tatu

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See also: Tatu, tatú, tatù, Ta-tu, Ta Tu, and тату

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

tatu (plural tatus)

  1. Archaic form of tattoo. (decorative ink design on the skin)

Verb[edit]

tatu (third-person singular simple present tatus, present participle tatuing, simple past and past participle tatued)

  1. Archaic form of tattoo. (decorative ink design on the skin)

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

tatu (plural tatus)

  1. Alternative form of tatou (“giant armadillo”)

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Aromanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

tatu f (plural tãtãnj, definite articulation tatul)

  1. Alternative form of tatã

Chichewa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

Numeral[edit]

tatu

  1. three

Guaraní[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tatu

Noun[edit]

tatu

  1. armadillo

Hungarian[edit]

tatu

Etymology[edit]

From French tatou, from Old Tupi tatu (“armadillo”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒtu]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧tu
  • Rhymes: -tu

Noun[edit]

tatu (plural tatuk)

  1. armadillo

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tatu tatuk
accusative tatut tatukat
dative tatunak tatuknak
instrumental tatuval tatukkal
causal-final tatuért tatukért
translative tatuvá tatukká
terminative tatuig tatukig
essive-formal tatuként tatukként
essive-modal — —
inessive tatuban tatukban
superessive tatun tatukon
adessive tatunál tatuknál
illative tatuba tatukba
sublative tatura tatukra
allative tatuhoz tatukhoz
elative tatuból tatukból
delative taturól tatukról
ablative tatutól tatuktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		tatué tatuké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		tatuéi tatukéi
Possessive forms of tatu
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tatum tatuim
2nd person sing. tatud tatuid
3rd person sing. tatuja tatui
1st person plural tatunk tatuink
2nd person plural tatutok tatuitok
3rd person plural tatujuk tatuik

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Javanese tatu.

Noun[edit]

tatu

  1. wound

Kituba[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tatu

  1. three

Old Javanese[edit]

Noun[edit]

tatu

  1. wound

Old Tupi[edit]

tatu (Dasypus novemcinctus)

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tatu, from Proto-Tupian *jat͡sju.[1][2]

Cognate with Guaraní tatu and Sateré-Mawé sahu.

Noun[edit]

tatu (unpossessable)

  1. armadillo

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → French: tatou, tattou
    • → Breton: tatou
    • → English: tatou
    • → Hungarian: tatu
    • → Romanian: tatu
  • → Portuguese: tatu

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Warý Kamaiurá (2012 March 2) Awetí e Tupí-Guaraní, relações genéticas e contato linguístico‎[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 35
  2. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎[2] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Further reading[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ta‧tu

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Old Tupi tatu.

Noun[edit]

tatu m (plural tatus)

  1. armadillo
  2. (colloquial, South Brazil) booger
  3. (colloquial, South Brazil) fool
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of tatuagem.

Noun[edit]

tatu f (plural tatus)

  1. (colloquial) tattoo

Romanian[edit]

Tatu

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French tatou.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tatu m (plural tatu)

  1. armadillo (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Declension[edit]

  • Because of its unusual ending, this noun cannot be inflected normally. Inflected forms are often avoided.
Declension of tatu
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tatu tatuul (niște) tatu —
genitive/dative (unui) tatu tatuului (unor) tatu —
vocative tatu —

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

tatu (Cyrillic spelling тату)

  1. dative/locative singular of tat

Noun[edit]

tatu (Cyrillic spelling тату)

  1. accusative singular of tata

Shona[edit]

Shona cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tatu
    Ordinal : chitatu

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

Adjective[edit]

-tatú

  1. three

Inflection[edit]

Inflected forms of -tatú
plural only
Class 2 vatatú
Class 4 mitatú
Class 6 matatú
Class 8 zvitatú
Class 10 nhatú
Class 13 tutatú

Swahili[edit]

Swahili numbers (edit)
30
[a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: -tatu
    Ordinal: -a tatu

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Numeral[edit]

-tatu (declinable)

  1. three

Inflection[edit]

Inflected forms of -tatu (plural only)
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) —
m-mi class(III/IV) — mitatu
ji-ma class(V/VI) — matatu
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) — vitatu
n class(IX/X) — tatu
u class(XI) — see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) patatu
ku class(XVII) kutatu
mu class(XVIII) mutatu

Coordinate terms[edit]

Swahili cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
—0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
0— sifuri -moja, mosi -wili, pili -tatu -nne -tano sita saba -nane tisa, kenda
1— kumi kumi na moja, edashara kumi na mbili, thenashara kumi na tatu, thelatashara kumi na nne, arobatashara kumi na tano, hamstashara kumi na sita, sitashara kumi na saba, sabatashara kumi na nane, themantashara kumi na tisa, tisatashara
2— ishirini ishirini na moja ishirini na mbili ishirini na tatu ishirini na nne ishirini na tano ishirini na sita ishirini na saba ishirini na nane ishirini na tisa
3— thelathini thelathini na moja thelathini na mbili thelathini na tatu thelathini na nne thelathini na tano thelathini na sita thelathini na saba thelathini na nane thelathini na tisa
4— arobaini arobaini na moja arobaini na mbili arobaini na tatu arobaini na nne arobaini na tano arobaini na sita arobaini na saba arobaini na nane arobaini na tisa
5— hamsini hamsini na moja hamsini na mbili hamsini na tatu hamsini na nne hamsini na tano hamsini na sita hamsini na saba hamsini na nane hamsini na tisa
6— sitini sitini na moja sitini na mbili sitini na tatu sitini na nne sitini na tano sitini na sita sitini na saba sitini na nane sitini na tisa
7— sabini sabini na moja sabini na mbili sabini na tatu sabini na nne sabini na tano sabini na sita sabini na saba sabini na nane sabini na tisa
8— themanini themanini na moja themanini na mbili themanini na tatu themanini na nne themanini na tano themanini na sita themanini na saba themanini na nane themanini na tisa
9— tisini tisini na moja tisini na mbili tisini na tatu tisini na nne tisini na tano tisini na sita tisini na saba tisini na nane tisini na tisa

Noun[edit]

tatu (n class, plural tatu)

  1. (card games) three

See also[edit]

Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text)
ree, rea, rei mbili tatu nne tano sita saba
nane tisa kumi ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha jokari

Tagalog[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /taˈtuʔ/, [tɐˈtuʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧tu

Noun[edit]

tatú or tatû (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆᜓ)

  1. Alternative form of tato

Derived terms[edit]

Tahitian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb[edit]

tatu

  1. to mark

Tumbuka[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

Numeral[edit]

tatu

  1. three

Yao[edit]

Yao cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tatu

Etymology[edit]

Cognates include Swahili tatu.

Numeral[edit]

tatu

  1. three

Usage notes[edit]

This number follows a noun and takes the noun class characteristic prefix, e.g. mabweta gatatu (three boxes). See the Yao language article on Wikipedia for details on noun class prefixes.

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