ту
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Etymology 1
From late Middle Chuvash: *tu, from earlier Middle Chuvash: *tai̯, from Old Chuvash: *tåw, from Proto-Oghuric *taɣ,[1] from Proto-Turkic *tāg.
Noun
ту • (tu) (plural тусем)
Etymology 2
From Volga Bulgar طن (tan). Unclear relation with Tatar туу (tuwu).
Verb
ту • (tu)
- to do
References
- Agyágasi, Klára (2019) Chuvash Historical Phonetics (Turcologica; 117), Wiesbaden: Harrssowitz, page 240
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
ту • (tu)
- (livestock) barren
Etymology 2
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”).
Noun
ту • (tu)
Declension
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| 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) |
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declension of ту
Synonyms
- байрақ (bairaq)
Derived terms
- тушы (tuşy)
Verb
ту • (tu)
- connegative of тумс (tums)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tu.
Adverb
ту • (tu)
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)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak tu, from Proto-Slavic *tu. Cognate with Carpathian Rusyn ту (tu) and Slovak tu.
Pronunciation
Adverb
ту (tu)
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
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Determiner
ту • (tu) f sg (demonstrative)
- feminine accusative singular of тот (tot)
Pronoun
ту • (tu) f sg (demonstrative)
- feminine accusative singular of тот (tot)
Etymology 2
Interjection
ту • (tu)
- (onomatopoeia) the sound of a train horn
- Ту-ту! ― Tu-tu! ― Choo-choo!
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
Related terms
| 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: ту (tu) | ||
Etymology
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)
- two (2)
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), reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *ti- (“that”). Cognate to Kyrgyz тиги (tigi), etc.
Pronoun
ту • (tu)
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
Noun
ту • (tu)
Declension
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| 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) |
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Inflection of ту (tu)
References
“ту”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN
Etymology
From Proto-Samoyedic *tuj, from Proto-Uralic *tule. Cognates include Finnish tuli and Northern Sami dolla.
Pronunciation
Noun
ту • (tu)
Declension
More information Declension of ту (tu) (regular), singular ...
| 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) |
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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
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