տո

Armenian

Alternative forms

• տօ (tō) — traditional orthography

Etymology

From Georgian ტო (ṭo), which is a shortening of კინტო (ḳinṭo).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [to]

Interjection

տո • (to) (Yerevan, Karabakh, Hamshen, Mush, colloquial Eastern Armenian)

1. used to address or call a familiar person (formerly usually a male one), often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority or annoyance

   Տո՛, ըստեղ արի։ ― Tó, əsteġ ari. ― Hey (you), come here!

   Գժվե՞լ ես, տո՛։ ― Gžve^?l es, tó. ― Boy, have you lost your mind?

   • 1869 – 1923, Hovhannes Tumanyan :

     — Տո՛, ախմախ,— ասում է,— ես էստեղ ջրի մեջ թրջվելով ձուկն եմ բռնում, դու իմ աշխատանքն առնում ես էլ ետ ջուրը գցո՞ւմ...

     — Tó, axmax,— asum ē,— es ēsteġ ǰri meǰ tʿrǰvelov jukn em bṙnum, du im ašxatankʿn aṙnum es ēl et ǰurə gcʿu^?m...

2. an expletive connoting annoyance

   Տո, որ իմանայի, չէի թողնի։ ― To, or imanayi, čʿēi tʿoġni. ― If I knew, I wouldn't allow.

   Տո, քեզ ո՞վ էր ասում էդքան խմեիր: ― To, kʿez o^?v ēr asum ēdkʿan xmeir: ― Why did you have to drink so much?

Related terms

• կինտո (kinto)

See also

• ծո (co)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913) “տօ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 1048b
• Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “տո”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 1452b
• Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “տօ”, in Hayocʿ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 639b
• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ტო”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: Garnett Press
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2010), “տո”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume 6, Yerevan: Hayastan, pages 214–215