गु

Nepali

Alternative forms

• गुह् (guh), गुहु (guhu), गू (gū)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गूथ (gūtha), from Proto-Indo-European *g(ʷ)uH- (“feces”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡu]
• Phonetic Devanagari: गु

Noun

गु • (gu)

1. (colloquial) shit
2. excrement

   Synonym: दिसा (disā)

3. alternative form of गुहु (guhu)

References

• “गुहु”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “गुहु”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গু (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬸ (Balinese script)
• গু (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဂု (Burmese script)
• ગુ (Gujarati script)
• ਗੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಗು (Kannada script)
• គុ (Khmer script)
• ຄຸ (Lao script)
• ഗു (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଗୁ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ගු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚰 (Takri script)
• கு³ (Tamil script)
• గు (Telugu script)
• คุ (Thai script)
• གུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

See गो (go, “cow”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡu/

Noun

गु • (gu) stem, f

1. cow
2. earth
3. ray

Declension

Feminine u-stem declension of गु

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गुः (guḥ)	गू (gū)	गवः (gavaḥ)
accusative	गुम् (gum)	गू (gū)	गूः (gūḥ)
instrumental	ग्वा (gvā)	गुभ्याम् (gubhyām)	गुभिः (gubhiḥ)
dative	गवे (gave) ग्वै¹ (gvai¹)	गुभ्याम् (gubhyām)	गुभ्यः (gubhyaḥ)
ablative	गोः (goḥ) ग्वाः¹ (gvāḥ¹) ग्वै² (gvai²)	गुभ्याम् (gubhyām)	गुभ्यः (gubhyaḥ)
genitive	गोः (goḥ) ग्वाः¹ (gvāḥ¹) ग्वै² (gvai²)	ग्वोः (gvoḥ)	गूनाम् (gūnām)
locative	गौ (gau) ग्वाम्¹ (gvām¹)	ग्वोः (gvoḥ)	गुषु (guṣu)
vocative	गो (go)	गू (gū)	गवः (gavaḥ)

• ¹Later Sanskrit
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “गु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 356.