ту
Alutor
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu/
Conjunction
ту (tu) (emphatic то)
- and, then
- То ынӈин намалгитан ыньаньньус аӈинмысъатылъын. [1]
- Then (the parents) saw (their daughter) who was talking alone.
See also
- г'оро
References
- ^ Matrena Ivnako, pers.comm.10 March 2002
Carpathian Rusyn
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tu.
Adverb
ту • (tu)
- there, here, in the said place
- Його найновше выданя можете видіти ту
- Joho najnovše vŷdanja možete vydity tu
- Here you can find the latest editions of that journal
Related terms
- гев (hev)
Chuvash
Etymology 1
From late Middle Chuvash *tu, from earlier Middle Chuvash *tai̯, from Old Chuvash *tåw, from Proto-Oghuric *taɣ,[1] from Proto-Turkic *tāg.
Noun
ту • (tu) (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural тусем)
Etymology 2
From Volga Bulgar طن (tan). Unclear relation with Tatar туу (tuwu).
Verb
ту • (tu)
- to do
References
- ^ Agyágasi, Klára (2019) Chuvash Historical Phonetics (Turcologica; 117), Wiesbaden: Harrssowitz, page 240
Dungan
Etymology
Cognate of Mandarin Chinese 頭/头 (tóu)
Noun
ту • (tu)
Kazakh
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʊw]
Adjective
ту • (tu)
- (livestock) barren
Etymology 2
Interjection
ту • (tu)
- an expression of surprise or regret
Etymology 3
Ultimately from Old Chinese 纛 (OC *duːɡs, *duːɡ, “banner made of animal tail or feather”).
Noun
ту • (tu)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ту (tu) | тулар (tular) |
| genitive | тудың (tudyñ) | тулардың (tulardyñ) |
| dative | туға (tuğa) | туларға (tularğa) |
| accusative | туды (tudy) | туларды (tulardy) |
| locative | туда (tuda) | туларда (tularda) |
| ablative | тудан (tudan) | тулардан (tulardan) |
| instrumental | тумен (tumen) | тулармен (tularmen) |
Synonyms
- байрақ (bairaq)
Derived terms
- тушы (tuşy)
Mariupol Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τό (tó), the neuter-gender article. Cognate with Greek ο (o), το (to).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʊ]
- Hyphenation: ту
Article
ту • (tu)
- The definite article: the
- 2018 [19th c.], I. E. Vasilyeva, M. L. Kisilier, “«Греческий миф» у греков Приазовья [A «Greek myth» of the Priazov Greeks]”, in Индоевропейское языкознание и классическая филология, volume 22, number 1, page 281:
- Педъыя ту Ираклеос, дърамете ме спатъыя!
- Pjeðyja tu Irakljeos, ðramjetje mje spaθyja!
- Sons of Heracles, run with your swords!
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ту1) tu |
та1) ta | ||
| oblique | тун tun |
ту1) tu |
та1) ta | |
1) The reduced article т (t) is used before a word beginning with a vowel
Conjunction
ту • (tu)
References
- A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis with D. L. Demerdzhi, A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo, A. A. Shapurma, R. S. Kharabadot, and D. K. Patricha (2006) “ту́”, in Румейско-русский и русско-румейский словарь пяти диалектов греков Приазовья, Mariupol, →ISBN, page 192
- G. A. Animica, M. P. Galikbarova (2013) Румеку глоса[1], Donetsk, page 19
Moksha
Verb
ту • (tu)
- connegative of тумс (tums)
Nivkh
Etymology
Possibly related to Ainu ト (to, “lake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu/
Noun
ту (tu)
References
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tu.
Adverb
ту • (tu)
Ossetian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”). Akin to Persian تف (tof, “spittle”), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati, “to spit”), Armenian թուք (tʻukʻ, “spit, spittle”), Serbo-Croatian pljuvati (“to spit”), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “to spit out”), Latin spuō (“to spit”), English spew.
Noun
ту • (tu)
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak tu, from Proto-Slavic *tu. Cognate with Carpathian Rusyn ту (tu) and Slovak tu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtu]
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: ту
Adverb
ту (tu)
Related terms
- тутейши (tutejši)
- тутешнї (tutešnji)
Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “ту”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tu]
Etymology 1
Determiner
ту • (tu) f sg (demonstrative)
- feminine accusative singular of тот (tot)
Pronoun
ту • (tu) f sg (demonstrative)
- feminine accusative singular of тот (tot)
Etymology 2
Interjection
ту • (tu)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tu.
Adverb
ту̑ (Latin spelling tȗ)
- there, here, in the said place
- 1788, Доситеј Обрадовић, Свиња и храст:
- Свиња долазаше често под један жировити храст, и ту се с жиром храњаше. Храст јој рече једном: „Колико се с мојим плодом питаш, а никада нећеш на ме да погледаш, ни да ми захвалиш!”
- A swine went often under an acorn oak, and there it munched acorn. The oak said at once to the swine: “As much as you feed yourself with my fruits, nonetheless you never look at me, nor thank me!”
Synonyms
- (Croatia) туј
Related terms
Solombala English
| 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: ту (tu) | ||
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *dwóh₁ |
Ingvild Broch (1996) made a mistake in reading the original text, where ту (tu) was written in italics as ту, which is why he mistakenly perceived it as мы (my) [mɨ], which is supposedly from English me.
Numeral
ту (tu)
- two (2)
References
- Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)[4], reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, , →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98
Southern Altai
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *ti- (“that”). Cognate to Kyrgyz тиги (tigi), etc.
Pronoun
ту • (tu)
Synonyms
- тиги (tigi)
References
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ту”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Noun
ту • (tu)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ту (tu) | тулар (tular) |
| definite genitive | туныҥ (tunïŋ) | тулардыҥ (tulardïŋ) |
| dative | туга (tuga) | туларга (tularga) |
| definite accusative | туны (tunï) | туларды (tulardï) |
| locative | туда (tuda) | туларда (tularda) |
| ablative | тудаҥ (tudaŋ) | тулардаҥ (tulardaŋ) |
References
“ту”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN
Tajik
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Persian تُو (tū).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu/, [t̪ʰu]
Pronoun
ту • (tu) (Persian spelling تو)
See also
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ман (man), мо (mo)* |
мо (mo), моён (moyon)* | |
| 2nd person | familiar | ту (tu) | шумо (šumo), шумоён (šumoyon)* |
| polite | Шумо (Šumo) | ||
| 3rd person | general | вай (vay) | вайҳо (vayho) ваё (vayo)** |
| literary | ӯ (ü) | онҳо (onho) уно (uno)** | |
| inanimate | он (on) | ||
| polite | эшон (ešon) | ||
* used in Northern dialects
** colloquial pronunciations
Tundra Nenets
Etymology
From Proto-Samoyedic *tuj, from Proto-Uralic *tule. Cognates include Finnish tuli and Northern Sami dolla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tu]
- Hyphenation: ту
Noun
ту • (tu)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ту (tu) | тухуʼ (tuxuh) | туˮ (tuq) |
| genitive | туʼ (tuh) | тухуʼ (tuxuh) | туˮ (tuq) |
| accusative | тум (tum°) | тухуʼ (tuxuh) | ту (tu) |
| allative | тун (tun°) | тухуняʼ (tuxunyah) | тухуˮ (tuxuq) |
| locative | тухуна (tuxuna) | тухуняна (tuxunyana) | тухуˮна (tuxuqna) |
| ablative | тухуд (tuxud°) | тухуняд (tuxunyad°) | тухут (tuxut°) |
| prolative | тувна (tuwna) | тухунямна (tuxunyamna) | туˮмӑна (tuqmăna) |
Derived terms
- туни (tunyi)
References
- Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 163
- N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “ту”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN
- Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 63
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tu]
Etymology 1
Determiner
ту • (tu)
- accusative feminine singular of той (toj)
Etymology 2
From Old East Slavic ту (tu, “there; thereto; then; here; herewith”), from *tu.
Adverb
ту • (tu)
- here (at this place)
- here; hither (to this place)
- in this case; under these circumstances
- then, at this moment
- suddenly, unexpectedly
See also
- тут (tut)
Yagnobi
Pronoun
ту (tu)