tui

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

English

A tui on New Zealand flax.

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori tūī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːi/

Noun

tui (plural tuis)

1. A New Zealand honeyeater,

Synonyms

• parson bird

References

• “tui”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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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Fijian

Noun

tui

1. king
2. principal chief

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Hrangkhol

Noun

tui

1. water

References

• Trisha Borgohain (2017), Hrangkhol Nam Chonga Irchuna Lekhabu: A Learner's Book on the Hrangkhol Language, p.86, Centre for Endangered Languages, Tezpur University

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.iː/, [ˈt̪uiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.i/, [ˈt̪uːi]

Pronoun

1. genitive singular of tū

Adjective

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

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of tui – see 堆 (“heap; pile; mound; heap; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 堆).

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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): /ˈtwi/ [ˈt̪wi]

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˧˧]
• (Saigon) 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.