tuus

Estonian

Etymology

From Russian туз (tuz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːs/, [ˈtuːs]
• Rhymes: -uːs
• Hyphenation: tuus

Adjective

tuus (genitive tuusa, partitive tuusa, comparative tuusam, superlative kõige tuusam)

1. (dated, slang) cool, awesome

Declension

Declension of tuus (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tuus	tuusad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tuusa
genitive			tuusade
partitive		tuusa	tuusi tuusasid
illative		tuusa tuusasse	tuusadesse tuusisse
inessive		tuusas	tuusades tuusis
elative		tuusast	tuusadest tuusist
allative		tuusale	tuusadele tuusile
adessive		tuusal	tuusadel tuusil
ablative		tuusalt	tuusadelt tuusilt
translative		tuusaks	tuusadeks tuusiks
terminative		tuusani	tuusadeni
essive		tuusana	tuusadena
abessive		tuusata	tuusadeta
comitative		tuusaga	tuusadega

Noun

tuus (genitive tuusa, partitive tuusa)

1. (card games, rare or uncommon) ace

   Synonym: äss

2. (figurative, uncommon) an important figure, influential person

Declension

Declension of tuus (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tuus	tuusad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tuusa
genitive			tuusade
partitive		tuusa	tuusi tuusasid
illative		tuusa tuusasse	tuusadesse tuusisse
inessive		tuusas	tuusades tuusis
elative		tuusast	tuusadest tuusist
allative		tuusale	tuusadele tuusile
adessive		tuusal	tuusadel tuusil
ablative		tuusalt	tuusadelt tuusilt
translative		tuusaks	tuusadeks tuusiks
terminative		tuusani	tuusadeni
essive		tuusana	tuusadena
abessive		tuusata	tuusadeta
comitative		tuusaga	tuusadega

References

• tuus in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “tuus”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *towos.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtu.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪uː.us]

Determiner

tuus (feminine tua, neuter tuum); first/second-declension determiner, with locative

1. (possessive) your (singular), thy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective, with locative.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tuus	tua	tuum		tuī	tuae	tua
genitive	tuī	tuae	tuī		tuōrum	tuārum	tuōrum
dative	tuō	tuae	tuō		tuīs
accusative	tuum	tuam	tuum		tuōs	tuās	tua
ablative	tuō	tuā	tuō		tuīs
vocative	tue	tua	tuum		tuī	tuae	tua
locative	tuī	tuae	tuī		tuīs

Derived terms

• tuātim

Descendants

• Aromanian: tãu, ta, tãi, tali
• Asturian: to, tos
• Old Catalan: tou, tua, tous, tues; (from unstressed) ton, ta, tos, tes
  • Catalan: teu, teva, teus, teves; ton, ta, tos, tes
• Dalmatian: to, toa
• French: ton, ta, tes
• Friulian: to
• Istro-Romanian: teu, te, teľ, tele
• Italian: tuo, tua, tuoi, tue
• Leonese: tou, tua, tous, tuas
• Piedmontese: tò
• Portuguese: teu, tua, teus, tuas
• Romanian: tău, ta, tăi, tale
• Romansch: tes
• Sardinian: tou
• Sicilian: tou, to
• Spanish: tuyo, tuya, tuyos, tuyas, tu, tus
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *teum
  • Franco-Provençal: tin
  • French: tien
  • Occitan: teu

See also

• meus
• suus
• noster
• vester

References

• “tuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • how are you getting on: quo loco res tuae sunt?
    
  • just as you wish: arbitratu, arbitrio tuo
    
  • I am sorry for you: tuam vicem doleo
    
  • remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)
    
  • your crop is still green, i.e. you are still far from your ambition: adhuc tua messis in herba est (proverb.)
    
  • allow me to say: pace tua dixerim or dicere liceat
    
  • allow me to say: bona (cum) venia tua dixerim
    
  • with perfect right: meo (tuo, suo) iure
    
  • (ambiguous) we expect a great deal from a man of your calibre: magna est exspectatio ingenii tui
    

Sundanese

Adjective

tuus (Sundanese script ᮒᮥᮅᮞ᮪)

1. slightly wet

Yucatec Maya

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tùːs/

Noun

tuus (plural tuusoʼob)

1. lie

Verb

tuus (intransitive)

1. to lie (say something untrue)
   • 2011, Marga Beatriz Aguilar Montejo, “U x-waáyilo’ob X-Letra”, in T’aan: Narrativa, Poesía y Dramaturgia, Secretaría de Educación del Estado de Yucatán, page 82:

     Chéen ka tuus, wa yan u paalale’ min ts’o’ok in wojeltike’.

     You are lying, if he had children, I would already know.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tuus

	singular			plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
imperfective	kin tuus	ka tuus	ku tuus	k tuus	ka tuuseʼex	ku tuusoʼob
perfective	tuusnajen	tuusnajech	tuusnajij	tuusnajoʼon	tuusnajeʼex	tuusnajoʼob
subjunctive	ka tuusnaken	ka tuusnakech	ka tuusnak	ka tuusnakoʼon	ka tuusnakeʼex	ka tuusnakoʼob
imperative	—	tuusnen	—	—	tuusneneʼex	—

References

• Gómez Navarrete, Javier Abelardo (2009) Diccionario Introductorio Español-Maya, Maya-Español‎^[2] (in Spanish), Chetumal: Universidad de Quintana Roo, archived from the original on 2023-02-05, page 174: “TUUS”
• Yoshida, Shigeto (2009) Diccionario de la conjugación de verbos en el maya yucateco actual (in Spanish), Sendai: Tohoku University, page 82: “TUUS”