitara, nire baitarat, enegana, eneganat, ene baitara, ene baitarat	hiregana, hireganat, hire baitara, hire baitarat	zugana, zuregana, zuganat, zureganat, zu baitara, zure baitara, zu baitarat, zure baitarat		gugana, guregana, guganat, gureganat, gu baitara, gure baitara, gu baitarat, gure baitarat	zuengana, zuenganat, zuen baitara, zuen baitarat
terminative	nireganaino, nire baitaraino, eneganaino	higanaino, hireganaino, hire baitaraino	zuganaino, zureganaino, zu baitaraino, zure baitaraino		guganaino, gureganaino, gu baitaraino, gure baitaraino	zuenganaino, zuen baitaraino
directive	niganantz, nireganantz, eneganantz	higanantz, hireganantz	zuganantz, zureganantz		guganantz, gureganantz	zuenganantz
destinative	niganako, nireganako, eneganako	higanako, hireganako	zuganako, zureganako		guganako, gureganako	zuenganako
ablative	nireganik, niregandik, nire baitatik, nire baitarik, eneganik, enegandik, ene baitatik, ene baitarik	higanik, hireganik, higandik, hiregandik, hire baitatik, hire baitarik	zuganik, zureganik, zugandik, zuregandik, zu baitatik, zu baitarik, zure baitatik, zure baitarik		guganik, gureganik, gugandik, guregandik, gu baitatik, gu baitarik, gure baitatik, gure baitarik	zuenganik, zuengandik, zuen baitatik, zuen baitarik
Emphatic pronouns
absolutive	neu	heu	zeu		geu	zeuek
ergative	neuk	heuk	zeuk		geuk
dative	neuri	heuri	zeuri		geuri	zeuei
genitive	neure	heure	zeure		geure	zeuen
comitative	neurekin	heurekin	zeurekin		geurekin	zeuekin
causative	neugatik, neuregatik	heugatik, heuregatik	zugatik, zuregatik		gugatik, guregatik	zuengatik
benefactive	neuretzat, neuretako	heuretzat, heuretako	zeuretzat, zeuretako		geuretzat, geuretako	zeuentzat, zeuendako
instrumental	neutaz	heutaz	zeutaz		geutaz	zeuetaz
inessive	neugan	heuregan, heure baitan	zeugan, zeuregan		geugan, geuregan	zeuengan
locative	neure baitako	heure baitako	zeure baitako		geure baitako	zeuen baitako
allative	neuregana	heugana, heuregana, heure baitara, heure baitarat	zeugana, zeuregana		geugana, geuregana	zeuengana
terminative	neuregaino	heuganaino, heureganaino, heure baitaraino	zeuganaino, zeureganaino		geuganaino, geureganaino	zeuenganaino
directive	neuganantz	heuganantz, heureganantz	zeuganantz, zeureganantz		geuganantz, geureganantz	zeuenganantz
destinative	neureganako	heuganako, heureganako	zeuganako, zeureganako		geuganako, geureganako	zeuenganako
ablative	neuganik, neugandik	heuganik, heureganik, heugandik, heuregandik, heure baitatik, heure baitarik	zeuganik, zeureganik, zeugandik, zeuregandik		geuganik, geureganik, geugandik, geuregandik	zeuenganik, zeuengandik

Related terms

• geu

Further reading

• “gu” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “gu” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

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Dena'ina

Adverb

gu

1. here

Determiner

gu

1. this

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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

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Isthmus Zapotec

Noun

gu

1. sweet potato

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Japanese

Romanization

gu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぐ
2. Rōmaji transcription of グ

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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

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

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Middle English

Pronoun

gu

1. Alternative form of yow

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/

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)

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.

Inflection

Personal inflection of gu
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	thugam	thugamsa
	2nd	thugad	thugadsa
	3rd m	thuige	thuigesan
	3rd f	thuice	thuicese
Plural	1st	thugainn	thugainne
	2nd	thugaibh	thugaibhse
	3rd	thuca	thucasan

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?

Alternative forms

• gus

Derived terms

• gu bhith
• gu dearbh
• gu leòr
• gu leth

 

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.

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Sumerian

Romanization

gu

1. Romanization of 𒄖 (gu)

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From French goût.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɣʊw˧˧]

Noun

gu

1. (colloquial) taste, set of preferences

Derived terms

Derived terms

• gu thẩm mĩ
• hợp gu

 

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡiː/
• Homophone: gi (South Wales only)

Adjective

gu

1. Soft mutation of cu.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cu	gu	nghu	chu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Wutunhua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ku]

Determiner

gu

1. that

   ngu gu xawa wan-di-yek.

   I am working on that task.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 76)

   Synonyms: gu-gu, gu-ge

   Coordinate term: je (“this”)

Pronoun

gu

1. third-person pronoun; he, him, she, her, it
2. that

   Synonym: gu-ge

See also

Wutunhua personal pronouns

	singular		paucal	collective
	subjective	objective
First person	ngu	nga	ngu-jhege	nga-mu
Second person	ni	nia	ni-jhege	ni-mu
Third person	gu		gu-jhege	gu-mu

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎^[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

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Zou

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡu˧˩/

Noun

gù

1. bone

References

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