gue

gue

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gurindji terms

Uncertain, perhaps from Old Norse gígja. If so, doublet of gigue.

• gju, gu

• IPA^(key): /ɡjuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

gue (plural gues)

1. (Shetland) A kind of fiddle or violin played on the Shetland Islands.

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gue (plural gues)

1. (obsolete) a rogue^[1]
   • 1612, John Webster, The White Devil:

     Precious gue we'll never part.

gue f (plural gues)

1. the letter g

• IPA^(key): /ɡùé/

gue

1. to cover (put a lid on)
2. to shut, to close

• IPA^(key): /ɡwé/

gue

1. to be located with
2. to be in possession of, to have

• agukisinmwiongie (“morning star”)

• Rebecca N. Agheyisi (1986), An Ẹdo - English Dictionary‎^[1], Ethiope Publishing Corporation, page 51

From Betawi Kota guè (“I, me, my”), from Hokkien 我 (góa, “I, me, my”). Doublet of gua.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwe/ [ˈɡwe]
• Rhymes: -e

gue

1. (Jakarta, colloquial) (First-person singular pronoun): I, me, my

   Gue kagak sangka njir.

   Damn, I didn't expect that.

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡu˩.e˩/

gue

1. to go