tu

See also: TU, ես, and Appendix:Variations of "tu"

English

Particle

tu

1. Pronunciation spelling of to, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu/, [ˈtʊ]

Noun

tú f 

1. thing

Declension

Declension of tú
absolutive	tú
predicative	tú
subjective	tú
genitive	tú
Postpositioned forms l-case túl k-case túk t-case tút h-case túh

Synonyms

• ím

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “tu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Ainu

Ainu cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tu     Ordinal : tu ikinne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Numeral

tu (Kana spelling トゥ)

1. two

Albanian

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

tu ?

1. may

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

tu

1. you (singular)

Related terms

• tini/tine
• ti

See also

• io/iou, mini
• el/elu, nãs
• noi
• voi
• nãsh, elj

Etymology 2

Compare tru.

Preposition

tu

1. in
2. into

Synonyms

• tru, ãn

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tū.

Pronoun

tu

1. you (singular)

Atong (India)

Etymology

From English two.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Numeral

tu (Bengali script তু)

1. two

Synonyms

• ni
• rongni
• do

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

Bambara

Noun

tu

1. forest; thicket

Verb

tu

1. to spit (out)

Batuley

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian tua.

Adjective

tu

1. old

References

• Daigle (2015). Cited in: "Batuley" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Big Nambas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Verb

tu

1. give

   Patu pai ani!

   Give him a yam!.

References

• Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

Bislama

Bislama cardinal numbers

<  1	2	3  >
Cardinal : tu

Etymology 1

From English two.

Numeral

tu

1. two

Etymology 2

From English too.

Adverb

tu

1. too

Borôro

Verb

tu

1. to go

Breton

Noun

tu m

1. side

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan tu, from Latin tū.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -u

Pronoun

tu

1. you (singular); thou
2. one (singular, impersonal)

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-.

See also

• vostè, vós (plural or polite)
• vosaltres (plural)

References

• “tu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chilcotin

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

Noun

tu

1. water

References

• Eung-Do Cook (2013) A Tsilhqút'ín Grammar

Chipewyan

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan [Term?]; cognate with Hän chuu, Ahtna tuu, Deg Xinag te, Navajo tó, Gwich'in chųų, etc.

Noun

tu

1. water

References

• Eung-Do Cook (2004) A grammar of Dëne Sųłiné (Chipewyan), page 350

Coatecas Altas Zapotec

Numeral

tu

1. one

References

• SIL Zapotec Basic Vocabulary, page 52

Cornish

Adjective

tu

1. Hard mutation of du.
2. Mixed mutation of du.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu]

• Audio

  (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech tu, from Proto-Slavic *tu.

Adverb

tu

1. (informal or dialectal) here

   Synonyms: zde, tady

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

tu

1. feminine accusative singular of ten

Further reading

• tu in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• tu in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• tu in Internetová jazyková příručka

Drung

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-tawŋ.

Numeral

tu

1. thousand

References

• Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎^[3], Santa Barbara: University of California

Ewe

Noun

tu (plural tuwo)

1. gun

Verb

tu

1. to build
2. to close
3. to crush
4. to grind
5. to meet
6. to untie

Fala

Determiner

tu f sg

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

Usage notes

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

See also

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

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[4], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Fanagalo

Etymology

Borrowed from English two.

Numeral

tu

1. two

Fijian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Verb

tu

1. to stand
2. to be (only in situations regarding posture or position)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty/

• Audio (France)

  (file)

• (Quebec) IPA^(key): [t͡sy], [t͡sʏ]
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [ti], [t͡ʃy]
• Homophones: tue, tues, tuent, tus, tut, tût
• Rhymes: -y

Etymology 1

From Old French tu, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Cognates with the exact same usage are the Italian tu, as well as du in German or ты in Russian.

Pronoun

tu (second person informal singular, plural vous, object te, emphatic toi, possessive determiner ton)

1. you (singular); thou

Usage notes

• When more pronouns are included in the same sentence, it is considered somewhat impolite to say the pronoun moi first, etiquette says it must be the last one, and toi must be said after a third person:
  • Rose, toi et moi irons là-bas., “Rose, you and I will go there.”
• "Tu" is used to address one person in an informal situation. Older people tend to exclusively use it with familiar people, and do not use it with unfamiliar adults unless invited to; but younger people use this pronoun much more, using it together in any informal situation, even if they don't know each other. Using "vous" in this context will be seen as old-fashioned and distant.
• "Tu" is not typically used in formal settings such as business meetings and never in court, regardless of the relationship between the speaker and the listener.
• Using "vous" when "tu" would be more appropriate will come across as rigid and awkward; however, using "tu" when "vous" would be more appropriate could come over as deliberate disrespect. For this reason, as a rule of thumb, it is advised to use "vous" if in doubt, as it is "all-encompassing".
• Children are always addressed using "tu" – vous would come over as comical. In elementary, middle, and high schools, teachers address students using "tu", but students address teachers using vous*. In higher education usage of vous becomes more common in both directions.
• In formal written communication to any adult, use vous. Not doing so may come over as unprofessional at best, deliberately disrespectful at worst.

*However, depending on the region or type of school, other norms may be more used in place. For example, in Quebec (not the rest of Canada), it is more common for students to use "tu" with their teachers.

As a final note: These come as natural to a person who grew up in a French-speaking country, but not necessarily for outsiders. If you are obviously a foreigner, people will normally be forgiving of such mistakes.

Inflection

• Nominative: tu
• Emphatic: toi
• Oblique: te
• t' (proclitic form, colloquial)

Derived terms

• tutoyer

 

Related terms

• vous (plural form and polite singular form)

French personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Locative (at)	Genitive (of)	Disjunctive (tonic)
Singular	First	—	je, j’	me, m’		—	—	moi
	Second	—	tu	te, t’		—	—	toi
	Third	Masculine	il	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui
		Feminine	elle	la, l’				elle
		Indeterminate	on1	—	—	—	—	—
		Reflexive	—	se, s’4		—	—	soi4
Plural	First	—	nous	nous		—	—	nous
	Second	—	vous2	vous2,3		—	—	vous2
	Third	Masculine	ils3	les	leur	y	en	eux3
		Feminine	elles					elles

¹ Also used as the first person plural.

² Also used as the polite singular form.

³ Also used when a group has both men and women.

⁴ Also used as third person plural reflexive.

Etymology 2

Participle

tu (feminine tue, masculine plural tus, feminine plural tues)

1. past participle of taire

Etymology 3

From t-il.

Particle

tu

2. (Quebec, informal) question marker

   C'est-tu possible ? ― Is it possible?

Further reading

• “tu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ut

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

tu

1. you

See also

Friulian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		jo	nô
2nd person	familiar	tu	vô
	polite	lui, jê	lôr
3rd person	m	lui,	lôr
	f	jê	lôr

Gaulish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

tū (plural suīs)

1. you (singular); thou

Inflection

• Nominative: tū
• Accusative: ti/te
• Dative: toi

References

• Václav Blažek (2008), “Gaulish Language”, in Sborník prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity / Studia minora facultatis philosophicae universitatis brunensis‎^[5], page 59

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

tu

1. singular imperative of tun

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuʔ/
• Rhymes: -tu

Determiner

tu

1. this (what is being indicated)

Pronoun

tu

1. this

See also

• hari tu

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English thou, French tu, German du, Italian tu, Spanish tú, Russian ты (ty), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ with +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Pronoun

tu (second person singular)

1. (informal, familiar) you (singular), thou

   Synonym: (formal) vu

Derived terms

• tua
• tuo

 

See also

    Personal pronouns in Ido

		Singular			Plural
		Nominative	Possessive		Nominative	Possessive
			Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural
First person		me	mea	mei	ni	nia	nii
Second person	Formal	vu	vua	vui	vi	via	vii
	Familiar	tu	tua	tui
Third person	Masculine	ilu, il	ilua	ilui	ili	ilia	ilii
	Feminine	elu, el	elua	elui	eli	elia	elii
	Neuter	olu, ol	olua	olui	oli	olia	olii
	Common	lu	lua	lui	li	lia	lii
	Reflexive	su	sua	sui	su	sua	sui
Indefinite		onu, on	onua	onui	onu, on	onua	onui
Notes
The possessive plurals are seldom used.
The shortened forms are preferred.
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin and common Romance tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Pronoun

tu (second person singular)

1. you (singular); thou

Inflection

subject	tu
object	te
reflexive	te
possessive	tu, tue

Determiner

tu

1. (possessive) your

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu/^*

  • Audio

    (file)

• (most parts of Latium) IPA^(key): /ˈtu/^°
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: tù

Pronoun

tu (second person singular)

1. you (singular); thou

Usage notes

• Italian being a pro-drop language, subject pronouns are mostly omitted, both in the written and spoken language, as the inflected verb is conjugated by person. An example would be: Mangi una mela, which is much more common than Tu mangi una mela, where the subject can be inferred from the inflected form mangi ; similarly È carina instead of Lei è carina. The explicit usage of personal pronouns may sound redundant to a native speaker, except when it is used in order to emphasize the subject. (Tu mangi una mela could be interpreted as You are eating an apple and I am not)..
• The second-person pronoun in particular can sound confidential and, in some cases, even impolite.

See also

Italian personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Conjunctive	Disjunctive	Locative	Partitive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m', -mi			me	me	—
	second	—	tu	ti, t', -ti			te	te
	third	m	lui	si2, s', -si	lo, l', -lo	gli, -gli	glie, se2	lui, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
		f	lei, Lei1		la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1	le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1		lei, Lei1, sé
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c', -ci			ce	noi	—
	second	—	voi, Voi4	vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4			ve	voi, Voi4
	third	m	loro, Loro1	si, s', -si	li, Li1, -li, -Li1	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1	glie, se	loro, Loro1, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
		f			le, Le1, -le, -Le1
1	Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
2	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3	Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
4	Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

Further reading

• tu in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

Romanization

tu

1. Rōmaji transcription of とぅ
2. Rōmaji transcription of トゥ

Kalasha

Pronoun

tu

1. you (2nd-person personal pronoun)

See also

Kalasha personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		a / آ‎	ábi / آبی‎
2nd person		tu / تُو‎	ábi / آبی‎
3rd person (near)		ía / اِیا‎	émi / ایمی‎
3rd person (far)		ása / آسا‎	éḷi / ایࣇی‎
3rd person (absent)		se / سے‎	te / تے‎

Kalo Finnish Romani

Etymology

From Romani tu, from Sanskrit त्वम् (tvam), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

tu

1. you (singular)

References

• “tu” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu/
• Syllabification: tu

Pronoun

tu

1. here (at this place)

   Synonym: tuwò

   Coordinate term: tam

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893), “tu”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego, page 216
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “tu”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi, page 1164
• “tu”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Khumi Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin [Term?], from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tu. Cognates include Burmese တူ (tu) and Chinese 錘 (chuí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu˩/

Noun

tu

1. hammer

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[6], Payap University, page 48

Ladino

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Pronoun

tu (Latin spelling)

1. (informal) you (singular)

See also

• vozotros (masculine plural)
• vozotras (feminine plural)
• vos (formal singular)

Adjective

tu (Latin spelling)

1. your

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tū, Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognates include Latvian tu and Lithuanian tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu]
• Hyphenation: tu

Pronoun

tu

1. thou, you (singular)
2. (in reported speech) he, she (that is addressed)

Declension

Declension of tu

	singular	plural
nominative	tu	jius
genitive	teve, tevi	juisu
dative	tev	jums
accusative	tevi	jius
locative	tevī	jiusūs

See also

Latgalian personal pronouns

	first	second	third (a.)		third (l.)
			m	f	m	f
singular	es	tu	jis	jei	šys	šei
plural	mes	jius	jī	juos	šī	šuos

References

• A. Andronov; L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 10
• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 35

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ or *tū.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tuː/, [t̪uː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tu/, [t̪uː]

Pronoun

tū (second person singular, possessive adjective tuus)

1. you (singular); thou

   Mē tuī pudet.

   I am ashamed of you.

Usage notes

When used in the plural genitive, vestrī is used when it is the object of an action, especially when used with a gerund or gerundive. When used in such a construction, the gerund or gerundive takes on the masculine genitive singular. Vestrum is used as a partitive genitive, used in constructions such as (one of you).

Declension

Number	Singular							Plural
Person	First	Second	Reflexive third	Third				First	Second	Reflexive third	Third
Case / Gender	Masc./ Fem./Neut.			Masc.	Fem.	Neut.		Masc./ Fem./Neut.			Masc.	Fem.	Neut.
Nominative	ego egō	tū	—	is	ea	id		nōs	vōs	—	eī iī	eae	ea
Genitive	meī	tuī	suī	eius				nostrī nostrum	vestrī vestrum	suī	eōrum	eārum	eōrum
Dative	mihi	tibi	sibi	eī				nōbīs	vōbīs	sibi	eīs
Accusative	mē	tē	sē sēsē	eum	eam	id		nōs	vōs	sē sēsē	eōs	eās	ea
Ablative	mē	tē	sē sēsē	eō	eā	eō		nōbīs	vōbīs	sē sēsē	eīs
Vocative	egō	tū	—					nōs	vōs	—

• Plautus sometimes has sg. gen. tis.
• Tēd is an early form of tē.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:tu.

Derived terms

• quid tibi est
• tecum
• tepte
• tete
• tute
• tutemet
• tutimet

 

Descendants

descendants

• Aromanian: tu
• Corsican: tù
• Dalmatian: te
• Friulian: tu
• Istro-Romanian: tú
• Italian: tu
• Ladin: tu
• Megleno-Romanian: tu
• Mozarabic: ت‎ (tu)
• Navarro-Aragonese: tu
  • Aragonese: tu
• Neapolitan: tu
• Old French: tu
  • Gallo: tu
  • Middle French:
    • French: tu
  • Norman: tu, tu (Guernésiais)
  • Picard: tu
  • Walloon: tu
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: tu
  • Leonese: tu
  • Mirandese: tu
• Old Occitan: tu
  • Occitan: tu
  • Old Catalan: tu
    • Catalan: tu
• Old Galician-Portuguese: tu
  • Fala: tu
  • Galician: tu, ti
  • Portuguese: tu
• Old Spanish: tu
  • Extremaduran: tú
  • Ladino: tu
  • Spanish: tú
    • Chavacano: tu
• Romanian: tu
• Romansch: tu, tü
• Shona: tue
• Sicilian: tu
• Venetian: ti

See also

Latin personal pronouns together with the possessive and reflexive pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative	Ablative	Possessive
Singular	First	—	ego	meī	mihi	mē		meus, -a, -um
	Second	—	tū	tuī	tibi	tē		tuus, -a, -um
	Reflexive third	—	—	suī	sibi	sē, sēsē		suus, -a, -um
	Third	Masculine	is	eius	eī	eum	eō	eius
		Feminine	ea			eam	eā
		Neuter	id			id	eō
Plural	First	—	nōs	nostrī, nostrum	nōbīs	nōs	nōbīs	noster, -tra, -trum
	Second	—	vōs	vestrī, vestrum	vōbīs	vōs	vōbīs	vester, -tra, -trum
	Reflexive third	—	—	suī	sibi	sē, sēsē		suus, -a, -um
	Third	Masculine	eī, iī	eōrum	eīs	eōs	eīs	eōrum
		Feminine	eae	eārum		eās		eārum
		Neuter	ea	eōrum		ea		eōrum

References

• "tu", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "tu", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tū, Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. The Latvian tevis comes from *tevens, with an -en-increased form showing an additional s by analogy with other genitive plurals. The dative form was originally closer to Old Prussian tebbei; the current form tev has a v due to influence from other declension forms, and the ending was reduced. The accusative tevi comes from *teven, with n by analogy to the accusative form of other words. The locative tevī was formed by analogy with i-stem nouns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tu]

Pronoun

tu (personal, 2nd person singular)

1. (informal in the singular) you; (dated) thou; second person pronoun, referring to the addressee

   vai tu nāksi man līdzi? ― are you coming with me?

   pieder tautai, tad tauta piederēs tev! ― belong to the people, and then the people will belong to you!

   būt uz tu ar kādu ― to be on intimate terms (lit. to be on thou) with someone

2. (in the expression “ak tu...”) used to strengthen the meaning of a word or expression

   "ak tu to skaļo gaiļa rīkli!" māte priecājas ― "oh you loud rooster throat!" mother said happily

   ak tu mūžs! cūka izlauzusies no aizgalda! ― ah (you) life! the pig escaped from the pen!

Usage notes

The dative form tevim is used only optionally, with prepositions.

Declension

declension of tu

nominative (nominatīvs)	tu
accusative (akuzatīvs)	tevi
genitive (ģenitīvs)	tevis
dative (datīvs)	tev (tevim)
instrumental (instrumentālis)	tevi
locative (lokatīvs)	tevī

Related terms

• tavējs

See also

• vietniekvārds

• Personal pronouns (personu vietniekvārdi):
  es - tu - viņš - viņa - mēs - jūs - viņi - viņas

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tuˀ (“you”), from Proto-Indo-European *tuH. The oblique stem tav- has been generalized from the Proto-Indo-European genitive *téwe. For a discussion of the case endings, see àš (“I”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʊ/

Pronoun

tù

1. you (singular)

Declension

declension of tu

	singular		dual		plural
nominative	tù		jùdu m, jùdvi f		jū̃s
genitive	tavę̃s		jùdviejų		jū́sų
dative	táu		jùdviem		jùms
accusative	tavè		jùdu m, jùdvi f		jùs
instrumental	tavimì, tavim̃		jùdviem		jumìs
locative	tavyjè, tavỹ		jùdviese		jumysè

Derived terms

• tavaip
• tavas
• tavasis
• taviškas
• taviškis
• taviškis
• tavo
• tavoji

 

See also

Lithuanian personal pronouns

	singular (vienaskaita)					dual (dviskaita)							plural (daugiskaita)					reflexive (sangrąžiniai)
	1st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3rd person (trečiasis asmuo)			1st person		2nd person		3rd person			1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	f		m	f	m	f	m	f				m	f
nominative (vardininkas)	àš	tù	jìs, jisaĩ	jì, jinaĩ		mùdu	mùdvi	jùdu	jùdvi	juõdu, jiẽdu	jiẽdvi		mẽs	jū̃s	jiẽ	jõs		-
genitive (kilmininkas)	manę̃s	tavę̃s	jõ	jõs		mùdviejų		jùdviejų		jų̃dviejų			mū́sų	jū́sų	jų̃			savę̃s
dative (naudininkas)	mán	táu	jám	jái		mùdviem		jùdviem		jõdviem			mùms	jùms	jíems	jóms		sáu
accusative (galininkas)	manè	tavè	jį̃	ją̃		mùdu	mùdvi	jùdu	jùdvi	juõdu	jiẽdvi		mùs	jùs	juõs	jàs		savè
instrumental (įnagininkas)	manimì, manim̃	tavimì, tavim̃	juõ	jà		mùdviem		jùdviem		jõdviem			mumìs	jumìs	jaĩs	jomìs		savimì, savim̃
locative (vietininkas)	manyjè, manỹ	tavyjè, tavỹ	jamè	jojè		mùdviese		jùdviese		jiẽdviese			mumysè	jumysè	juosè	josè		savyjè, savỹ
possessive (savybiniai)	màno	tàvo	jõ	jõs		mùdviejų		jùdviejų		jų̃dviejų			mū́sų	jū́sų	jų̃			sàvo

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Determiner

tu

1. accusative feminine singular of ten

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

Noun

tu

1. water

References

• James Kari (1991) Lower Tanana Athabaskan Listening and Writing Exercises

Malay

Alternative forms

• itu, تو‎, ايت‎

Etymology

Shortened form of itu, from Proto-Malayic *(i)tu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)tu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)Cu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/
• Rhymes: -tu, -u
• Rhymes: -u

Determiner

tu

1. (colloquial) that (what is being indicated)

Pronoun

tu

1. (colloquial) that (that thing)

Mandarin

Romanization

tu

1. Nonstandard spelling of tū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of tú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of tǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tù.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mezquital Otomi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Otomi *dų, from Proto-Otomian [Term?], from Proto-Oto-Pamean *tõ, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *ti(n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tù/

Verb

tu (intransitive)

1. die

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǔ/

Verb

tu

1. contain
2. exist

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǔ/

Verb

tu

1. owe

Middle English

Pronoun

tu

1. Alternative form of þou (“thou”)

Mirandese

Pronoun

tu

1. you (the second-person singular pronoun)

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin tū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu/

Pronoun

tu

1. you (second-person singular nominative pronoun)

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1653: “voglio che tu finisca” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology 1

From English too.

Adverb

tu

1. too
2. very

Etymology 2

From English two.

Numeral

tu

1. two

North Frisian

Preposition

tu

1. (Mooring) to
   • 1867, Kleine Mittheilungen. Zur Sammlung der Sagen, Märchen und Lieder, der Sitten und Gebräuche der Herzogthümer Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg. Nachträge, herausgegeben von Dr. Handelmann in Jahrbücher für die Landeskunde der Herzogthümer Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg herausgegeben von der S. H. L. Gesellschaft für vaterländische Geschichte. Band IX., p. 126 (Von der Insel Amrum. Mitgetheilt von Chr. Johansen)

     Gung am tu Sam
     Am an Tram;

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *tuHám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʊ]

Pronoun

tu (second person singular)

1. you (singular); thou

Related terms

• te

See also

• hûn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• oto, otor, tur, to, tor

Preposition

tu

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) Nonstandard form of ut or (“out from, out of”).

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan tu, from Latin tū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty/

• Audio

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Pronoun

tu

1. you (singular)

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈtu/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈtu/

Adverb

tu

1. here (at this place)

   Synonyms: tuto, tuž, tuže

   Coordinate term: tam

Descendants

• Czech: tu

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “tu”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twō, neuter of *twai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuː/

Numeral

tū

1. neuter nominative/accusative of tweġen

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu/

Pronoun

tu

1. thou, you (singular second person pronoun)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 149 (facsimile):

     eu te rogo / ſeñor que me tu leues Deſta carcer eſcura / E que ueia no Ceo a ta face velida.

     Lady, I beg you, please take me out of this dark prison and let me see your beautiful face in Heaven.

Descendants

• Fala: tu
• Galician: tu, ti
• Portuguese: tu

Old Irish

Pronoun

tu

1. Alternative spelling of tú

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tu	thu	tu pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tu. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /tu/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /tu/

Pronoun

tu

1. here (at this place)

   Synonym: tuta

2. here, hither (to this place)
3. then (at that time)
4. here (in this situation)

Descendants

• Polish: tu

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “tu”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Old Swedish

Pronoun

tu

1. Alternative form of þū

Phalura

Etymology

From Sanskrit तुवम् (tuvam, “thou”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Pronoun

tu (personal, Perso-Arabic spelling توۡ)

1. you (2sg nom subject or direct object)

References

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

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish tu, from Proto-Slavic *tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈtu/

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• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: tu

Adverb

tu

1. here (at this place)

   Synonym: tutaj

   Coordinate term: tam

2. here; hither (to this place)

   Synonym: tutaj

   Coordinate term: tam

3. here; now (at this time)

   Synonym: tutaj

Particle

tu

1. (colloquial, telephony) Used by the speaker to introduce themselves on the telephone; speaking

   Synonyms: tutaj, z tej strony

   Tu Janek! ― Janek speaking!

2. Used by the speaker to indicate they are thinking
3. (colloquial) Expressive particle, usually of anger.
4. (colloquial) Particle of uncertainty of success on the speaker's part.

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), tu is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 1-2 times in scientific texts, 42 times in news, 113 times in essays, 169 times in fiction, and 353 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 779 times, making it the 57th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• tu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “TU”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 30.03.2020
• “TU”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 06.09.2008
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “tu”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “tu”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “tu”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 162

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtu/

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: tu

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tu, from Latin tū (“you”), from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”).

Pronoun

tu

1. (informal in Portugal, literary, archaic or regional in Brazil) you; thou (singular second person pronoun)

   Synonyms: (Brazil, formal) o senhor, (formal in Portugal, neutral in Brazil) você, (formal, archaic) vossa mercê, (formal, archaic) vosmecê, (formal, obsolete) vossemecê

2. (Brazil, colloquial, proscribed) second-person singular prepositional pronoun

   Ela gosta de tu. ― She's into you.

Usage notes

• Tu has fallen out of use in some regions of Brazil, including most of the Southeast and the Centre-West, where "você" has taken its place. It is still very commonly used in various regions of the country though, such as most of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, parts of Paraná, Rio de Janeiro city and most of the Northeast and North regions. It should be noted that in Rio de Janeiro the pronoun is frequently employed interchangeably with você. Despite the media's preference for "você", the usage of "tu" seems to have been gaining ground throughout the last few decades in Rio (see [8], a linguistic research on the topic in Portuguese), being most frequent among younger speakers.
• According to grammars, tu should always take second person singular verbs, as is the case in Portugal and some parts of Brazil. However, in most Brazilian dialects which employ tu, it now takes third person singular verbs, like você.

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number	Person	Nominative (subject)		Accusative (direct object)		Dative (indirect object)	Prepositional		Prepositional with com		Non-declining
		m	f	m	f	m and f	m	f	m	f	m	f
Singular	First	eu		me			mim		comigo
	Second	tu		te			ti		contigo		você
											o senhor	a senhora
	Third	ele	ela	o (lo, no)	a (la, na)	lhe	ele	ela	com ele	com ela	o mesmo	a mesma
				se			si		consigo
Plural	First	nós		nos			nós		connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)		a gente
	Second	vós		vos			vós		convosco, com vós		vocês
											os senhores	as senhoras
	Third	eles	elas	os (los, nos)	as (las, nas)	lhes	eles	elas	com eles	com elas	os mesmos	as mesmas
				se			si		consigo
Indefinite				se			si		consigo

Etymology 2

Interjection

tu

1. (onomatopoeia) the sound produced by a telephone after one of the callers hangs up

Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit त्वम् (tvam), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

tu

1. you (singular)

Descendants

• Kalo Finnish Romani: tu
• Sinte Romani: tu
• Welsh Romani: tu

See also

Romani personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Ablative	Instrumental	Possessive
Singular	First	—	me	man	manqe	manθe	manθar	mança	miro, -i, -e
	Second	—	tu	tut	tuqe	tuθe	tuθar	tuça	tiro, -i, -e
	Reflexive third	—	—	pes	pesqe	pesθe	pesθar	peça	pesqero, -i, -e
	Third	Masculine	ov	les	lesqe	lesθe	lesθar	leça	lesqero, -i, -e
		Feminine	oj	la	laqe	laθe	laθar	laça	laqero, -i, -e
Plural	First	—	amen		amenqe	amenθe	amenθar	amença	amaro, -i, -e
	Second	—	tumen		tumenqe	tumenθe	tumenθar	tumença	tumaro, -i, -e
	Reflexive third	—	—	pen	penqe	penθe	penθar	pença	penqero, -i, -e
	Third	—	on	len	lenqe	lenθe	lenθar	lença	lenqero, -i, -e

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Kalderash Romani personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Accusative (long and short forms)	Dative	Locative	Ablative	Instrumental	Possessive
Singular	First	—	me	man, ma	mánge	mánde	mándar	mánsa	múrro m, múrri f, múrre pl
	Second	—	tu	tut, tu	túke	túte	tútar	túsa	tíro m, tíri f, tíre pl
	Reflexive third	—	—	pês, pe	pêske	pêste	pêstar	pêsa	pêsko m, pêski f, pêske pl
	Third	Masculine	wo	lês, le	lêske	lêste	lêstar	lêsa	lêsko m, lêski f, lêske pl
		Feminine	woi	la, la	láke	láte	látar	lása	láko m, láki f, láke pl
Plural	First	—	ame	amên, ame	amênge	amênde	amêndar	amênsa	amáro m, amári f, amáre pl
	Second	—	tume	tumên, tume	tumênge	tumênde	tumêndar	tumênsa	tumáro m, tumári f, tumáre pl
	Reflexive third	—	—	pên, pe	pênge	pênde	pêndar	pênsa	pêngo m, pêngi f, pênge pl
	Third	—	won	lên, le	lênge	lênde	lêndar	lênsa	lêngo m, lêngi f, lênge pl

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Pronoun

tu

1. you (singular), thou

   Synonyms: (semi-polite form) dumneata, (polite form) dumneavoastră

Declension

Declension

Nominative
tu
Accusative
stressed (pe)		unstressed
tine		te
Genitive
Singular		Plural
m & n	f	m	f & n
tău	ta	tăi	tale
Dative
stressed		unstressed
ție		îți
Reflexive
Accusative		Dative
stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
tine	te	ție	îți

See also

Romanian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		eu	noi
2nd person	plain	tu	voi
	semi-polite	dumneata	dumneavoastră
	polite	dumneavoastră
3rd person familiar	m	el	ei
	f	ea	ele
3rd person polite	m	dumnealui	dumnealor
	f	dumneaei

Sassarese

Etymology

From Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Pronoun

tu

1. you (singular)

   Synonym: (formal, now rare) vosthè

Related terms

• ti
• to'
• tóiu

 

See also

• edda
• eddi
• eddu
• noi
• voi
• éiu

 

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Savi

Etymology

From Sanskrit त्वम् (tvam).

Pronoun

tu

1. you; second-person singular and plural personal pronoun

References

• Nina Knobloch (2020) A grammar sketch of Sauji: An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan‎^[9], Stockholm University

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʰu/

Pronoun

tu (emphatic tusa)

1. Form of thu (“thou, you”) used after verb forms ending in -n, -s or -dh.

See also

Scottish Gaelic personal pronouns

	simple		emphatic
	singular	plural	singular	plural
First person	mi	sinn	mise	sinne
Second person	thu, tu1)	sibh	thusa, tusa1)	sibhse
Third person m	e	iad	esan	iadsan
Third person f	i		ise
*) sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns. **) To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used. 1) used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tu.

Adverb

tȗ (Cyrillic spelling ту̑)

1. here (in this place)

   Tu nikad nismo bili. ― We have never been here.

2. (proximal) here, over here (in the indicated place nearby)

   Eno ih tu! ― Here they are!

3. over here (to, towards this place)

   Dođi tu! ― Come over here!

Synonyms

• (Croatia) tuj

See also

• (here, over here): óvdje
• (there, over there): tȁmo, ondje

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• tuni

Etymology

From Latin tū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Pronoun

tu (second person singular)

1. you (informal); thou

Inflection

nominative	tu
prepositional	tia
object, reflexive	ti

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish tu, from Proto-Slavic *tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: tu

Pronoun

tu

1. here (at this place)

   Synonyms: sam, tukej, samtukej

   Coordinate terms: (regional) hań, (Cieszyń) hanej, (Cieszyń) han, tam

Further reading

• tu in silling.org

Sinte Romani

Etymology

From Romani tu, from Sanskrit त्वम् (tvam), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

tu

1. you (singular)

References

• “tu” in Sinte Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tú/

Adverb

tȕ

1. here, in this place

Synonyms

• túkaj

Further reading

• “tu”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

South Slavey

Alternative forms

• (Jean Marie River) ti

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ. Cognates include Navajo tó and Chipewyan tuu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰù/
• Hyphenation: tu

Noun

tu

1. water

Declension

Possessive inflection of tu (alienable; stem: -tué)

	singular	plural
1st person	setué	naxetué
2nd person	netué
3rd person1)	metué	gitué
3rd person2)		gotué
4th person	yetué
reflexive	ɂedetué, detué	kedetué
reciprocal	—	ɂełetué
indefinite	ɂetué
areal	gotué
1) Used for a possessed object when the subject is third person human plural and object is singular. 2) Used when the previous condition doesn't apply.

Possessive inflection of tu (inalienable; stem: -tú)

	singular	plural
1st person	setú	naxetú
2nd person	netú
3rd person1)	metú	gitú
3rd person2)		gotú
4th person	yetú
reflexive	ɂedetú, detú	kedetú
reciprocal	—	ɂełetú
indefinite	ɂetú
areal	gotú
1) Used for a possessed object when the subject is third person human plural and object is singular. 2) Used when the previous condition doesn't apply.

Derived terms

• jíyetú
• kǫ́túé

 

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 90

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tuus, from Proto-Indo-European *towos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/ [t̪u]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: tu
• Homophone: tú

Determiner

tu sg (second person singular possessive of singular, of plural tus)

1. (before the noun) Apocopic form of tuyo, your

   Synonym: (parts of Central and South America) su

Usage notes

• The forms tu and tus are only used before and within the noun phrase of the modified noun. In other positions, a form of tuyo is used instead:

Son tus libros. ― They are your books.

Son los libros tuyos. ― They are your books. (literally, “They are the books of yours.”)

Besides being a pronoun, because tu occurs in a noun phrase and expresses reference, it also grammatically classifies as a determiner (specifically a possessive/genitive determiner).

Related terms

    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

See also

• tú
• vos

 

Further reading

• “tu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

From English two.

Number

tu

1. two

Etymology 2

From English too.

Adverb

tu

1. too, also, as well

   Synonym: owktu

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Lithuanian tù, Latvian tu, Old Prussian tu, tou.

Pronoun

tu

1. (second-person singular) you, thou
   • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 2, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):

     ty — tu

     ty — you

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Adverb

tu

1. only

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tvau, neuter nominative/accusative of tveir.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʉː

Numeral

tu

1. (archaic, in the neuter) two

   Synonym: två

Usage notes

• tu was the old neuter of två. Thus, one would say "ett hus" (one house), "tu hus" (two houses). The equivalent for the number three was try or tri, which is likewise archaic.

Related terms

• ett, tu, tre
• itu
• på tu man hand
• tudela

 

Further reading

• tu in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• ut

Tanacross

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

Noun

tu

1. water

References

• Jeff Leer, Proto-Athabaskan verb stem variation (1979), page 83

Tausug

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu.

Adjective

tu

1. right (not left)

Noun

tu

1. right hand

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu.

Numeral

tu

1. three

Etymology 3

From Proto-Austronesian *tuduq.

Noun

tu

1. a drop

Verb

tu (used in the form magtu)

1. to drip

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *tuːᴬ. Cognate with Thai ตู (dtuu), Northern Thai ᨲᩪ, Lao ຕູ (tū), Lü ᦎᦴ (ṫuu), Tai Dam ꪔꪴ, Shan တူ (tǔu), Tai Nüa ᥖᥧ (tu), Ahom 𑜄𑜥 (tū), Zhuang dou.

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [tu˧˧]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [tu˦˥]

Noun

tu (閗, 須)

1. door

References

• Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[10] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
• Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[11][12] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Tejalapan Zapotec

Numeral

tu

1. one

References

• SIL Zapotec Basic Vocabulary, page 53

Timbe

Noun

tu

1. water

References

• Michael Foster, Timbe grammar sketch - cohesion in Timbe texts (1981, online 2009), page 10

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate with Tocharian B tuwe.

Pronoun

tu

1. you, thou

Tok Pisin

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Cardinal: tu

Etymology 1

From English two.

Numeral

tu

1. two

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also tupela.

Etymology 2

From English too.

Adverb

tu

1. too; also; as well
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:15:

     God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.

     →New International Version translation

   • 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics‎^[13], →ISBN, page 433:

     Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Tsuut'ina

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ. Cognate with Navajo tó, Dogrib ti, Gwich'in chųų

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰu/

Noun

tú

1. water

References

• Gūnáhà. Tsuut'ina Gunaha Institute. https://gunaha.altlab.app/

Upper Kuskokwim

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

Noun

tu

1. water

References

• Raymond L. Collins, Betty Petruska, Dinak'i (our Words): Upper Kuskokwim Athabaskan Junior Dictionary (1979)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʊw˧˧]

• Audio (Hà Nội)

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 修.

Verb

tu

1. (intransitive) to isolate oneself from other people to follow rules in a philosophy or religion

Derived terms

• đi tu (“to become a monk or nun”)
• nhà tu (“a convent; a friar, a monk”)
• tu nghiệp (修業, “to receive professional training”)

 

Etymology 2

Verb

tu

1. (transitive) to drink directly from a bottle by holding bottle mouth in one's mouth

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English too.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Adverb

tu

1. (degree) too, excessively.

Derived terms

• tumödo

 

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tʉβ, from Proto-Celtic *toibos, whence also Old Irish táeb and Irish taobh. Cognate with Breton tu, Cornish tu.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /tɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /tiː/
• Homophone: tŷ; (South Wales) ti

Noun

tu m (uncountable)

1. side

Derived terms

• tu allan
• tu draw
• tu hwnt
• tu mewn
• tu ôl
• tua
• tudalen

 

Preposition

tu

1. beside, next to

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tu	du	nhu	thu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Welsh Romani

Etymology

From Romani tu, from Sanskrit त्वम् (tvam), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

tu

1. you (singular)

References

• “tu” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Yale

Noun

tu

1. water

References

• Carl Campbell, Jody Campbell, Yale Grammar Essentials (1987), page 4