ტო

See also: Appendix:Variations of "to"

Georgian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʼo/

Etymology 1

Shortening of კინტო (ḳinṭo, “trader, type of entertainer”).

Interjection

ტო • (ṭo)

1. mate, pal, dude (to male friend)
   • 1889, Raphael Eristavi, თეატრი 8:

     ტო, ახმახ, დახვეტო, განა გომურია?

     ṭo, axmax, daxveṭo, gana gomuria?

Descendants

• → Armenian: տո (to)

Further reading

• Bregaʒe, Levan (2013) “ტო”, in Kartuli žargonis leksiḳoni [The dictionary of Georgian slang]‎^[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, page 126

Etymology 2

Likely from etymology 1. Compare Armenian տո (to), which has senses and usages corresponding to both. The final positioning of ტო (ṭo) may suggest influence from Russian -то (-to, emphatic postpositive particle), or that can simply be a coincidence.

Particle

ტო • (ṭo)

1. (slang, colloquial) phrase-final expletive connoting anger or surprise

   რას აკეთებ ტო, ხომ არ გაგიჟდი?

   ras aḳeteb ṭo, xom ar gagiždi?

   What are you doing, are you out of your mind?