गु

Nepali

Alternative forms

• गुह् (guh), गुहु (guhu), गू (gū)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गूथ (gūtha), from Proto-Indo-European *g(ʷ)uH- (“feces”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡu]
• Phonetic Devanagari: गु

Noun

गु • (gu)

1. (colloquial) shit
2. excrement

   Synonym: दिसा (disā)

3. Alternative form of गुहु [guhu].

References

• “गुहु”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś)‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “गुहु”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গু (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬸ (Balinese script)
• গু (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဂု (Burmese script)
• ગુ (Gujarati script)
• ਗੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಗು (Kannada script)
• គុ (Khmer script)
• ຄຸ (Lao script)
• ഗു (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଗୁ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ගු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚰 (Takri script)
• கு³ (Tamil script)
• గు (Telugu script)
• คุ (Thai script)
• གུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

See गो (go, “cow”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡu/

Noun

गु • (gu) stem, f

1. cow
2. earth
3. ray

Declension

Feminine u-stem declension of गु (gu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गुः guḥ	गू gū	गवः gavaḥ
Vocative	गो go	गू gū	गवः gavaḥ
Accusative	गुम् gum	गू gū	गूः gūḥ
Instrumental	ग्वा gvā	गुभ्याम् gubhyām	गुभिः gubhiḥ
Dative	गवे / ग्वै¹ gave / gvai¹	गुभ्याम् gubhyām	गुभ्यः gubhyaḥ
Ablative	गोः / ग्वाः¹ / ग्वै² goḥ / gvāḥ¹ / gvai²	गुभ्याम् gubhyām	गुभ्यः gubhyaḥ
Genitive	गोः / ग्वाः¹ / ग्वै² goḥ / gvāḥ¹ / gvai²	ग्वोः gvoḥ	गूनाम् gūnām
Locative	गौ / ग्वाम्¹ gau / gvām¹	ग्वोः gvoḥ	गुषु guṣu
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 356.