guw
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English Gun with w as a placeholder.
Symbol
guw
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Gun terms
Cornish
Etymology
From Middle Cornish gew, gu, from Old Cornish guyu, from Proto-Brythonic *gwoɣoɨw, from Proto-Celtic *uɸogaisos. Cognate with Welsh gwayw.
Noun
guw m (plural guwow)
Derived terms
- dalghen wuw (“spear tackle”)
- guwa (“spear”, verb)
- les an guw (“greater spearwort”)
- tewlel guw (“javelin throw”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| guw | wuw | unchanged | kuw | hwuw, wuw* |
* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- “guw” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.
Turkmen
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Latin | guw |
| Cyrillic | гув |
| Arabic | قو |
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kugu (“swan”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰍𐰆 (quɣu, “swan”), Turkish kuğu (“swan”).
Noun
guw (definite accusative guwu, plural guwlar)