गु

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) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “गुहु”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

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Sanskrit

Etymology

See गो (go, “cow”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

गु • (gu) 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 / ग्वे¹ / ग्वै² gave / gve¹ / gvai²	गुभ्याम् gubhyām	गुभ्यः gubhyaḥ
Ablative	गोः / ग्वाः² goḥ / gvāḥ²	गुभ्याम् gubhyām	गुभ्यः gubhyaḥ
Genitive	गोः / ग्वाः² goḥ / gvāḥ²	ग्वोः gvoḥ	गूनाम् gūnām
Locative	गौ / ग्वाम्² gau / gvām²	ग्वोः gvoḥ	गुषु guṣu
Notes	¹Less common ²Later Sanskrit