tui

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

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from Maori tūī.

Noun[edit]

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tui (plural tuis)

  1. A New Zealand honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae

Synonyms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Daai Chin[edit]

Noun[edit]

tui

  1. water

References[edit]

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

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

tuī

  1. genitive singular of tū

Adjective[edit]

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

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

tui

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

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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.

Mizo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tui

  1. water
  2. any liquid

Rapa Nui[edit]

Verb[edit]

tui

  1. sew

Rohingya[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Bengali.

Pronoun[edit]

tui

  1. you (singular)

Swahili[edit]

Noun[edit]

tui (ma class, no plural)

  1. coconut milk
    tui la nazi
    coconut milk

Tahitian[edit]

Noun[edit]

tui

  1. earache
  2. otitis
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