gu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gu"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Gujarati or Gujarati ગુજરાતી (gujrātī).

Symbol

gu

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gujarati terms

English

Noun

gu (plural gus)

1. Alternative spelling of gue (“Shetland fiddle”).
2. Alternative form of gu. (“gules”).

See also

• gu zheng (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• UG, Ug, ug

Ambulas

Noun

gu

1. water

References

• Patricia R. Wilson, Ambulas Grammar (1980)

Anguthimri

Noun

gu

1. (Mpakwithi) knee

References

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

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *gu.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɡu/ [ɡu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: gu

Pronoun

gu (emphatic forms geu, guhaur, gerok)

1. First-person plural personal pronoun; we

Declension

Declension of gu

absolutive	gu
ergative	guk
dative	guri
genitive	gure
comitative	gurekin
causative	gugatik, guregatik
benefactive	guretzat, guretako
instrumental	gutaz
inessive	gugan, guregan, gure baitan, gutan
locative	gu baitako, gure baitako
allative	gugana, guregana, guganat, gureganat, gu baitara, gure baitara, gu baitarat, gure baitarat
terminative	guganaino, gureganaino, gu baitaraino, gure baitaraino
directive	guganantz, gureganantz
destinative	guganako, gureganako
ablative	guganik, gureganik, gugandik, guregandik, gu baitatik, gu baitarik, gure baitatik, gure baitarik

Derived terms

• geu (“we ourselves”)
• guganatu (“to bring closer to us”)
• guhaur
• gure aita (“Lord's Prayer”)
• gureganatu (“to bring closer to us”)
• guretu

See also

Basque personal pronouns

		singular		plural
		plain	emphatic	plain	emphatic
1st person		ni	neu, nihaur, nerau	gu	geu, guhaur, gerok
2nd person	familiar	hi	heu, hihaur, herori	zuek	zeuek, zuhauek, zerok
	neutral	zu	zeu, zuhaur, zerori
3rd person		use demonstrative and anaphoric pronouns

Further reading

• “gu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “gu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʷ/

Letter

gu (upper case Gu)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

Dena'ina

Adverb

gu

1. here

Determiner

gu

1. this

East Central German

Adverb

gu

1. (Erzgebirgisch) yes

Further reading

• 1882 Christian Friedrich Röder, Unera Hamet https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/101145/296

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

Isthmus Zapotec

Noun

gu

1. sweet potato

Japanese

Romanization

gu

1. The hiragana syllable ぐ (gu) or the katakana syllable グ (gu) in Hepburn romanization.

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

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

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Pronoun

gu

1. (Early Middle English, Norfolk) alternative form of yow

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gu

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) alternative form of gud (“god”)
   • 1800, H.Barlien, Trondhiems Budstik:

     De føst Bue: Du ska int ha naakaan framund gu istan for mæg

     The first commandment: you shall not have any foreign god instead of me

See also

• Gu