geu

See also: ge'u

Basque

Etymology

From gu (“we”) +‎ hau (“this”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡeu̯/ [ɡeu̯]
  • Rhymes: -eu̯
  • Hyphenation: geu

Pronoun

geu emphatic (non-emphatic form gu)

  1. (emphatic) First-person plural personal pronoun; we, we ourselves

Usage notes

  • See neu (“I myself”).

Declension

Declension of geu
absolutive geu
ergative geuk
dative geuri
genitive geure
comitative geurekin
causative geugatik, geuregatik
benefactive geuretzat, geuretako
instrumental geutaz
inessive geugan, geuregan, geure baitan, geutan
locative geure baitako
allative geuregana, geureganat, geure baitara, geure baitarat
terminative geuganaino, geureganaino, geu baitaraino, geure baitaraino
directive geuganantz, geureganantz
destinative geuganako, geureganako
ablative geuganik, geureganik, geugandik, geuregandik, geu baitatik, geu baitarik, geure baitatik, geure baitarik

Derived terms

  • geureganatu (“to bring closer to us”)
  • geurekoi
  • geurekoikeria
  • geuretu
  • geurez
  • geurezko

See also

Basque personal pronouns
singular plural
plain emphatic plain emphatic
1st person ni neu, nihaur, nerau gu geu, guhaur, gerok
2nd person familiar hi heu, hihaur, herori zuek zeuek, zuhauek, zerok
neutral zu zeu, zuhaur, zerori
3rd person use demonstrative and anaphoric pronouns

Further reading

  • “geu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “geu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒy/

Participle

geu (feminine geue, masculine plural geus, feminine plural geues)

  1. past participle of gésir

Middle English

Pronoun

geu

  1. alternative form of yow

Nias

Noun

geu

  1. mutated form of eu (“wood”)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin jocus, iocus.

Noun

geu oblique singular, m (oblique plural geus, nominative singular geus, nominative plural geu)

  1. game

Descendants

  • French: jeu

Rapa Nui

Verb

geu

  1. to tease
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