tuj

See also: tui and туй

Translingual

Symbol

tuj

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tugutil terms

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Lithuanian tuojau, Latvian tuliņ, tūlīt and French tout de suite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tui̯/

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• Rhymes: -ui̯
• Syllabification: tuj

Adverb

tuj

1. immediately
   • 1908, J. W. Goethe, translated by L. L. Zamenhof, Ifigenio en Taŭrido‎^[1]:

     Sed tuj, kiel serpento en kavernon, / Ĝi fulme malaperis.

     But immediately, like a serpent in the cavern, / it like lightning disappeared.

   • 2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila‎^[2], archived from the original on 12 December 2025:

     Nu, unu tagon oni vokis min por ke mi iru tuj al la malsanulejo, ĉar mia sesjara filino trafiĝis je terura trafik-akcidento.

     Well, one day they called me so that I go immediately to the hospital, because my six-year old daughter got caught in a terrible traffic accident.

Derived terms

• tuja
• tuje

Further reading

• “tuj”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “tuj”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
• Wells, John C. (1992), “tuj, forthwith, immediate, imminent, just, off, once, straightway”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎^[3], →ISBN, pages 156, 258, 279, 290, 319-320, 382
• Benson, Peter J. (1995), “bat, forth, immediate, instant, just, once, right, spot, straight, time”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎^[4], →ISBN, pages 61, 217, 266, 273, 283, 357, 435, 492, 504, 537-538
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “tuj”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[5], →OL, page 421
• Motteau, Achille (1907), “tuj”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[6], →OCLC, page 157

Highland Popoluca

Etymology

From Proto-Zoque *tuh, from Proto-Mixe-Zoquean *tu꞉h.

Noun

tuj

1. rain

Derived terms

• tujɨ́y
• tujtɨ̱xi

References

• Elson, Benjamin F.; Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999), Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎^[7] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 108

Pumpokol

Noun

tuj

1. moon

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuj/

Adverb

tuj (Cyrillic spelling туј)

1. (Torlakian) alternative form of tȗ

   Túj da me čékaš, íč se nemój poméraš ja dokle ne dóđem, će se izgúbiš u ováj národ. ― Wait for me here, don't move at all until I come, you'll get lost in this crowd.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

tuj (Cyrillic spelling туј)

1. accusative feminine of tăj

References

• Јовановић, Властимир (2004), Речник села Каменице код Ниша, Belgrade: Институт за српски језик САНУ, →ISSN, page 336
• Radmila Žugić (2005), Rečnik govora jablaničkog kraja, Belgrad: Institut za srpski jezik SANU, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 399