teu

See also: TEU and te'u

Catalan

Alternative forms

• tou (Algherese)

Etymology

From Old Catalan teu (feminine tua), from Latin tuum, from Proto-Italic *towos. The original stem was modified by analogy with meu.

The weak form ton is also from Latin tuum in an unstressed (monosyllabic) position.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtew/

Pronoun

teu (feminine teva or teua, masculine plural teus, feminine plural teves or teues)

1. your, yours (singular)

Usage notes

When preceding a noun, teu is always preceded by the appropriate definite article.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal2	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person.			3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Derived terms

• el teu

See also

• ton

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪eu/

Noun

teu

1. moon

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese teu, from Latin tuus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtew/

Pronoun

teu m (masculine singular teu, masculine plural teus, feminine singular túa, feminine plural túas)

1. (possessive) yours (singular you)

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns

Further reading

• “teu” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tuus, probably through an intermediate Vulgar Latin *tous or *teus. Compare to Catalan el teu and Daco-Romanian tău.

Adjective

teu m (feminine te, masculine plural teľ, feminine plural tele)

1. your

   nomelu teu

   your name

Japanese

Romanization

teu

1. Rōmaji transcription of てう

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin tuus, from Proto-Italic *towos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tøː/

Adjective

teu (invariable)

1. your (singular)

Pronoun

teu (invariable)

1. (possessive) yours (singular)

Synonyms

• tò

See also

• mæ
• seu, sò
• nòstro
• vòstro

Nias

Noun

teu (mutated form deu)

1. rain

References

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 208.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tou, from Latin tuus, from Proto-Italic *towos.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tew/ [teʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tew/

• Hyphenation: teu

Pronoun

teu (feminine tua)

1. Second-person singular possessive pronoun.
   1. your; yours

See also

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Possessor	Singular	First person	meu	minha	meus	minhas
		Second person	teu	tua	teus	tuas
		Third person	seu	sua	seus	suas
	Plural	First person	nosso	nossa	nossos	nossas
		Second person	vosso	vossa	vossos	vossas
		Third person	seu	sua	seus	suas
See also: Appendix:Possessive#Portuguese

Romanian

Etymology

From French té.

Noun

teu n (plural teuri)

1. T-square

Declension

Declension of teu

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) teu	teul	(niște) teuri	teurile
genitive/dative	(unui) teu	teului	(unor) teuri	teurilor
vocative	teule		teurilor

Tarairiú

Noun

teu

1. water

Further reading

• Juvandi de Souza Santos, Cariri e Tarairiú?: culturas tapuais nos sertões da Paraíba (2009)

Zou

Verb

teu

1. dig

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf