гу
Adyghe
Etymology 1
Letter
гу • (gʷu) (lower case, upper case Гу)
- The fifth letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гу гу, Гъ гъ, Гъу гъу, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Дзу дзу, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жъ жъ, Жъу жъу, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ку ку, Къ къ, Къу къу, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏу кӏу, Л л, Лъ лъ, Лӏ лӏ, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Пӏу пӏу, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, Тӏу тӏу, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Хъу хъу, Хь хь, Ц ц, Цу цу, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чӏ чӏ, Чъ чъ, Ш ш, Шъ шъ, Шъу шъу, Шӏ шӏ, Шӏу шӏу, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я, ӏ ӏ, ӏу ӏу
Etymology 2
From Proto-Circassian *gʷǝ, from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *ǵʷǝ.
Pronunciation
Noun
гу • (gʷu)
Declension
case | singular | plural |
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indefinite | гуэ (gʷɛ) | гуэхэ (gʷɛxɛ) |
nominative | гуэр (gʷɛr) | гуэхэр (gʷɛxɛr) |
ergative | гуэм (gʷɛm) | гуэхэмэ (gʷɛxɛmɛ) |
instrumental | гуэ(м)кӏэ (gʷɛ(m)kʼɛ) | гуэхэ(м)кӏэ (gʷɛxɛ(m)kʼɛ) |
invertive | гуыу (gʷəwu) | гухыу (gʷuxəwu) |
Chechen
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Nakh *gub.
Noun
гу • (gu) class bd
Dungan
Etymology
Cognate to Standard Mandarin 狗 (gǒu)
Noun
гу • (gu)
Kabardian
Etymology 1
Letter
гу • (gʷu) (lower case, upper case Гу)
- The sixth letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Э э, Б б, В в, Г г, Гу гу, Гъ гъ, Гъу гъу, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ку ку, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏу кӏу, Къ къ, Къу къу, Кхъ кхъ, Кхъу кхъу, Л л, Лъ лъ, Лӏ лӏ, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Ф ф, Фӏ фӏ, Х х, Ху ху, Хь хь, Хъ хъ, Хъу хъу, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Щӏ щӏ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я, ӏ ӏ, ӏу ӏу
Etymology 2
From Proto-Circassian *gʷǝ (“heart”), from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *ǵʷǝ.
Pronunciation
Noun
гу • (gʷu)
Etymology 3
From Proto-Circassian *ку. Compare Adyghe ку (kʷu).
Pronunciation
Noun
гу • (gʷu)
Komi-Permyak
Etymology
From Proto-Permic *gu.
Pronunciation
Noun
гу • (gu)
Declension
Declension of гу (stem: гу-) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | гу (gu) | гуэз (guez) | |
accusative | I* | гу (gu) | гуэз (guez) |
II* | гуӧс (guös) | гуэзӧс (guezös) | |
instrumental | гуӧн (guön) | гуэзӧн (guezön) | |
comitative | гукӧт (guköt) | гуэзкӧт (guezköt) | |
caritive | гутӧг (gutög) | гуэзтӧг (gueztög) | |
consecutive | гула (gula) | гуэзла (guezla) | |
genitive | гулӧн (gulön) | гуэзлӧн (guezlön) | |
ablative | гулісь (guliś) | гуэзлісь (guezliś) | |
dative | гулӧ (gulö) | гуэзлӧ (guezlö) | |
inessive | гуын (guyn) | гуэзын (guezyn) | |
elative | гуись (guiś) | гуэзісь (gueziś) | |
illative | гуӧ (guö) | гуэзӧ (guezö) | |
egressive | гусянь (guśań) | гуэзсянь (guezśań) | |
approximative | гулань (gulań) | гуэзлань (guezlań) | |
terminative | I | гуӧдз (guödź) | гуэзӧдз (guezödź) |
II | гуви (guvi) | гуэзви (guezvi) | |
prolative | гуӧт (guöt) | гуэзӧт (guezöt) | |
*) Animate nouns almost exclusively take the type II accusative ending, whereas inanimate nouns can be used with either ending, but are more often found with type I. |
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References
- R. M. Batalova, A. S. Krivoshchekova-Gantman (1985) Коми-пермяцко-русский словарь [Komi-Permyak-Russian dictionary][1], Moscow: Русский язык
Nanai
Noun
гу (gu)
Udmurt

Etymology
From Proto-Permic *gu. Cognates include Komi-Zyrian гу (gu), Komi-Permyak гу (gu) and Komi-Yazva гу (gu).
Pronunciation
Noun
гу • (gu)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | гу gu |
гуос guos |
accusative | гуэз guez |
гуосыз guosyz |
genitive | гулэн gulen |
гуослэн guoslen |
dative | гулы guly |
гуослы guosly |
ablative | гулэсь guleś |
гуослэсь guosleś |
instrumental | гуэн guen |
гуосын guosyn |
abessive | гутэк gutek |
гуостэк guostek |
adverbial | гуя guja |
гуосъя guosja |
inessive | гуын guyn |
гуосын guosyn |
illative | гуэ gue |
гуосы guosy |
elative | гуысь guyś |
гуосысь guosyś |
egressive | гуысьен guyśjen |
гуосысьен guosyśjen |
terminative | гуозь guoź |
гуосозь guosoź |
prolative | гутӥ guti |
гуосытӥ guosyti |
allative | гулань gulań |
гуослань guoslań |
Derived terms
- йӧгу (jögu)
References
- L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “гу”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 169
- T. V. Voronova, T. A. Poyarkova, editor (2012), Удмурт-ӟуч, ӟуч-удмурт кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian, Russian-Udmurt dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Izhevsk: Книжное издательство «Удмуртия», →ISBN, page 21
- Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 61
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