-gu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gu"
Bola
Suffix
-gu
- first person possessive suffix for inalienable nouns and proper nouns
See also
| Number | Person | Possessive Suffix (inalienable nouns) | Possessive Suffix (proper nouns) | Oblique (alienable nouns) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | 1st | -gu | nau | |
| 2nd | -mu | vomu | ||
| 3rd | -na | -ne | vona | |
| Non-Singular | -ne + free pronoun | ne + free pronoun | ||
References
- René van den Berg, Brent Wiebe (2019), Bola Grammar Sketch (Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages; 63)[2], Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL Printing Press, →ISBN, page 54
Gamilaraay
Suffix
-gu
- movement to
- purpose
- belonging to
- for
Japanese
Romanization
-gu
Kwini
Suffix
-gu
- dative case marker
- ngawa-gu : for water
References
- William McGregor, Gunin / Kwini (1993), pages 38, 53
Laboya
Pronoun
-gu
See also
| subject | subject/ possessive |
object | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st person | gu- | -gu | -ga |
| 2nd person | mu- | -mu | -gu | |
| 3rd person | na- | -na | -ni | |
| plural | 1st person inclusive | da- | -da | -da |
| 1st person exclusive | ma- | -ma | -gama | |
| 2nd person | mi- | -mi | -gimi | |
| 3rd person | ɗa- | -ɗa | -di |
Lithuanian
Etymology
Related to Old Church Slavonic гъ (gŭ, “comparative particle used in негъли (negŭli, “than”)”), of unclear further origin.[1] Beekes derives the particle from Proto-Indo-European *gʰo ~ *gʰe (discourse particle).[2]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-gu[3]
- (Old Lithuanian) particle emphasizing a question
- Tu-gu esi ansai, kursai turi ateiti? ― Are you the one, who is to come?
- used in jéigu (“if”) and negù (“than”)
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “gu”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 207
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “γε”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 263
- ^ “-gu”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
Salar
Suffix
-gu
- Equipping infinitive of verbs.
References
- Yakup Abdurishid (2020). Salar Halkı ve Dilleri (Duygu Ö. Demir, Trans.). Tehlikedeki Diller Dergisi, Çeviriler Dosyası 2-Ek, 151-163. [3]
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ـگی (-gi), from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو (-gü), from Proto-Turkic *-gü.
Suffix
-gu
- Form of -gi after the vowels O / U.
Derived terms
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *-gu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ku, from Proto-Austronesian *-ku.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ᵑɡu/
Suffix
-gu
- A first-person singular possessive suffix.
Further reading
- Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 365
- Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.