-gu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gu"

Gamilaraay

Suffix

-gu

  1. movement to
  2. purpose
  3. belonging to
    bubaa birraygu
    boy's father.
  4. for

Japanese

Romanization

-gu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぐ

Kwini

Suffix

-gu

  1. dative case marker
    ngawa-gu : for water

References

Laboya

Pronoun

-gu

  1. first person singular subject enclitic
  2. first person singular possessive enclitic

See also
Laboya pronominal clitics
Subject Subject/Possessive Object
Person
1sg gu- -gu -ga
2sg mu- -mu -gu
3sg na- -na -ni
1pl.incl da- -da -da
1pl.excl ma- -ma -gama
2pl mi- -mi -gimi
3pl ɗa- -ɗa -di

Salar

Suffix

-gu

  1. 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.

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *-gu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ku, from Proto-Austronesian *-ku.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ᵑɡu/

Suffix

-gu

  1. 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.
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