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tus

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tus"

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *tutja, cognate to Old Norse þeya (“to melt”), Old High German douwen (“id”), with 'being silent' as an intermediary stage of semantic development.[1] Alternatively related to tund.[2]

Verb edit

tus (aorist tuta, participle tutë)

  1. to frighten

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tus”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 470
  2. ^ Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.198

Asturian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin tussis, tussem.

Noun edit

tus f (plural tus)

  1. cough (expulsion of air from the lungs)

Related terms edit

Catalan edit

Verb edit

tus

  1. inflection of tossir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Cornish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Brythonic *tʉd, from Proto-Celtic *toutā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tus m pl

  1. men
  2. people, persons

See also edit

Danish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Attested since 1974, of obscure origin, but probably related to German tuschen (“to paint with watercolors”).

Noun edit

tus c (singular definite tussen, plural indefinite tusser)

  1. felt-tip pen

Inflection edit

Declension of tus
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tus tussen tusser tusserne
genitive tus' tussens tussers tussernes

Fala edit

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

tus f pl

  1. (Lagarteiru) Apocopic form of túas (“your”)

Usage notes edit

  • Used in Lagarteiru before a feminine plural noun as part of a noun phrase.

See also edit

Fala possessive determiners and pronouns
Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Possessor First person Singular mei miña meis miñas
Plural nosu nosa nosus nosas
Second person Singular tei túa, tu1 teis túas, tus1
Plural vosu vosa vosus vosas
Third person sei súa, su1 seis súas, sus1
  1. Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.

References edit

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

tus

  1. first/second-person singular past historic of taire

Participle edit

tus m pl

  1. masculine plural of tu

Anagrams edit

Hungarian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From German Tusche (“Indian ink”), from tuschen, from French toucher.[1] First attested in 1782.[1]

Noun edit

tus (plural tusok)

  1. Indian ink (black ink made from lampblack)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tus tusok
accusative tust tusokat
dative tusnak tusoknak
instrumental tussal tusokkal
causal-final tusért tusokért
translative tussá tusokká
terminative tusig tusokig
essive-formal tusként tusokként
essive-modal — —
inessive tusban tusokban
superessive tuson tusokon
adessive tusnál tusoknál
illative tusba tusokba
sublative tusra tusokra
allative tushoz tusokhoz
elative tusból tusokból
delative tusról tusokról
ablative tustól tusoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		tusé tusoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		tuséi tusokéi
Possessive forms of tus
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tusom tusaim
2nd person sing. tusod tusaid
3rd person sing. tusa tusai
1st person plural tusunk tusaink
2nd person plural tusotok tusaitok
3rd person plural tusuk tusaik
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From German Tusch, possibly from tuschen.[1] First attested in 1784.[1]

Noun edit

tus (plural tusok)

  1. (music) flourish (ceremonious passage)
    • 1848, Sándor Petőfi, Lehel vezér‎[2], canto 1, stanza 46, lines 5-8:
      És mikor vége lett a jókivánságnak, / A muzsikusok rá hangos tust huzának, / A sok összeveszett hang forgott a légben, / Mint a por a forgószélnek örvényében.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1869, Mór Jókai, A kőszívű ember fiai‎[3], part 1, chapter 1:
      A háttérbe állított egyiptomi zenekar vezetőjének nyirettyűje a levegőbe volt emelve, hogy amint a tósztnak vége szakad, friss lelkesüléssel rándítsa rá a pohárzaj-elnémító tust, […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1892, Mór Jókai, chapter 15, in Rákóczy fia‎[4]:
      De még fényesebb volt a pékek parádéja […] Császári lovasság kísérte őket elöl-hátul, közben céhzászlókat emelve, s a hírhedett pékbillikomot ürítgetve, járultak a daliás péklegények nagy muzsikaszóval, s minden pékbolt előtt riadó tust húzattak, égre emelt kardokkal esküdve, hogy míg a nap az égen jár, nem lesz a világon párja a bécsi császárzsemlyének és perecnek!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (obsolete) drinking to someone's health
    Tust ittak az egészségére. — They drank to his health.
Declension edit

Same as above.

Etymology 3 edit

From German Dusche (“shower”), from French douche (“shower”).[1] First attested in 1900.[1]

Noun edit

tus (plural tusok)

  1. shower
Declension edit

Same as above.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 4 edit

From the dialectal tusa (“large end of a stick”), of unknown origin.[1][2] First attested in 1838.[1]

Noun edit

tus (plural tusok)

  1. butt (of a rifle)
  2. (dialectal) large end of a stick
Declension edit

Same as above.

Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 5 edit

From French touche (“touch”), from toucher (“to touch”).[1] First attested in 1878.[1]

Noun edit

tus (plural tusok)

  1. (fencing) touch
  2. (wrestling) fall, pinfall (instance of being pinned to the mat)
Declension edit

Same as above.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 tus 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.)
  2. ^ Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN

Further reading edit

  • (India ink): tus 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
  • (flourish in music): tus 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
  • (shower): tus 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
  • (rifle butt): tus 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
  • (touch in fencing): tus 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

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tūs n (genitive tūris); third declension

  1. Alternative spelling of thūs

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tūs tūra
Genitive tūris tūrum
Dative tūrī tūribus
Accusative tūs tūra
Ablative tūre tūribus
Vocative tūs tūra

Middle English edit

Adverb edit

tus

  1. (Early Middle English, before dentals) Alternative form of þus

Norman edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

tus m (plural tuss)

  1. (Jersey) tuft

Synonyms edit

North Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian tōth.

Noun edit

tus m (plural tes)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) (anatomy) tooth

Phalura edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit युष्मद् (yuṣmad, “pron. 2 pl”).

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

tus (personal, Perso-Arabic spelling تُس)

  1. you (2pl nom)

References edit

  • Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[5], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tus”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Somali edit

Verb edit

tus

  1. to show

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tus/ [t̪us]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: tus

Determiner edit

tus pl

  1. plural of tu

Related terms edit

    Spanish possessive determiners
possessor preposed postposed or standalone
possessee possessee
singular plural singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
First person: singular: mi mis mío mía míos mías
plural: (same as postposed/standalone) nuestro nuestra nuestros nuestras
Second person
(informal): 		singular: tu tus tuyo tuya tuyos tuyas
plural: (same as postposed/standalone) vuestro vuestra vuestros vuestras
Third person: su sus suyo suya suyos suyas

White Hmong edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Hmong *dɛŋᴮ (“classifier for horses”), probably borrowed from Chinese 頭／头 (“head; classifier for animals, cylindrical stub-like objects, etc.”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Classifier edit

tus

  1. classifier for long objects (such as rods or sticks) and animals or beings

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[6], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 231-2; 283.

Wolof edit

Wolof cardinal numbers
0 1  > 
    Cardinal : tus

Numeral edit

tus

  1. zero
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