ту

Alutor

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ту (tu) (emphatic то)

  1. and, then
    То ынӈин намалгитан ыньаньньус аӈинмысъатылъын. [1]
    Then (the parents) saw (their daughter) who was talking alone.

See also

  • г'оро

References

  1. ^ Matrena Ivnako, pers.comm.10 March 2002

Carpathian Rusyn

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tu.

Adverb

ту • (tu)

  1. 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

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) 

  1. mountain

Etymology 2

From Volga Bulgar طن (tan). Unclear relation with Tatar туу (tuwu).

Verb

ту • (tu)

  1. to do

References

  1. ^ Agyágasi, Klára (2019) Chuvash Historical Phonetics (Turcologica; 117), Wiesbaden: Harrssowitz, page 240

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate of Mandarin Chinese (tóu)

Noun

ту • (tu)

  1. head

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic تۋ
Cyrillic ту
Latin tu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʊw]

Adjective

ту • (tu)

  1. (livestock) barren

Etymology 2

Interjection

ту • (tu)

  1. an expression of surprise or regret

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Old Chinese (OC *duːɡs, *duːɡ, “banner made of animal tail or feather”).

Noun

ту • (tu)

  1. flag
Declension
Declension of ту
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
Derived terms

Mariupol Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τό (), the neuter-gender article. Cognate with Greek ο (o), το (to).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʊ]
  • Hyphenation: ту

Article

ту • (tu)

  1. 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

Mariupol Greek definite articles
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)

  1. that

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)

  1. connegative of тумс (tums)

Nivkh

Etymology

Possibly related to Ainu (to, lake).

Pronunciation

Noun

ту (tu)

  1. lake

References

  • 丹菊逸治 (Itsuji Tangiku) (2014) ニヴフ語サハリン方言語彙集 (Sakhalin Nivkh word list)[2] (in Japanese), Sapporo: 北海道大学アイヌ・先住民研究センター (Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University)


Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tu.

Adverb

ту • (tu)

  1. there, in that place (general)
  2. here

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)

  1. spit, spittle
    ту кӕнынtu kænynto spit

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)

  1. here (at this place)
    Coordinate term: там (tam)
  2. here (at this time)
adjectives
  • тутейши (tutejši)
  • тутешнї (tutešnji)

Further reading

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tu]

Etymology 1

Determiner

ту • (tuf sg (demonstrative)

  1. feminine accusative singular of тот (tot)

Pronoun

ту • (tuf sg (demonstrative)

  1. feminine accusative singular of тот (tot)

Etymology 2

Interjection

ту • (tu)

  1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of a train horn
    Ту-ту!Tu-tu!Choo-choo!

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tu.

Adverb

ту̑ (Latin spelling )

  1. 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

Solombala English

Solombala English numbers (edit)
2
    Cardinal: ту (tu)

Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁

Inherited from English two.

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)

  1. two (2)
    • 1849 [1848], Vereščagin, Vasilij P., Очерки Архангельской губерніи [Sketches from Arkhangelsk Governorate]‎[3], Saint Petersburg: Typography of Yakov Trey, pages 406407:
      Асей, асей! Дай ту копѣйки!
      Asej, asej! Daj tu kopějki!
      Sailor, sailor! Give me two kopeks!

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, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98

Southern Altai

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ti- (that). Cognate to Kyrgyz тиги (tigi), etc.

Pronoun

ту • (tu)

  1. that
Synonyms

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ту”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Compare to Kyrgyz туу (tuu).

Noun

ту • (tu)

  1. flag
Declension
Inflection of ту
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 ().

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tu/, [t̪ʰu]

Pronoun

ту • (tu) (Persian spelling تو)

  1. you, thou (informal, grammatically singular)
  2. your

See also

Tajik personal pronouns
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)

  1. fire
  2. light

Declension

Declension of ту (tu) (regular)
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

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)

  1. accusative feminine singular of той (toj)

Etymology 2

From Old East Slavic ту (tu, there; thereto; then; here; herewith), from *tu.

Adverb

ту • (tu)

  1. here (at this place)
    то тут, то тамto tut, to tamhere and there
  2. here; hither (to this place)
  3. in this case; under these circumstances
  4. then, at this moment
  5. suddenly, unexpectedly

See also

Yagnobi

Pronoun

ту (tu)

  1. (informal, grammatically singular) you, thou