thu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "thu"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Thuri.

Symbol

thu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Thuri.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Thuri terms

English

Pronoun

thu

1. (Scotland) Variant of thou.

Aghu Tharrnggala

Noun

thu

1. liver

Further reading

• Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

German

Verb

thu

1. singular imperative of thun

Kuku-Thaypan

Noun

thu

1. liver

Further reading

• Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

Lutuv

Etymology

Proto-Kuki-Chin *thaw-I, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-sow

Verb

thu

1. to rise

Middle English

Pronoun

thu

1. alternative form of þou (“thou”)

Mizo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thuu (“word, matter”).

Noun

thu

1. word
   1. saying
   2. prose

      thu leh hla ― prose and poetry

2. thing, matter

Derived terms

• fiamthu
• lâwmthu
• thubuai

Etymology 2

Adjective

thu

1. discolored, via being:
   1. partially burnt
   2. covered in soot or coal residue
   3. (of seafood) dried

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “thu”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

thu

1. thou, you (singular)

Descendants

• Danish: du

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• tu

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū.

Pronoun

thū

1. thou, you (singular)

Inflection

Old Dutch personal pronouns

1st person	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ik, ic, ih	wī, wīr
Accusative	mī, mik, *mic	uns, unsig
Genitive	mīn	unsa, *unser
Dative	mī	uns, unsig
2nd person	Singular	Plural
Nominative	thu, tu	gī, ir
Accusative	thī, thik, *thic	iu,
Genitive	thīn	iuwa, *iuwer
Dative	thī	iu

3rd person	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hē, hie	sia	it
Accusative	imo	sia	it
Genitive	sīn, is	iro	is
Dative	imo	iro	imo
		Plural
Nominative		sia, sie (masc. plur.)
Accusative		sia, sie (masc. plur.)
Genitive		iro
Dative		im

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: du
  • Dutch: (obsolete) du, dou, douw
  • Limburgish: doe

Further reading

• “thū”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• dū

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þū. Cognates include Old English þū and Old Saxon thū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθuː/

Pronoun

thū (accusative thī, genitive thīn, dative thī)

1. thou, you (singular)

Declension

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hī	hine	him	sīn
		f	hiū, hiō	hiā	hire, hiāre	hire, hiāre
		n	hit	hit	him	sīn
plural	1st person		wī	ūs	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		jī	jū, jō	jū, jō	jūwer
	3rd person		hiā	hiā	him, hirem, hiārem	hira, hiāra

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Most dialects: dü

  Halligen: du

  Heligoland: di

• Saterland Frisian: du
• West Frisian: do, dû

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 214

Old High German

Pronoun

thū

1. alternative form of du

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū.

Pronoun

thū

1. thou, you (singular)

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī, me, mik	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī, thik	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hē	ina	imu	is
		f	siu	sia	iru	ira
		n	it		it	is
dual	1st person		wit	unk		unkero, unka
	2nd person		git	ink		inker, inka
plural	1st person		wī, we	ūs, unsik	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		gī, ge	eu, iu, iuu		euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
	3rd person	m	sia		im	iro
		f	sia
		n	siu

Descendants

• Low German: du

Old Swedish

Pronoun

thu

1. alternative form of þū

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tú. Cognates include Irish tú and Manx oo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/, (accented) /uː/

Pronoun

thu (emphatic thusa, unlenited tu)

1. second-person singular informal pronoun; thou, you

   Ciamar a tha thu, a Dhànaidh? ― How are you, Danny?

Usage notes

• thu is used to address one person in a familiar or informal situation. It is used between friends, and to people who are younger or of inferior social rank to the speaker.
• Children are always addressed using thu.
• It is considered distinctly impolite to address parents, grandparents, teachers, clergymen, etc. with thu, in these situations sibh is required.

Inflection

• tu (used after verb forms ending in -n, -s or -dh)

See also

Scottish Gaelic personal pronouns

		simple		emphatic
		singular	plural	singular	plural
first person		mi	sinn	mise	sinne
second person		thu, tu1	sibh2	thusa, tusa1	sibhse2
third person	m	e	iad	esan	iadsan
	f	i		ise

¹ Used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh.
² sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns.
To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “thu”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰʊw˧˧]

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 秋.

Noun

thu

1. autumn; fall

   Synonym: mùa thu

Derived terms

• bánh trung thu
• lập thu
• ngàn thu
• thiên thu
• thu ba
• thu đông
• thu phân
• thu phong
• thu thảo
• thu thuỷ
• Trung thu
• Xuân Thu

See also

Seasons in Vietnamese · bốn mùa (“four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
xuân (“spring”)	hè, hạ (“summer”)	thu (“fall; autumn”)	đông (“winter”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 收.

Verb

thu

1. to get (something) back; to retrieve
2. short for thu âm (“to record”)

   Synonym: thâu

Derived terms

• bội thu
• chi thu
• doanh thu
• phòng thu
• thu âm
• thu chi
• thu dọn
• thu giữ
• thu gọn
• thu hái
• thu hẹp
• thu hoạch
• thu hồi
• thu hút
• thu lượm
• thu nạp
• thu nhặt
• thu nhận
• thu nhập
• thu nhỏ
• thu nộp
• thu phục
• thu thập
• thu xếp
• tịch thu
• trưng thu

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /θɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /θiː/
• Homophone: thŷ; (South Wales) thi

Noun

thu

1. aspirate mutation of tu

Mutation

Mutated forms of tu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tu	du	nhu	thu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.