тху

East Circassian

East Circassian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : тху (txʷu)

Etymology

Compare West Circassian тфы (tfə).

Pronunciation

• (East Circassian, Kabardian) IPA^(key): [txʷə]

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Numeral

тху (txʷu)

1. five

Kamassian

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *to, from Proto-Uralic *towe.

Noun

тху (tʰu)

1. lake

Declension

Declension of тху (tʰu)

	singular	plural
nominative	тху (tʰu)	тхуйәʼ (tʰujəʔ)	тхузаӈ (tʰuzaŋ)
genitive	тхун (tʰun)	тхуйән (tʰujən)	тхузан (tʰuzan)
accusative	тхум (tʰum)	тхуйәм (tʰujəm)	тхузаӈәм (tʰuzaŋəm)
allative	тхунә (tʰunə)	тхуйәнә (tʰujənə)	тхузаӈдә (tʰuzaŋdə)
locative	тхугән (tʰugən)	тхуйәгән (tʰujəgən)	тхузаӈгән (tʰuzaŋgən)
ablative	тхугәʼ (tʰugəʔ)	тхуйәгәʼ (tʰujəgəʔ)	тхузаӈгәʼ (tʰuzaŋgəʔ)
instrumental	тхузьәʼ (tʰuźəʔ)	тхуйәзьәʼ (tʰujəźəʔ)	тхузаӈзьәʼ (tʰuzaŋźəʔ)

Possessive forms of тху (tʰu)

	First	Second	Third
singular	тхум (tʰum)	тхул (tʰul)	тхут (tʰut)
dual	тхубәй (tʰubəj)	тхуләй (tʰuləj)	тхудәй (tʰudəj)
plural	тхубаʼ (tʰubaʔ)	тхулаʼ (tʰulaʔ)	тхудаʼ (tʰudaʔ)

References

• Donner, Kai R. (1944), “t͑u”, in Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎^[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura