🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ぐー【五】 : guu | define meaning
guu
Pronunciation: [ɡuː]
Definition
Number
- Five
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese ご【五】 go "five". Ultimately from Chinese 【五】 "five" (cf. Mandarin wǔ; Cantonese ng5; Eastern Min ngô and ngū; Hokkien gō͘, gǒ͘, ňg, ngó͘, gó͘ and gú; Sino-Korean 오 o; Sino-Vietnamese ngũ), reconstructed for Middle Chinese as *nguX.
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Five. Goo (Loo-Choo); Ittítsee (Japan)", "Fifteen. Goónjoo", "Twenty five. Hácoo goónjoo, or goohacoo", "Fifty. Gooshácoo, or gooyácoo", "Years, twenty-five. Neéjoo goo" and "[Names of the hours]. Five. Goo twit'chee".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 五 |
| Kana | ぐー |
| Romanization | guu |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɡuː] |
意味:ご【五】、いつつ【五つ】
Categories:
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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, December 27). ぐー【五】 : guu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, February 4, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8260/guu/.