gue

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gue"

Translingual

Symbol

gue

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gurindji.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gurindji terms

English

Etymology 1

Uncertain, perhaps from Old Norse gígja. If so, doublet of gigue.

Alternative forms

• gju, gu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡjuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

gue (plural gues)

1. (Shetland) A kind of fiddle or violin played on the Shetland Islands.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gue (plural gues)

1. (obsolete) a rogue
   • 1612, John Webster, The White Devil:

     Precious gue we'll never part.

Asturian

Noun

gue f (plural gues)

1. the letter g

Edo

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡùé/

Verb

gue

1. to cover (put a lid on)
2. to shut, to close

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwé/

Verb

gue

1. to be located with
2. to be in possession of, to have

Derived terms

• agukisinmwiongie (“morning star”)

References

• Rebecca N. Agheyisi (1986), An Ẹdo - English Dictionary‎^[1], Ethiope Publishing Corporation, page 51

Galician

Alternative forms

• guê (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡe/ [ˈɡe]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈɡe/ [ˈɡe]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈħe/ [ˈħe]

• Rhymes: -e

Noun

gue m (plural gues)

1. The name of the Latin script letter G/g.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; a, be, ce, de, e, efe, gue, hache, i, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, que, erre, ese, te, u, uve, xe, ceta / zeta

Further reading

• “gue”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Indonesian

Etymology

From Betawi Kota guè (“I, me, my”), from Hokkien 我 (góa, “I, me, my”). Doublet of gua.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwe/ [ˈɡwe]
• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

gue

1. (Jakarta, colloquial) alternative spelling of gua (“First-person singular pronoun: I, me, my”)

   Gue kagak sangka njir.

   Damn, I didn't expect that.

Synonyms

Other pronouns with the same meaning used in Jakarta:

• aye, ogut

Other pronouns with the same meaning used elsewhere:

• aku (informal)
• ku
• daku (poetic)
• saya (formal)
• hamba

Further reading

• “gue”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Sango

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡu˩.e˩/

Verb

gue

1. to go

Waskia

Noun

gue

1. blood

References

• Barker, Fay & Janet Lee. 1985. Waskia diksenari [triglot dictionary], DictPNG, vol. 7, 395 pp.

Yola

Noun

gue

1. alternative form of dhew

References

• Charles Vallancey (1788), “Memoir of the Language, Manners and Customs of an Anglo-Saxon Colony Settled in the Baronies of Forth and Bargie, in the County of Wexford, Ireland, in 1167, 1168 and 1169.”, in The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy‎^[2], volume 2, Royal Irish Academy, page 30