gou
Translingual
Symbol
gou
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Gavar terms
Afrikaans
Etymology
Adverb
gou
Mandarin
Romanization
gou
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.
Rotuman
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun
gou
- I (personal pronoun)
- me (direct object of a verb)
- me (object of a preposition)
- me (indirect object of a verb)
- my (belonging to me)
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English gulle, from a Brythonic language, from Proto-Brythonic *gwuɨlann, from Proto-Celtic *weilannā (“seagull”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuː/, /ɡʌu/
Noun
gou (plural gous)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- skaitie-gou
- willie-gou
West Makian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡo.u/
Noun
gou
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡo.u/
Noun
gou
References
- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[1], Pacific linguistics
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics (as gow in the sense of "foot")
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *kuːᴬ (“singular first-person pronoun (weak)”). Cognate with Thai กู (guu), Lao ກູ (kū).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /kou˨˦/
- Tone numbers: gou1
- Hyphenation: gou
Pronoun
gou (Sawndip forms 𭆸 or 九 or 戈 or 㕤 or 苟 or 𪜩 or 勾 or 句, 1957–1982 spelling gou)