gue
English
Etymology 1
Uncertain, perhaps from Old Norse gígja. If so, doublet of gigue.
Alternative forms
- gju, gu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡjuː/
- Rhymes: -uː
Noun
gue (plural gues)
- (Shetland) A kind of fiddle or violin played on the Shetland Islands.
Etymology 2
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Noun
gue (plural gues)
- (obsolete) A sharper; a rogue.
- 1612, John Webster, The White Devil
- Precious gue we'll never part.
- 1612, John Webster, The White Devil
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Asturian
Noun
gue f (plural gues)
- the letter g
Indonesian
Etymology
From Betawi Kota gue (“I, me, my”), from Min Nan 我 (góa, “I, me, my”). Doublet of gua.
Pronoun
gue
- (Jakarta, slang) First-person singular pronoun: I, me, my
Synonyms
Other pronouns with the same meaning used in Jakarta:
- aye, ogut
Other pronouns with the same meaning used elsewhere:
- aku (informal)
- ku
- daku (poetic)
- saya (formal)
- gua, gw (Java)
- hamba