gue

See also: GUE, Gue, gué, guê, güe, and gu'e

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

gue

1. (Jakarta, colloquial) First-person singular pronoun: I, me, my

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)
• gua, gw (Java)
• hamba