ту

Alutor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Conjunction

ту (tu) (emphatic то)

1. and, then

   То ынӈин намалгитан ыньаньньус аӈинмысъатылъын.

   Then (the parents) saw (their daughter) who was talking alone.

See also

• г'оро

References

• Comrie, Bernard and Polinsky, Maria. (1993) Causatives and Transitivity

Carpathian Rusyn

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tu.

Adverb

ту • (tu)

1. there, here, in the said place

   Його найновше выданя можете видіти ту

   Joho najnovše vŷdanja možete vydity tu

   Here you can find the latest editions of that journal

Related terms

• гев (hev)

Chuvash

Etymology 1

From late Middle Chuvash: *tu, from earlier Middle Chuvash: *tai̯, from Old Chuvash: *tåw, from Proto-Oghuric *taɣ, from Proto-Turkic *tāg.

Noun

ту • (tu) (plural тусем) 

1. mountain

Etymology 2

From Volga Bulgar طن (tan). Unclear relation with Tatar туу (tuwu).

Verb

ту • (tu)

1. to do

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate of Mandarin Chinese 頭／头 (tóu)

Noun

ту • (tu)

1. head

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	تۋ
Cyrillic	ту
Latin	tu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʊw]

Adjective

ту • (tu)

1. (livestock) barren

Etymology 2

Interjection

ту • (tu)

1. an expression of surprise or regret

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Old Chinese 纛 (OC *duːɡs, *duːɡ, “banner made of animal tail or feather”).

Noun

ту • (tu)

1. flag

Declension

declension of ту

	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

Verb

ту • (tu)

1. connegative of тумс (tums)

Nivkh

Etymology

Possibly related to Ainu ト (to, “lake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Noun

ту (tu)

1. lake

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tu.

Adverb

ту • (tu)

1. there, in that place (general)
2. here

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 (tʻukʻ, “spit, spittle”), Serbo-Croatian pljuvati (“to spit”), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “to spit out”), Latin spuō (“to spit”), English spew.

Noun

ту • (tu)

1. spit, spittle

   ту кӕнын ― tu kænyn ― to spit

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak tu, from Proto-Slavic *tu. Cognate with Carpathian Rusyn ту (tu) and Slovak tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ту

Adverb

ту (tu)

1. here (at this place)

   Coordinate term: там (tam)

2. here (at this time)

Related terms

adjectives

• тутейши (tutejši)
• тутешнї (tutešnji)

 

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “ту”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tu]

Etymology 1

Determiner

ту • (tu) f sg (demonstrative)

1. feminine accusative singular of тот (tot)

Pronoun

ту • (tu) f sg (demonstrative)

1. feminine accusative singular of тот (tot)

Etymology 2

Interjection

ту • (tu)

1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of a train horn

   Ту-ту! ― Tu-tu! ― Choo-choo!

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tu.

Adverb

ту̑ (Latin spelling tȗ)

1. 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

Related terms

• о́вдје, та̏мо

Solombala English

Solombala English numbers ^(edit)

	2
Cardinal: ту (tu)

Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁

Inherited from English two.

Ingvild Broch (1996) made a mistake in reading the original text, where ту (tu) was written in italics as ту, which is why he mistakenly perceived it as мы (my) [mɨ], which is supposedly from English me.

Numeral

ту (tu)

1. two (2)
   • 1849 [1848], Vereščagin, Vasilij P., Очерки Архангельской губерніи [Sketches from Arkhangelsk Governorate]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Typography of Yakov Trey, pages 406–407:

     Асей, асей! Дай ту копѣйки!

     Asej, asej! Daj tu kopějki!

     Sailor, sailor! Give me two kopeks!

References

• Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)‎^[2], reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98

Southern Altai

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ti- (“that”). Cognate to Kyrgyz тиги (tigi), etc.

Pronoun

ту • (tu)

1. that

Synonyms

• тиги (tigi)

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ту”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Compare to Kyrgyz туу (tuu).

Noun

ту • (tu)

1. flag

Declension

Inflection of ту (tu)

	singular	plural
absolute	ту (tu)	тулар (tular)
definite genitive	туныҥ (tunïŋ)	тулардыҥ (tulardïŋ)
dative	туга (tuga)	туларга (tularga)
definite accusative	туны (tunï)	туларды (tulardï)
locative	туда (tuda)	туларда (tularda)
ablative	тудаҥ (tudaŋ)	тулардаҥ (tulardaŋ)

References

“ту”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian تُو (tū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/, [t̪ʰu]

Pronoun

ту • (tu) (Persian spelling تو)

1. you, thou (informal, grammatically singular)
2. your

See also

• шумо (šumo) (informal, grammatically plural)
• Шумо (Šumo) (formal, polite and grammatically plural)

Tundra Nenets

Ту.

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *tuj, from Proto-Uralic *tule. Cognates include Finnish tuli and Northern Sami dolla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tu]
• Hyphenation: ту

Noun

ту • (tu)

1. fire
2. light

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]

Determiner

ту • (tu)

1. accusative feminine singular of той (toj)

Yagnobi

Pronoun

ту (tu)

1. (informal, grammatically singular) you, thou