tó
See also: τό and Appendix:Variations of "to"
Chiricahua edit
Alternative forms edit
- tú (Mescalero)
Noun edit
tó
- (Chiricahua) water
References edit
- Marianna Di Paolo, Arthur K. Spears, Languages and Dialects in the U.S.: Focus on Diversity (2014, →ISBN, page 38 (citing Hoijer 1938)
Fala edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese todo.
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
tó m sg (feminine toa, masculine plural tós, feminine plural toas)
Usage notes edit
- Lagarteiru uses tó both as a masculine and a feminine determiner, the feminine form toa is only used in Mañegu and Valverdeñu.
Pronoun edit
tó m sg (feminine toa, masculine plural tós, feminine plural toas)
References edit
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse tó (“patch of grass”).
Noun edit
tó f (genitive singular tóar, plural tør)
Declension edit
| Declension of tó | ||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | tó | tóin | tør | tørnar | ||
| Accusative | tó | tóina | tør | tørnar | ||
| Dative | tó | tóini | tørum | tørunum | ||
| Genitive | tóar | tóarinnar | tøra | tøranna | ||
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse þó, from Proto-Germanic *þauh.
Adverb edit
tó (not comparable)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- tó at (“although”, conjunction)
Hokkien edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of tó – see 佗 (“which”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 佗). |
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Uralic *towe (“lake, pond”).[1][2] Cognates include Southern Mansi то̄ (tō, “lake”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tó (plural tavak)
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | tó | tavak |
| accusative | tavat | tavakat |
| dative | tónak | tavaknak |
| instrumental | tóval | tavakkal |
| causal-final | tóért | tavakért |
| translative | tóvá | tavakká |
| terminative | tóig | tavakig |
| essive-formal | tóként | tavakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | tóban | tavakban |
| superessive | tavon | tavakon |
| adessive | tónál | tavaknál |
| illative | tóba | tavakba |
| sublative | tóra | tavakra |
| allative | tóhoz | tavakhoz |
| elative | tóból | tavakból |
| delative | tóról | tavakról |
| ablative | tótól | tavaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
tóé | tavaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
tóéi | tavakéi |
| Possessive forms of tó | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | tavam | tavaim |
| 2nd person sing. | tavad | tavaid |
| 3rd person sing. | tava | tavai |
| 1st person plural | tavunk | tavaink |
| 2nd person plural | tavatok | tavaitok |
| 3rd person plural | tavuk | tavaik |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
References edit
- ^ Entry #1070 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ tó in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- tó in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse tó (“patch of grass”).
Noun edit
tó f (genitive singular tór or tóar, nominative plural tær or tór)
Declension edit
With genitive singular tóar and plural tær:
declension of tó
or with genitive singular and plural tór:
declension of tó
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse tó (“wool”), from Proto-Germanic *tawwą.
Noun edit
tó n (genitive singular tós, nominative plural tó)
Declension edit
declension of tó
Synonyms edit
See also edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ (“water”). Cognates include Western Apache tú and Chiricahua tú.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (NV) (file)
Noun edit
tó (possessed form -toʼ, prefixal form tá-)
- water, liquid, fluid
- 1985, Diyin God Bizaad: The Holy Bible in Navajo, Mark 1:8:
- Shí éí tó tʼéiyá bee danihisį́į́h ńtʼééʼ; ndi bí tʼéí Níłchʼi Diyinii yee danihisį́įh dooleeł.
- I indeed have baptized you with water; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
- Tó éí iiná átʼé.
- Water is life.
Inflection edit
possessives of tó
Derived terms edit
- tééh
- tó háálį́įgo bá hazʼą́ (“fountain”)
- tó háálínígi (“water fountain”)
- tó nilį́į́h (“stream”)
- tó nitéél nitságo atságáá (“tsunami”)
- tódiłhił (“whiskey, liquor”)
- tónteel (“ocean, sea, large lake”)
- tooh (“river”)
- tóchxǫ́ʼí (“filthy water”)
Related terms edit
Noone edit
Verb edit
tó
References edit
- R. Blench, Beboid Comparative
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
·tó
- first-person singular present progressive conjunct of at·tá
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ·tó | ·thó | ·tó pronounced with /-d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *tanhwō (“tough ground”).
Noun edit
tó f (genitive tóar)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *tawwą.
Noun edit
tó n (genitive tós)
Declension edit
Declension of tó (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
References edit
- tó in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɔ
- Hyphenation: tó
Interjection edit
tó
- (informal) Abbreviation of toma (“take this”).
- 2007, Broccoli, 6:57 from the start, in Galaxy Angel[2], season 1, episode 2, spoken by Mirufiu Sakuraba (Daniella Piquet), São Paulo: Álamo, via Animax Brasil:
- Tó. É que eu acabei fazendo compras antes de vir pra cá. Eu vi que os ovos estavam superbaratos no mercado!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (informal) Abbreviation of tome (“take this”).
See also edit
Sassarese edit
Determiner edit
tó (invariable)