tue

See also: Tue, TUE, tué, tuế, and tü

Translingual

Symbol

tue

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tuyuca terms

English

Noun

tue (plural tues)

1. Archaic form of tui (species of honeyeater).

See also

• tue-iron

References

• “tue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ETU, TEU, Ute, ute

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Upper Middle High German tüejen, from Old High German tuon, from Proto-Germanic *dōną. Cognate with German tun, Dutch doen, West Frisian dwaan, English do.

Verb

tue (third-person singular simple present tuet, past participle taa, past subjunctive täät, auxiliary haa)

1. to do
   • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     I tät scho gärn schpiele und jage.

     I'd rather play and run around.

   • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ‘s Heiwili, page 5:

     Dr Vater goht und lot's älei. / Hät dänkt, es täg dem Göifli guet.

     The father goes and leaves her alone. He'd thought it would do the child good.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tue – Urner dialect

infinitive		tue
past participle		taa, tuet
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
		ich, i	du	er/si/es	mir	ir	si
indicative	present	tu	tuesch	tuet	tue	tüent	tue
subjunctive	present	tüeg, tüegi	tüegesch	tüeg, tüegi	tüege	tüege	tüege
	past	tät, tätti	tättesch	tät, tätti	tätte	tätte	tätte
imperative	affirmative	—	tu	—	—	tüent	—

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 85.

Blagar

Alternative forms

• tuwe

Numeral

tue

1. three

References

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtueˣ/, [ˈt̪ue̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ue
• Syllabification^(key): tu‧e
• Hyphenation^(key): tue

Verb

tue

1. inflection of tukea:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• etu, etu-

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Homophones: tu, tues, tuent, tus, tut, tût
• Rhymes: -y

Verb

tue

1. inflection of tuer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Participle

tue f sg

1. feminine singular of tu

Anagrams

• eut, eût

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Verb

tue

1. inflection of tun:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tuae.

Adjective

tue

1. feminine plural of tuo

Anagrams

• -ute

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtu.ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtuː.e]

Pronoun

tue

1. vocative masculine singular of tuus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þúfa.

Alternative forms

• tuve

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tʉːə/

Noun

tue f (definite singular tua, indefinite plural tuer, definite plural tuene)

1. a tussock, a small mound or tuft formed by certain grasses and small shrubs.

   Det er mange tuer med blåbær i skogen bak huset vårt.

   There are many tussocks of blueberry in the woods behind our house.

Etymology 2

Noun

tue f (definite singular tua, indefinite plural tuer, definite plural tuene)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Trøndelag, nonstandard) alternative form of tvoge

References

• “tue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• etu, ute

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• tui (campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Italian tu, Portuguese tu, Spanish tú, French tu, Romanian tu, Aromanian tu, Corsican tù, Catalan tu, Sicilian tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtue/

Pronoun

tue (second person singular)

1. you, thou