gu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gu"

English

Noun

gu

1. Alternative spelling of gue

Anagrams

• UG, Ug, ug

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Ambulas

Noun

gu

1. water

References

• Patricia R. Wilson, Ambulas Grammar (1980)

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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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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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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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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 019161534X

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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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Scottish Gaelic

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

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?

Alternative forms

• gus

Derived terms

Terms derived from gu

• gu bhith
• gu dearbh

• gu leòr

• gu leth

• The following prepositional pronouns:

Person	Number	Prepositional pronoun	Prepositional pronoun (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

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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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. taste, set of preferences

Derived terms

• gu thẩm mĩ
• hợp gu