ту
Alutor
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu/
Conjunction
ту (tu) (emphatic то)
See also
- г'оро
References
- Matrena Ivnako, pers.comm.10 March 2002
Chuvash
Etymology 1
Historically from тăв (tăv) (< тав (taw) < тау (tau)),[1] from Proto-Turkic *tāg.
References
- Lars Johanson, Christiane Bulut. Turkic-Iranian Contact Areas: Historical and Linguistic Aspects. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2006. pg. 130.
Kazakh
| Alternative scripts | |
|---|---|
| Arabic | تۋ |
| Cyrillic | ту |
| Latin | tu |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʊw]
Interjection
ту • (tu)
- an expression of surprise or regret
Etymology 3
Ultimately from Old Chinese 纛 (OC *duːɡs, *duːɡ, “banner made of animal tail or feather”).
Declension
| singular (жекеше) | plural (көпше) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (атау септік) | ту (tu) | тулар (tular) |
| genitive (ілік септік) | тудың (tudyñ) | тулардың (tulardyñ) |
| dative (барыс септік) | туға (tuğa) | туларға (tularğa) |
| accusative (табыс септік) | туды (tudy) | туларды (tulardy) |
| locative (жатыс септік) | туда (tuda) | туларда (tularda) |
| ablative (шығыс септік) | тудан (tudan) | тулардан (tulardan) |
| instrumental (көмектес септік) | тумен (tumen) | тулармен (tularmen) |
Synonyms
- байрақ (bairaq)
Derived terms
- тушы (tuşy)
Moksha
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tu.
Ossetian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”). Akin to Persian تف (tof, “spittle”), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati, “to spit”), Armenian թուք (tʿukʿ, “spit, spittle”), Serbo-Croatian pljuvati (“to spit”), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “to spit out”), Latin spuō (“to spit”), English spew.
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tu]
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tu.
Adverb
ту̑ (Latin spelling tȗ)
- there, here, in the said place
- 1788, Доситеј Обрадовић, Свиња и храст:
- Свиња долазаше често под један жировити храст, и ту се с жиром храњаше. Храст јој рече једном: „Колико се с мојим плодом питаш, а никада нећеш на ме да погледаш, ни да ми захвалиш!”
- A swine went often under an acorn oak, and there it munched acorn. The oak said at once to the swine: “As much as you feed yourself with my fruits, nonetheless you never look at me, nor thank me!”
Synonyms
- (Croatia) туј
Southern Altai
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *ti- (“that”). Cognate to Kyrgyz тиги (tigi), etc.
Synonyms
- тиги (tigi)
References
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ту”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
References
“ту”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN
Tajik
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪u/
Tundra Nenets
Etymology
From Proto-Samoyedic *tuj, from Proto-Uralic *tule. Cognates include Finnish tuli and Northern Sami dolla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tu]
- Hyphenation: ту
Declension
| Declension of ту (tu) (regular) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | ту (tu) | тухуʼ (tuxuh) | туˮ (tuq) |
| genitive | туʼ (tuh) | тухуʼ (tuxuh) | туˮ (tuq) |
| accusative | тум (tum°) | тухуʼ (tuxuh) | ту (tu) |
| allative | тун (tun°) | тухуняʼ (tuxunyah) | тухуˮ (tuxuq) |
| locative | тухуна (tuxuna) | тухуняна (tuxunyana) | тухуˮна (tuxuqna) |
| ablative | тухуд (tuxud°) | тухуняд (tuxunyad°) | тухут (tuxut°) |
| prolative | тувна (tuwna) | тухунямна (tuxunyamna) | туˮмӑна (tuqmăna) |
Derived terms
- туни (tunyi)
References
- Pyrerka, A. P.; Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 163
- N. M. Tereschenko (2005), “ту”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN
- Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 63
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tu]