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Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin tu Akin to Spanish and Portuguese tu.

Pronoun

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 m sg or f sg

  1. Second-person singular nominative pronoun; you

See also

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References

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  • ”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Chiricahua

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Alternative forms

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  • (Chiricahua)

Etymology

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From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

Noun

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  1. (Mescalero) water

References

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  • Marianna Di Paolo, Arthur K. Spears, Languages and Dialects in the U.S.: Focus on Diversity (2014, →ISBN, page 38 (citing Hoijer 1938)

Fala

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese tu, from Latin (you), from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (you).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification:

Pronoun

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 m sg or f sg

  1. Second person singular nominative pronoun; you

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References

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  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tʰʉuː(w)]
  • in the phrase "ert tú": IPA(key): [ˈɛɻ̊ʈʉuː]

Pronoun

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  1. you, thou
    ert eingilskmaður/onglendingur?are you an Englishman?
    ert amerikanari?are you an American?
    ert føroyingur?are you Faroese?
    ert týskari?are you a German?
    ert dani?are you a Dane?
    ert norðmaður?are you a Norwegian?
    ert íslendingur?are you an Icelander?
    ert svii/svíi?are you a Swede?

Usage notes

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The informal form is correct among younger people and non-foreigners. The very formal form is tygum.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to prop; to support; to lean on; to be propped up; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish , from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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(emphatic form tusa, conjunctive)

  1. you (singular), thou

Usage notes

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  • Unlike many European languages, Irish does not distinguish between "familiar" and "polite" second-person pronouns. is used to address any one person, regardless of how well known that person is to the speaker.
  • The emphatic form tusa is also used as the vocative: Haigh tusa! — "Hey you!"
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References

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Kambera

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Verb

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  1. (transitive) to put

References

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  • Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 199

Koho

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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  1. time

References

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  • Paul J. Sidwell, Proto South Bahnaric: A Reconstruction of a Mon-Khmer Language of Indo-China (2000)

Ladino

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Etymology

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From Latin , from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

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(Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling טו)

  1. you (singular)

Mandarin

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Romanization

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(tu2, Zhuyin ㄊㄨˊ)

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Old Gutnish

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Numeral

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(masculine tweir, feminine twár)

  1. neuter nominative/accusative of tweir (two)

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (compare Ancient Greek σύ (), Latin , Old Church Slavonic тꙑ (ty), Gothic 𐌸𐌿 (þu), Welsh ti).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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(genitive taí)

  1. you (singular nominative), thou
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5b28
      nod·n-ail, acht is hé not·ail.
      It is not you that nourishes it, but it that nourishes you.
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 92a17
      Bed indbadigthi .i. bed chuintechti .i. cid fáilte ad·cot-sa ⁊ du·ngnéu, is túsu immid·folngi dam, a Dǽ; cid indeb dano ad·cot, is , Dǽ, immid·folngi dam.
      To be enriched, i.e. to be sought, i.e. though it is joy that I obtain and make, it is you who effects it for me, O God; so too, though it is wealth that I obtain, it is you, God, who effects it for me.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish:
  • Manx: oo
  • Scottish Gaelic: thu

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
thú
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Slovincian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtʉ/
  • Rhymes:
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Adverb

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(not comparable)

  1. here (at this place)

Further reading

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin , from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (whence English thou).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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  1. Second person pronoun in singular tense (informal communication in Spain and Mexico) you
    Synonym: (in and near Argentina) vos

Usage notes

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  • When more pronouns are included in the same sentence, it is considered impolite to say the pronoun yo at first, it must be the last one, and must be said after any third person (this applies also for ti and ):
    • Iremos Rosa, y yo.Rosa, you and I will go.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Chavacano: tu

See also

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  • usted (formal communication)

Further reading

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Tsuut'ina

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Etymology

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From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ. Cognate with Navajo

Noun

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  1. water

Western Apache

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

Noun

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  1. water

ǁAni

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Etymology

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From Proto-Khoe *tú (rain; to rain).

Noun

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  1. rain

References

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