тату

See also: татю and тятю

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tattoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɐˈtu]

Noun

тату́ • (tatú) n inan (indeclinable)

1. tattoo (an image made in the skin with ink and a needle)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtatʊ]

Noun

та́ту • (tátu) m anim

1. accusative singular of та́та (táta)

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dāt (“good taste”). Cognate with Kazakh тәтті (tättı), Nogai таьтли (tätli), Kyrgyz таттуу (tattuu), Crimean Tatar tatlı, Kumyk татли (tatli), Tatar татлы (tatlı), Azerbaijani dadlı, Turkish tatlı, Turkmen datly, Uzbek totli, Western Yugur tatïɣ, / tattïɣ, etc.

Adjective

тату • (tatu)

1. sweet

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tattoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɐˈtu]

Noun

тату́ • (tatú) n inan (indeclinable)

1. tattoo (an image made in the skin with ink and a needle)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtatʊ]

Noun

та́ту • (tátu) m pers

1. dative singular of та́то (táto)

   Synonym: та́тові (tátovi)

2. vocative singular of та́то (táto)