gju

See also: gjû and g-ju

Translingual

Symbol

gju

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gojri.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Gojri terms

Albanian

Alternative forms

• Gheg: gjû, gû (North Gheg)
  • definite singular: gjûni
  • indefinite plural: gjûj
• glu (South Tosk, Arvanitic, Arbëreshë, Ukraine)

Etymology

From older dialectal glu, from Old Albanian glû (pl. glunj), from Proto-Albanian *gluna, with l/n dissimilation from earlier *g(a)nuna, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Compare similar dissimilation in Old Irish glún from the same root. Possible borrowing from Proto-Celtic *glūnos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟu/ (Standard, Tosk)
• IPA^(key): /ɡjũː/ (Gheg)
  • definite singular IPA^(key): /ˈɡjũˑnɪ/
  • indefinite plural IPA^(key): /ˈɡjʊ̃j/

Noun

gju m (plural gjunjë, definite gjuri, definite plural gjunjët)

1. (anatomy) knee

Declension

Declension of gju

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gju	gjuri	gjunjë	gjunjët
accusative		gjurin
dative	gjuri	gjurit	gjunjëve	gjunjëve
ablative			gjunjësh