-tu-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"

English

Infix

-tu-

1. (pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -tum-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

Derived terms

• cetuximab

Anagrams

• UT, ut

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-. Cognate with Tooro -tu- (“1st person plural object concord”), Yao (Africa) -tu- (“1st person plural object concord”), Chichewa -ti- (“1st person plural object concord”) and Tumbuka -ti- (“1st person plural object concord”).

Infix

-tu-

1. us, 1st person plural object concord

   Unatuona. ― You see us.

   • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:

     […] zilimmulika Kasim Hakimu Marjani na kutuonyesha kuwa yeye ni kijana kiasi, […]

     […] illuminated Kasim Hakimu Marjani and showed us that he is relatively young, […]

See also

Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class_(I/II))

	person	independent	subject concord		object concord	combined forms			possessive
			affirmative	negative		na	ndi-	si-
singular	first	mimi	ni-	si-	-ni-	nami, na mimi	ndimi, ndiye	simi, siye	-angu
	second	wewe	u-	hu-	-ku-	nawe, na wewe	ndiwe, ndiye	siwe, siye	-ako
	third	yeye	a-, yu-	ha-, hayu-	-m-, -mw-, -mu-	naye, na yeye	ndiye	siye	-ake
plural	first	sisi	tu-	hatu-	-tu-	nasi, na sisi	ndisi, ndio	sio	-etu
	second	ninyi	m-, mw-, mu-	ham-, hamw-, hamu-	-wa-	nanyi, na ninyi	ndinyi, ndio	sinyi, sio	-enu
	third	wao	wa-	hawa-	-wa-	nao	ndio	sio	-ao
reflexive		—	—		-ji-	—			—

For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Tooro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *tʊ́- (“1st person plural object concord”). Cognate with Swahili -tu- (“1st person plural object concord”), Yao (Africa) -tu- (“1st person plural object concord”), Tumbuka -ti- (“1st person plural object concord”) and Chichewa -ti- (“1st person plural object concord”).

Infix

-tu-

1. 1st person plural object concord.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *tʊ́- (class 13 object concord).

Infix

-tu-

1. class 13 object concord.

See also

Tooro personal pronouns

class	person	independent	possessive	subject concord	object concord	combined forms
						na	ni
class 1	first	nyowe, nye	-ange	n-	-n-	nanyowe, nanye	ninyowe, ninye
	second	iwe	-awe	o-	-ku-	naiwe	niiwe
	third	uwe	-e	a-	-mu-	nawe	nuwe
class 2	first	itwe	-aitu	tu-	-tu-	naitwe	niitwe
	second	inywe	-anyu	mu-	-ba-	nainywe	niinywe
	third	bo	-abo	ba-	-ba-	nabo	nubo
class 3		gwo	-agwo	gu-	-gu-	nagwo	nugwo
class 4		yo	-ayo	e-	-gi-	nayo	niyo
class 5		lyo	-alyo	li-	-li-	nalyo	niryo
class 6		go	-ago	ga-	-ga-	nago	nugo
class 7		kyo	-akyo	ki-	-ki-	nakyo	nikyo
class 8		byo	-abyo	bi-	-bi-	nabyo	nibyo
class 9		yo	-ayo	e-	-gi-	nayo	niyo
class 10		zo	-azo	zi-	-zi-	nazo	nizo
class 11		rwo	-arwo	ru-	-ru-	narwo	nurwo
class 12		ko	-ako	ka-	-ka-	nako	nuko
class 13		two	-atwo	tu-	-tu-	natwo	nutwo
class 14		bwo	-abwo	bu-	-bu-	nabwo	nubwo
class 15		kwo	-akwo	ku-	-ku-	nakwo	nukwo
class 16		ho	-aho	ha-	-ha-	naho	nuho
class 17		(kwo)	N/A	ha- (...-yo)	-ha-	N/A	nukwo
class 18		(mwo)	-amwo	ha- (...-mu)	-ha-	N/A	numwo
reflexive		-enyini, -onyini	—		-e-	—

Yao (Africa)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *tʊ́- (“1st person plural object concord”). Cognate with Tooro -tu- (“1st person plural object concord”), Swahili -tu- (“1st person plural object concord”), Tumbuka -ti- (“1st person plural object concord”) and Chichewa -ti- (“1st person plural object concord”).

Infix

-tu-

1. 1st person plural object concord.

   atulolite

   he saw/has seen us

References

• Rev. Alexander Hetherwick, M.A., F.R.G.S. (1902), A Handbook of the Yao Language‎^[1], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 33