English

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Etymology 1

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Preposition

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thoo (nonstandard)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of through.

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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thoo

  1. (Orkney) Thou; singular informal form of you.
Usage notes
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  • Historically also used north of the Humber-Lume line in (Northern) England, but now rare there.

Anagrams

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Fingallian

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Etymology

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From Middle English þeou, þeu, þou, from Old English þū,from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū (you (singular), thou), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (you, thou).

Pronoun

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thoo

  1. thou

Scots

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Pronoun

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thoo (objective case thee, vocative thee, possessive determiner thee)

  1. Orkney form of thou
    Thoo kens whit hid's like wi a hooseful o folk
    You know what it's like with a houseful of folks

Usage notes

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  • thoo is used to address a friend, a family member or someone younger.

Further reading

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  • Flaws, Margaret, Lamb, Gregor (1996) The Orkney Dictionary, Kirkwall, Orkney: Orkney Language and Culture Group, published 2001, →ISBN