ту

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Alutor[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

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

Carpathian Rusyn[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *tu.

Adverb[edit]

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

Related terms[edit]

Chuvash[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Historically from тăв (tăv) (< тав (taw) < тау (tau)),[1] from Proto-Turkic *tāg.

Noun[edit]

ту (tu) (plural тусем) 

  1. mountain

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

ту (tu)

  1. to do

References[edit]

Dungan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate of Mandarin Chinese (tóu)

Noun[edit]

ту (tu)

  1. head

Kazakh[edit]

Alternative scripts
Arabic تۋ
Cyrillic ту
Latin tu

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ту (tu)

  1. (livestock) barren

Etymology 2[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ту (tu)

  1. an expression of surprise or regret

Etymology 3[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ту (tu)

  1. flag
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Moksha[edit]

Verb[edit]

ту (tu)

  1. connegative of тумс (tums)

Nivkh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly related to Ainu (to, lake).

Noun[edit]

ту (tu)

  1. lake

Old Church Slavonic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *tu.

Adverb[edit]

ту (tu)

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

Ossetian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

ту (tu)

  1. spit, spittle
    ту кӕнынtu kænynto spit

Russian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Determiner[edit]

ту (tuf sg (demonstrative)

  1. feminine accusative singular of тот (tot)

Pronoun[edit]

ту (tuf sg (demonstrative)

  1. feminine accusative singular of тот (tot)

Etymology 2[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ту (tu)

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

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tu.

Adverb[edit]

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[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Solombala English[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

ту (tu)

  1. two (2)
    • 1849 [1848], Vereščagin, Vasilij P., Очерки Архангельской губерніи [Sketches from Arkhangelsk Governorate]‎[1], 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[edit]

  • 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)‎[2], reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98

Southern Altai[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronoun[edit]

ту (tu)

  1. that
Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Compare to Kyrgyz туу (tuu).

Noun[edit]

ту (tu)

  1. flag

References[edit]

ту”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN

Tajik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

Dari تو
Iranian Persian
Tajik ту

ту (tu)

  1. you, thou (informal, grammatically singular)

See also[edit]

  • шумо (šumo) (informal, grammatically plural)
  • Шумо (Šumo) (formal, polite and grammatically plural)

Tundra Nenets[edit]

Ту.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samoyedic *tuj, from Proto-Uralic *tule. Cognates include Finnish tuli and Northern Sami dolla.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ту (tu)

  1. fire
  2. light

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

ту (tu)

  1. accusative feminine singular of той (toj)

Yagnobi[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ту (tu)

  1. (informal, grammatically singular) you, thou