-tu-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"

English

Infix

-tu-

1. (pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -tum-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

Derived terms

• cetuximab

Anagrams

• UT, ut

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-.

Infix

-tu-

1. us, 1st person plural object concord

   Unatuona. ― You see us.

   • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:

     […] zilimmulika Kasim Hakimu Marjani na kutuonyesha kuwa yeye ni kijana kiasi, […]

     […] illuminated Kasim Hakimu Marjani and showed us that he is relatively young, […]

See also

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.