tui

See also: tuī, tuí, tuǐ, tuì, túi, and TUI

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori tūī.

Noun

tui (plural tuis)

1. A New Zealand honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae

Synonyms

• parson bird

Anagrams

• ITU, Tiu, UTI

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Daai Chin

Noun

tui

1. water

References

• Helga So-Hartmann, A descriptive grammar of Daai Chin (2009)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.iː/, [ˈtʊ.iː]

Pronoun

tuī

1. genitive singular of tū

Adjective

tuī

1. masculine nominative plural of tuus
2. masculine genitive singular of tuus
3. neuter genitive singular of tuus
4. masculine vocative plural of tuus

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Mandarin

Romanization

tui

1. Nonstandard spelling of tuī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of tuí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of tuǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tuì.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Mizo

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj ~ m-ti-s (“water”).

Noun

tui

1. water
2. any liquid

Verb

tui

1. to flow

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Ralte

Noun

tui

1. water

Further reading

• Kosei Otsuka, A Basic Vocabulary and a Text of the Ralte Language (2016)

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Rapa Nui

Verb

tui

1. sew

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Pronoun

tui

1. you (singular)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twi/, [t̪wi]

Noun

tui m (plural tuis)

1. tweet (post of Twitter)

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Swahili

Noun

tui (ma class, no plural)

1. coconut milk

   tui la nazi

   coconut milk

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Tahitian

Noun

tui

1. earache
2. otitis

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tuj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tuj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tuj˧˧]

Noun

tui

1. (colloquial, sometimes humorous, especially used among close friends along with ông or bà) Eye dialect spelling of tôi, representing Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam Vietnamese.