thú

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See also: thu, thù, thủ, thụ, thư, thứ, and thử

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish .

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

thú (emphatic form thusa, disjunctive)

  1. you (singular), thee

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 68

Tày[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Lao ຖູ່ (thū), Northern Thai ᨳᩪ᩵, Khün ᨳᩪ᩵, ᦏᦴᧈ (ṫhuu¹), Shan ထူႇ (thùu).

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

thú (𪳂, )

  1. chopstick

References[edit]

  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[2][3] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from (pleasure).

Noun[edit]

thú

  1. a hobby

Adjective[edit]

thú

  1. (literary) interesting; intriguing

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Etymology 2[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from (beast).

Noun[edit]

(classifier con) thú

  1. (dated or literary) a non-avian beast
    Synonym: muông
  2. (chiefly zoology) a mammal
  3. an animal (organism)
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Etymology 3[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from . Related to thủ (head).

Verb[edit]

thú

  1. to confess; to admit; to own to
  2. (colloquial) Short for đầu thú (to surrender oneself).
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