Wt/sco/tu

See also: Wt/sco/TU, Wt/sco/ես, and Wt/sco/Appendix:Variations of "tu"

Albanie

Etymology

Unkent.

Noun

tu ?

1. pant leg

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Aromanian

Etymology 1

Frae Laitin tū, frae Proto-Italic *tū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoon

tu

1. (seicont-person seengular) ye (seengular)

Relatit terms

• tini/tine
• ti

See also

• io/iou, mini
• el/elu, nãs
• noi
• voi
• nãsh, elj

Etymology 2

Compare tru.

Preposeetion

tu

1. in
2. intae

Synonyms

• tru, ãn

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Asturian

Etymology

Frae Laitin tū.

Pronoon

tu

1. ye (seengular)

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Bambara

Noun

tu

1. forest; thicket

Verb

tu

1. tae spit (oot)

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Breton

Noun

tu m

1. side

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Catalan

Etymology

Frae Old Provençal tu, frae Laitin tū, frae Proto-Italic *tū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈwt/skɔ/.tu/
• Rhymes: -u

Pronoun

tu

1. ye (seengular); thoo
2. Ane (seengular) (impersonal)

Declension

Catalan personal pronoons an clitics

	strang/subject	waik (direct object)		waik (indirect object)		possessive
seengular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nt person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nt person formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nt person verra formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nt person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nt person formal2	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person.			3) Anerly as object o a preposition. 4) Nsr sfore unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

See also

• vostè, vós (plural or polite)
• vosaltres (plural)

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Chipewyan

Noun

tu

1. watter

References

• Eung-Do Cook, A grammar of Dëne Sųłiné (Chipewyan) (2004), page 350

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Coatecas Altas Zapotec

Numeral

tu

1. ane

References

• SIL Zapotec Basic Vocabulary, page 52

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Cornish

Adjective

tu

1. Haurd mutation o du.
2. Mixed mutation o du.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adverb

tu

1. (informal or dialectal) here

Synonyms

• zde, tady

Pronoun

Wt/sco/tu

Further reading

• tu in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• tu in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Ewe

Noun

tu (plural tuwo)

1. gun

Verb

tu

1. tae big
2. tae close
3. tae grush
4. tae grind
5. tae meet
6. tae untie

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French

Etymology

Frae Old French tu, frae Laitin tū, frae Proto-Italic *tū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wt/skɔ/.ty/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): [t͡sy]
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [ti], [t͡ʃy]

• Audio (France)

  (file)

• Homophones: tue, tues, tuent, tus, tut, tût
• Rhymes: -y

Pronoon

tu (seicont person informal seengular, possessive determiner ton)

1. ye (seengular); thoo

Inflection

• Nominative: tu
• Emphatic: toi
• Oblique: te

Uissage notes

• When mair pronoons are includit in the same sentence, it is conseedert impolite tae say the pronoon je first, it maun be the last ane, an tu maun be said efter a third person (this applies an aa for toi an moi):
  • Rose, toi et moi irons là-bas., “Rose, you and I will go there.”

Relatit terms

• tutoyer

French personal pronoons

Nummer	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Reflexive	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Locative (at)	Genitive (of)	Disjunctive (tonic)
Singular	First	—	je, j’	me, m’			—	—	moi
	Second	—	tu	te, t’			—	—	toi
	Third	Masculine	il	se, s’	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui
		Feminine	elle		la, l’				elle
		—	on		—	—	—	—	soi
Plural	First	—	nous	nous			—	—	nous
	Seicont	—	vous	vous			—	—	vous
	Third	Masculine	ils	se, s’	les	leur	y	en	eux
		Feminine	elles						elles

See an aa

• vous (plural form an polite seengular form)
• t' (proclitic form)

Verb

tu m (feminine Wt/sco/tue, masculine plural Wt/sco/tus, feminine plural Wt/sco/tues)

Pairticle

tu

1. (Quebec, informal) quaisten merker

   C'est-tu possible ?

   Is it possible?

Anagrams

• ut

Further readin

• “Wt/sco/tu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Friulian

Etymology

Frae Laitin tū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoon

tu

1. ye

See an aa

Friulian personal pronoons

		seengular	plural
1st person		jo	nô
2nt person	familiar	tu	vô
	polite	lui, jê	lôr
3rd person	m	lui,	lôr
	f	jê	lôr

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Gaulish

Etymology

Frae Proto-Celtic *tū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoon

tū

1. ye (seengular); thoo

Inflection

Nummer	Seengular	Plural
Nominative	tū	suīs
Accusative	te	suīs
Genitive	tou	suesron
Dative	toi	umē
Ablative	te	ume
Instrumental	toi	?
Locative	toi	umē

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

tu

1. Imperative seengular o tun.

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Ido

Etymology

Inglis thou, , , , , , aw ultimately frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ wi +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Pronoun

tu (seicont-person seengular)

1. (informal, familiar) ye (seengular), thoo

Synonyms

• vu (formal)

Derived terms

• tua (“thy, thine, yer”)
• tuo (“something belanging tae ye”)

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Interlingua

Etymology

Frae Laitin an common Romance tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Pronoun

tu (second person singular)

1. ye (seengular); thoo

Inflection

subject	tu
object	te
reflexive	te
possessive	tu, tue

Determiner

tu

1. (possessive) yer

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Italian

Etymology

Frae Laitin tū, frae Proto-Italic *tū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪u/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -u

Pronoun

tu (seicont person seengular)

1. ye (seengular); thoo

Inflection

nominative	tu
prepositional	te
object, reflexive	ti
possessive	il tuo, la tua, i tuoi, le tue; tuo, tua, tuoi, tue (see your for maur information)

See also

• Lei (polite singular form)
• Loro (polite plural form)
• voi (plural an polite seengular form)

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Kalasha

Determiner

tu

1. ye (seengular)

Pronoon

tu

1. ye (seengular)

Verb

tu

1. ye (seengular)

Coordinate terms

• ábi

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Kurdish

Etymology

Frae Proto-Iranian [Term?], frae Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Persie تو (to), Pashto ته (tə), Avestan 𐬙𐬏𐬨 (tūm).

Pronoun

tu (seucont person seengular)

1. ye (seengular); thoo

Relatit terms

• te

See an aa

• hûn

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Laitin

Etymology

Frae Proto-Italic *tū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ or *tū. Cognates include Auncient Greek σύ (sú), Sanskrit त्वम् (tvám), Auld Inglis þū, Auld Persie 𐎬𐎺𐎶 (tuvam).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tuː/

Pronoun

tū (seicont person seengular, possessive adjective tuus)

1. ye (seengular); thoo

   Mē tuī pudet.

   I think shame o ye.

Quotations

• For uissage exemples o this term, see Citations:tu.

Inflection

Personal pronoon declension.

Seengular	First-person	Seicont-person	Reflexive
nominative	ego/egō	tū	—
genitive	meī	tuī	suī
dative	mihi/mihī, mī	tibi	sibi
accusative	mē	tē	sē, sēsē
ablative	mē	tē	sē, sēsē
vocative	egō	tū	—
possessive	meus	tuus	suus
Plural	First-person	Seicont-person	Reflexive
nominative	nōs	vōs	—
genitive	nostrī, nostrum	vestrī, vestrum	suī
dative	nōbīs	vōbīs	sibi
accusative	nōs	vōs	sē, sēsē
ablative	nōbīs	vōbīs	sē, sēsē
vocative	nōs	vōs	—
possessive	noster	vester, voster	suus

Uissage notes

When uised in the plural genitive, vestrī is uised when it is the object o an action, especially whan uised wi a gerund or gerundive. Whan uised in sic a construction, the gerund or gerundive taks on the masculine genitive seengular. Vestrum is uised as a pairtitive genitive, uised in constructions sic as (ane o ye).

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Laitin personal pronouns

Nummer	Person	Gender	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative	Ablative	Possessive
Singular	First	—	ego	meī	mihi	mē		meus, -a, -um
	Seicont	—	tū	tuī	tibi	tē		tuus, -a, -um
	Reflexive Third	—	—	suī	sibi	sē, sēsē		suus, -a, -um
	Third	Masculine	is	eius	eī	eum	eō	eius
		Feminine	ea			eam	eā
		Neuter	id			id	eō
Plural	First	—	nōs	nostrī, nostrum	nōbīs	nōs	nōbīs	noster, -tra, -trum
	Seicondt	vōs	vestrī, vestrum	vōbīs	vōs	vōbīs	vester, -tra, -trum
	Reflexive Third	—	—	suī	sibi	sē, sēsē		suus, -a, -um
	Third	Masculine	eī, iī	eōrum	eīs	eōs	eīs	eōrum
		Feminine	eae	eārum		eās		eārum
		Neuter	ea	eōrum		ea		eōrum

Derived terms

• tecum
• tute
• tutemet
• tutimet
• tepte
• tete
• quid tibi est?

Descendants

descendants

References

• Charlton T. Lewis an Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

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Latvie

Etymology

Frae Proto-Balto-Slavic *tū, Proto-Indo-European *túh₂, *tū, *tu, genitive *tewe, dative *toy, *tebʰ(y)e, accusative *t(w)e. The Latvian tevis comes frae *tevens, wi an -en-increased form shawin an addeetional s by analogy wi ither genitive plurals. The dative form wis oreeginally closer tae Old Prussian tebbei; the current form tev haes a v due tae influence frae ither declension forms, an the endin wis reduced. The accusative tevi comes frae *teven, wi n bi analogy tae the accusative form o ither wirds. The locative tevī wis formed bi analogy wi i-stem noons. Cognates include Lithuanian tù, Old Prussian tū, thu, toū, thou, tau, Sudovian tu, Auld Kirk Slavonic, Belaroushie, Russian ты (ty), Ukrainian, Bulgarie ти (ti), Czech, Pols ty, Gothic 𐌸𐌿 (þū), Old High German þū, Old Norse þú, Old English þū, German du, Inglis thou, Old Irish tú, Hittite zik, zikka (frae *tega, frae *te + *egō), -du- (“to you”) (frae *tu), Sanskrit त्वम् (tvám), Avestan 𐬙𐬏 (tū), (Doric) Ancient Greek τύ (tú), (Ionic) σύ (sú), Laitin tū, Tocharian A tu, Tocharian B twe, tuwe, Ossetian ду (du), ды (dy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tu]

Pronoun

tu (personal, 2nd person seengular)

1. (informal in the singular) ye; (dated) thoo; seicont person pronoon, referrin tae the addressee

   vai tu nāksi man līdzi? ― are ye comin wi me?

   pieder tautai, tad tauta piederēs tev! ― belang tae the fowk, an then the fowk will belang tae ye!

   būt uz tu ar kādu ― tae be on intimate terms (lit. tae be on thoo) wi someane

2. (in the expression “ak tu...”) uised tae strenthen the meanin o a wird or expression

   “ak tu to skaļo gaiļa rīkli!” māte priecājas ― “oh ye lood rooster thrait!” mither said happily

   ak tu mūžs! cūka izlauzusies no aizgalda! ― ah (ye) life! the pig evitit frae the cruive!

Declension

declension o tu

nominative (nominatīvs)	tu
accusative (akuzatīvs)	tevi
genitive (ģenitīvs)	tevis (tavs)
dative (datīvs)	tev (tevim)
instrumental (instrumentālis)	tevi
locative (lokatīvs)	tevī

Uissage notes

The form tavs is a possessive pronoun ('yer'), while tevis is a true genitive form ('o ye'). The dative form tevim is uised anerly optionally, wi prepositions.

Relatit terms

• tavējs

See an aa

• vietniekvārds

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Lithuanie

Etymology

Frae Proto-Balto-Slavic *tuˀ (“you”), compare Latvian tu, Old Prussian tu, toū, Proto-Slavic *ty. Frae Proto-Indo-European *tuH; compare Ancient Greek σύ (sú), Sanskrit त्वम् (tvám), Proto-Germanic *þū. The oblique stem tav- haes been generalised frae the Proto-Indo-European genitive *téwe; compare (Doric) Ancient Greek τέος (téos) < *tewos, Sanskrit तव (táva). For a discussion o the case endins, see àš (“I”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʊ/

Pronoun

tù

1. ye (singular)

Declension

declension o Wt/sco/tu

	singular		dual		plural
nominative	tù		jùdu m, jùdvi f		jū̃s
genitive	tavę̃s		jùdviejų		jū́sų
dative	táu		jùdviem		jùms
accusative	tavè		jùdu m, jùdvi f		jùs
instrumental	tavimì, tavim̃		jùdviem		jumìs
locative	tavyjè, tavỹ		jùdviese		jumysè

Derived terms

• tavo
• tavas
• taviškas
• tavasis m, tavoji f
• taviškis m, taviškis f
• tavaip

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Lithuanie personal pronoons

	seengular (vienaskaita)					dual (dviskaita)							plural (daugiskaita)					reflexive (sangrąžiniai)
	1st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2nt person (antrasis asmuo)	3rd person (trečiasis asmuo)			1st person		2nt person		3rd person			1st person	2nt person	3rd person
			m	f		m	f	m	f	m	f				m	f
nominative (vardininkas)	àš	tù	jìs, jisaĩ	jì, jinaĩ		mùdu	mùdvi	jùdu	jùdvi	juõdu, jiẽdu	jiẽdvi		mẽs	jū̃s	jiẽ	jõs		-
genitive (kilmininkas)	manę̃s	tavę̃s	jõ	jõs		mùdviejų		jùdviejų		jų̃dviejų			mū́sų	jū́sų	jų̃			savę̃s
dative (naudininkas)	mán	táu	jám	jái		mùdviem		jùdviem		jõdviem			mùms	jùms	jíems	jóms		sáu
accusative (galininkas)	manè	tavè	jį̃	ją̃		mùdu	mùdvi	jùdu	jùdvi	juõdu	jiẽdvi		mùs	jùs	juõs	jàs		savè
instrumental (įnagininkas)	manimì, manim̃	tavimì, tavim̃	juõ	jà		mùdviem		jùdviem		jõdviem			mumìs	jumìs	jaĩs	jomìs		savimì, savim̃
locative (vietininkas)	manyjè, manỹ	tavyjè, tavỹ	jamè	jojè		mùdviese		jùdviese		jiẽdviese			mumysè	jumysè	juosè	josè		savyjè, savỹ
possessive (savybiniai)	màno	tàvo	jõ	jõs		mùdviejų		jùdviejų		jų̃dviejų			mū́sų	jū́sų	jų̃			sàvo

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Lojban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Cmavo

tu (rafsi tuf, selma'o KOhA KOhA)

1. that ower thare; something distant frae baith speaker an listener

Relatit terms

• ta
• ti

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Lawer Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tu]

Determiner

tu

1. accusative feminine singular of ten

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Lawer Tanana

Noun

tu

1. watter

References

• James Kari, Lower Tanana Athabaskan Listening and Writing Exercises (1991)

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Malay

Etymology

Shortened form o itu, frae Proto-Malayic *(i)tu(ʔ), frae , frae .

Alternative forms

• itu
• ايت
• تو

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/
• Rhymes: -tu, -u

Determiner

tu

1. that (whit is being indicatit)

Pronoon

tu

1. that (that thing)

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Mandarin

Romanization

tu

1. Nonstaundart spellin o tū.
2. Nonstaundart spellin o tú.
3. Nonstaundart spellin o tǔ.
4. Nonstaundart spellin o tù.

Usage notes

• Scots transcriptions o Mandarin speech eften fail tae distinguish atween the creetical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin leid, uisin wirds such as this ane withoot the appropriate indication o tone.

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Neapolitan

Etymology

Frae Laitin tū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪u/

Pronoon

tu

1. ye

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology 1

Frae Inglis too.

Adverb

tu

1. an aa
2. verra

Etymology 2

Frae Inglis two.

Numeral

tu

1. twa

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North Frisian

Preposition

tu

1. (Mooring Dialect) tae

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Novial

Particle

tu

1. tae

Uissage notes

• Put in front o a verb tae mak it infinitive.

Pronoun

tu (accusative tum)

1. (demonstrative) that (which is genderless)

Relatit terms

• ta
• to
• te

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Occitan

Etymology

Frae Old Provençal tu, frae Laitin tū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty/

Pronoun

tu

1. ye (singular)

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Auld Inglis

Etymology

Frae Proto-Germanic [Term?]. Etymon o Modren Inglis two an cognate wi Swadish två. An aa relatit ae the Romance cognates: French deux, Spaingie dos an Laitin duo; the Hellenic: Greek δύο (dýo); an the Slavic: Roushie два (dva).

Numeral

tu

1. neuter of tweġen

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Auld Portuguese

Etymology

Frae Laitin tū (“you”), frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu/

Pronoun

tu

1. thou, you (seengular seicont person pronoon)
   • 13t century, attributit tae Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 149 (facsimile):

     eu te rogo / ſeñor que me tu leues Deſta carcer eſcura / E que ueia no Ceo a ta face velida.

     Lady, I beg ye, please tak me oot o this daurk prison an let me see yer beautifu face in Heiven.

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Pols

Etymology

Frae Proto-Slavic *tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪u]

• Audio

  (file)

Pronoun

tu

1. here

Synonyms

• tutaj

Further reading

• tu in Pols dictionars at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /tu/
• Hyphenation: tu
• Rhymes: -u

Etymology 1

Frae Old Portuguese tu, frae Laitin tū (“you”), frae Proto-Italic *tū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”).

Pronoun

tu (seicont person seengular, masculine possessive adjective teu, feminine possessive adjective tua)

1. (informal in Portugal, literary, archaic or regional in Brazil) you; thou (seengular seicont person pronoun)

Synonyms

• (seicont person seengular pronoon): o senhor (Brazil, formal), você (formal in Portugal, informal in Brazil), vossa mercê {Wt/sco/qualifier|formal|archaic}}, vosmecê (formal, archaic), vossemecê (formal, obsolete)

See an aa

Portuguese personal pronoons (edit)
Nummer	Person	Nominative (subject)		Accusative (direct object)		Dative (indirect object)	Oblique		Oblique wi com		Non-declinin
		m	f	m	f	m an f	m	f	m	f	m	f
Seengular	First	eu		me			mim		comigo
	Seicont	tu		te			ti		contigo		você
											o senhor	a senhora
	Third	ele	ela	o (lo, no)	a (la, na)	lhe	ele	ela	com ele	com ela	o mesmo	a mesma
				se (reflexive)			si (reflexive)		consigo (reflexive)
Plural	First	nós		nos			nós		connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)		a gente
	Seicont	vós		vos			vós		convosco		vocês
											os senhores	as senhoras
	Third	eles	elas	os (los, nos)	as (las, nas)	lhes	eles	elas	com eles	com elas	os mesmos	as mesmas
				se (reflexive)			si (reflexive)		consigo (reflexive)
Indefinite				se (reflexive)			si (reflexive)		consigo (reflexive)

Etymology 2

Interjection

tu

1. (onomatopoeia) the soond produced bi a telephone efter ane o the criers hangs up

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Romani

Etymology

Frae Hindi तू (tū). Ultimately frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoon

tu (personal)

1. ye (seengular)

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Romanie

Etymology

Frae Laitin tū, frae Proto-Italic *tū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Pronoon

tu

1. ye (seengular), thoo

Declension

Declension

Nominative tu Accusative stressed (pe) unstressed tine te Genitive Seengular Plural m & n f m f & n tău ta tăi tale Dative stressed unstressed ție îți Reflexive Accusative Dative stressed unstressed stressed unstressed tine te ție îți

Synonyms

• dumneata (semi-polite form)
• dumneavoastră (polite form)

See also

Romanie personal pronoons

		seengular	plural
1st person		eu	noi
2nt person	plain	tu	voi
	semi-polite	dumneata	dumneavoastră
	polite	dumneavoastră
3rd person familiar	m	el	ei
	f	ea	ele
3rd person polite	m	dumnealui	dumnealor
	f	dumneaei

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Scots Gaelic

Etymology

Frae Old Irish tú.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪u/

Pronoun

tu

1. ye (seengular, informal)

Synonyms

• thu

Uisage notes

• The mair uisual form the day is thu, while tu is the form uised in certain constructions, for instance in the condeetional tense.

Derived terms

• tusa

See also

• sibh

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Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

Wt/sco/tu

1. thare
2. hhere

Relatit terms

• ovdje, tamo

Synonyms

• (Croatie) tuj

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• tuni

Etymology

Frae Laitin tū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Pronoon

tu (seicont person seengular)

1. ye (informal); thoo

Inflection

nominative	tu
prepositional	tia
object, reflexive	ti

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtú/
• Tonal: tȕ

Adverb

tù

1. here, in this place

Synonyms

• túkaj

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Sooth Slavey

Noun

tu

1. watter

References

• Eung-Do Cook, Keren D. Rice, Athapaskan Linguistics: Current Perspectives on a Language Family (1989), page 247

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Spaingie

Etymology

Frae Laitin tuus, tuum, frae Proto-Indo-European *towos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/
• Homophones: tú (“you”)
• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

tu (seicont person seengular possessive o seengular, o plural tus)

1. (before the noun) apocopic furm o tuyo yer

Usage notes

The forms tu an tus are anerly uised afore an within the noon phrase o the modifee'd noon. In ither poseetions, a form o tuyo is uised insteid:

Son tus libros. ― [Thay] are yer beuks.

Son los libros tuyos. ― [Thay] are yer beuks.

(“...the beuks o yers.”)

Synonyms

• (pairts o Central an Sooth Americae) su

Relatit terms

    Spainyie possessive adjectives

possessor		preponed		postponed or standalone
		possessee		possessee
		singular	plural	singular		plural
				masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
First person:	singular:	mi	mis	mío|mío	mía	míos	mías
	plural:	Template:Qualifier		nuestro	nuestra	nuestros	nuestras
Second person (informal):	singular:	tu	tus	tuyo	tuya	tuyos	tuyas
	plural:	(same as postposed/standalone)		vuestro	vuestra	vuestros	vuestras
Third person:		su	sus	suyo	suya	suyos	suyas

See an aa

• tú
• vos

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Sranan Tongo

Number

tu

1. (cardinal) twa

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Swahili

Adverb

tu

1. anerly

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Swadish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʉː

Numeral

tu

1. (archaic, cardinal) twa

Synonyms

• två

Relatit terms

• ett, tu, tre
• itu
• på tu man hand

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Tanacross

Noun

tu

1. watter

References

• Jeff Leer, Proto-Athabaskan verb stem variation (1979), page 83

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Tejalapan Zapotec

Numeral

tu

1. ane

References

• SIL Zapotec Basic Vocabulary, page 53

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Timbe

Noun

tu

1. watter

References

• Michael Foster, Timbe grammar sketch - cohesion in Timbe texts (1981, online 2009), page 10

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Tocharian A

Etymology

Frae Proto-Tocharian [Term?], frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate wi Tocharian B tuwe.

Pronoun

tu

1. ye

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Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

Frae Inglis two.

Numeral

tu

1. twa

Uissage notes

Uised when coontin; see an aa tupela.

Etymology 2

Frae Inglis too

Adverb

tu

1. too; an aa; as weel
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society o Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:15 (translation here):

     God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.

   • 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics^[2], ISBN 0-8248-1672-2, page 433:

     Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.

This entry haes fewer nor three kent examples o actual uisage, the minimum considered necessary for clear attestation, an mey nae be reliable. This leid is subject tae a special exemption for leids wi leemitit documentation. If ye speak it, please consider editin this entry or addin citations.

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Upper Kuskokwim

Noun

tu

1. watter

References

• Raymond L. Collins, Betty Petruska, Dinak'i (our Words): Upper Kuskokwim Athabaskan Junior Dictionary (1979)

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tu

1. Teetle o nobility

Verb

tu

1. tae meditate

Related terms

• nhà tu
• đi tu

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Etymology

Inglis too.

Adverb

tu

1. (degree) too, excessively.

Derived terms

• tumödo

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Welsh

Etymology

Cognate wi Breton tu, Cornish tu.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /tɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /tiː/

Noun

tu m

1. side

Derived terms

• tu allan (“outside”)
• tu hwnt (“beyond”)
• tu mewn (“inside”)
• tu ôl (“behind”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	saft	nasal	aspirate
Wt/sco/tu	unchynged	unchynged	Hwt/sco/tu
Note: Some o thir forms mey be hypothetical. Nae ivery possible mutatit form o ivery wird actually occurs.

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Yale

Noun

tu

1. watter

References

• Carl Campbell, Jody Campbell, Yade Grammar Essentials (1987), page 4