tu-

See also: -tu-, tw-, and Appendix:Variations of "tu"

Kamba

Alternative forms

• tw-

Prefix

tu-

1. we (used for conjugating verbs to the subjective or nominative case of the personal pronoun)

Lushootseed

Alternative forms

• tə-

Prefix

tu-

1. inflectional prefix applied to any lexical category functioning as predicate or complement to indicate past tense

Maquiritari

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tu-]

Prefix

tu-

1. Allomorph of t- used for stems that begin with a consonant other than w and have a first vowel u.

Inflection

Maquiritari personal markers

	pronoun	noun possessor/ series II verb argument		postposition object		series I verb argument
						transitive patient	intransitive patient-like		intransitive agent-like	transitive agent
first person	ewü	y-, ∅-, ü-, u-1						w-, wi-
first person dual inclusive	küwü	k-, kü-, ku-, ki-								k-, kii-, ki-1
second person	amödö	ö-, öy-/öd-, o-, oy-/od-, a-, ay-/ad-							m-, mi-
first person dual exclusive	nña	y-/d-, ch-, ∅-, i-1			chö-	∅-	n-, ni-
third person	tüwü					n-, ni-
distant past third person		—				kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini-
coreferential/reflexive	—	t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te-				—
reciprocal	—	—	öö-
With following vowel lengthened if in an unreduced open syllable.

	series I verb argument: transitive agent and transitive patient
first person > second person	mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni-
first person dual exclusive > second person
second person > first person	k-, kü-, ku-, ki-
second person > first person dual exclusive
third person > any person X …or… any person X > third person	see person X in the chart above

Middle English

Etymology 1

Prefix

tu-

1. Alternative form of to- (“towards”)

Etymology 2

Prefix

tu-

1. Alternative form of to- (“apart”)

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-.

Prefix

tu-

1. we, 1st person plural subject concord

   Antonym: hatu-

See also

Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class_(I/II))

Number	Person	Independent	Subject concord		Object concord	Combined forms			Possessive
			affirmative	negative		na	ndi-	si-
Singular	First	mimi	ni-	si-	-ni-	nami, na mimi	ndimi, ndiye	simi, siye	-angu
	Second	wewe	u-	hu-	-ku-	nawe, na wewe	ndiwe, ndiye	siwe, siye	-ako
	Third	yeye	a-, yu-	ha-, hayu-	-m-, -mw-, -mu-	naye, na yeye	ndiye	siye	-ake
Plural	First	sisi	tu-	hatu-	-tu-	nasi, na sisi	ndisi, ndio	sio	-etu
	Second	ninyi	m-, mw-, mu-	ham-, hamw-, hamu-	-wa-	nanyi, na ninyi	ndinyi, ndio	sinyi, sio	-enu
	Third	wao	wa-	hawa-	-wa-	nao	ndio	sio	-ao
For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Uneapa

Etymology

From earlier *natu- via truncation, from Proto-Oceanic *natu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *natu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Noun

tu-

1. child

Further reading

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 365