guur

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch guur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χyːr/

Adjective

guur (attributive gure, comparative guurder, superlative guurste)

1. chilling, unpleasantly cold

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of onguur. A similar development took place in the cognate West Frisian ûnhuer, which yielded njoer.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɣyr/, [ɣyːr]
• Hyphenation: guur
• Rhymes: -yr

Adjective

guur (comparative guurder, superlative guurst)

1. chillingly cold, rainy and windy

Inflection

Declension of guur
uninflected	guur
inflected	gure
comparative	guurder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		guur	guurder	het guurst het guurste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	gure	guurdere	guurste
	n. sing.	guur	guurder	guurste
	plural	gure	guurdere	guurste
definite		gure	guurdere	guurste
partitive		guurs	guurders	—

Derived terms

• gurig
• guurheid
• guurte
• reaguurder

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: guur

Somali

Verb

guur

1. marry
2. relocate

Yapese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xʊːr/

Pronoun

guur

1. Second-person singular pronoun; you

See also

Yapese personal pronouns

		Singular	Dual	Plural
First*	inclusive		gadow	gadaed
	exclusive	gaeg	gamow	gamaed
Second		guur	gimeew	gimeed
Third		qiir	yow	yaed
Other expressions
Partitive**			bagyow	bagyaed
* The first person can be inclusive (I/we and you) or exclusive (I/we and not you). This differentiation is meaningful only in the dual and in the plural. ** Partitive pronouns are used in expressions such as one of them two (dual) or one of them (plural).

References

• Jensen, John Thayer (1977) Yapese Reference Grammar, Honolulu: The University press of Hawaii, pages 132-135