gou

gou

1. Nonstandard spelling of gōu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of gǒu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of gòu.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

From Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

gou

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.u/

gou

1. (informal) foot, leg

   Synonyms: gufi, tarotaro (polite)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.u/

gou

1. a torch made of coconut fronds

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as gow in the sense of "foot")

From Proto-Tai *kuːᴬ (“singular first-person pronoun (weak)”). Cognate with Thai กู (guu), Lao ກູ (kū).

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /kou˨˦/
• Tone numbers: gou¹
• Hyphenation: gou

gou (Sawndip forms 𭆸 or 九 or 戈 or 㕤 or 苟 or 𪜩 or 勾 or 句, 1957–1982 spelling gou)

1. I; me

   Synonyms: (dialectal) gwh, (dialectal) ngoh