different between gue vs pue

English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• gju
• gu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju?/

Noun

gue (plural gues)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

gue (plural gues)

1. (obsolete) A sharper; a rogue.
   • 1612, John Webster, The White Devil

     Precious gue we'll never part.

Asturian

Noun

gue f (plural gues)

1. the letter g

Indonesian

Etymology

From Betawi Kota gue (“I, me, my”), from Min Nan ? (góa, “I, me, my”). Doublet of gua.

Pronoun

gue

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

Synonyms

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pju?/

Alternative forms

• pew

Verb

pue (third-person singular simple present pues, present participle puing, simple past and past participle pued)

1. (dated, intransitive) To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

   • The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

     The birds likewise with chirps and puing could / Cackling and chattering that of Jove beseech.

Related terms

• peevish

Asturian

Verb

pue

1. third-person singular present indicative of poder

Finnish

Verb

pue

1. Indicative present connegative form of pukea.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of pukea.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of pukea.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py/
• Homophones: pu, pues, puent, pus, put, pût

Verb

pue

1. first-person singular present indicative of puer
2. third-person singular present indicative of puer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of puer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of puer
5. second-person singular imperative of puer

Anagrams

• peu

Warembori

Noun

pue

1. pig

References

• Donohue, Mark. Warembori grammar sketch. Sydney: Univ. iii+70pp. (1999).