Kamba

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tu-

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

Lushootseed

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Alternative forms

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tu-

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

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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tu-

  1. Alternative form of to- (towards)

Etymology 2

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tu-

  1. Alternative form of to- (apart)

Swahili

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-.

Prefix

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tu-

  1. we, 1st person plural subject concord
    Antonym: hatu-
See also
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Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class(I/II))
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
reflexive -ji-
For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-.

Prefix

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tu-

  1. verb-initial form of -tu- (us, 1st person plural object concord)

Tooro

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Alternative forms

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  • (before vowels) tw-

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-.

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tu-

  1. we; 1st person plural subject concord
    tu- + ‎-kora (to do) → ‎tukora (we do)
  2. positive imperative form of -tu- (us; 1st person plural object concord)
    tu- + ‎-ha (to give) → ‎tuha (give us)

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-.

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tu-

  1. class 13 pronominal concord
    tu- + ‎-nu (this, these) → ‎tunu (these (class 13))
  2. they; class 13 subject concord
    tu- + ‎-kora (to do) → ‎tukora (they (class 13) do)
  3. positive imperative form of -tu- (them; class 13 object concord)
    tu- + ‎-ha (to give) → ‎tuha (give them (class 13))

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References

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  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 413-414

Uneapa

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tu-

  1. child

Further reading

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

Ye'kwana

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Pronunciation

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Prefix

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tu-

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

Inflection

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