teu

See also: TEU, te'u, and tếu

Translingual

Symbol

teu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Soo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Soo terms

Bola

Pronoun

teu

1. first person paucal inclusive

See also

Bola personal pronouns

Number	Person		Free	Subject proclitic	Object Suffix	Oblique
Singular	1st		iau	a	free pronoun	nau
	2nd		ioe	o		vomu
	3rd		ia	i	-a	vona
Dual	1st	Exclusive	maria	miri	free pronoun	ne + free pronoun
		Inclusive	tarua	tu
	2nd		marua	muru
	3rd		rua	ru
Paucal	1st	Exclusive	mateu	mete
		Inclusive	teu	te
	2nd		matou	moto
	3rd		tou	to
Plural	1st	Exclusive	mia	mi
		Inclusive	hita	si
	2nd		mua	mu
	3rd		ria	ri

Catalan

Alternative forms

• tou (Alghero)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan teu (feminine tua), from Latin tuum, from Proto-Italic *towos. The original stem was modified by analogy with meu.

The weak form ton is also from Latin tuum in an unstressed (monosyllabic) position.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtew]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Pronoun

teu (feminine teva or teua, masculine plural teus, feminine plural teves or teues)

1. your, yours (singular)

Usage notes

• When preceding a noun, teu is always preceded by the appropriate definite article.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

			strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
				proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
singular	1st person	standard	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
		majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
		formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
		very formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
	3rd person	m	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
		f	ella	la, l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
		n		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
plural
	1st person		nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
		formal2	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
	3rd person	m	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
		f	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive			si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial	ablative/genitive			en, n’	-ne, ’n
	locative			hi	-hi

¹ Behaves grammatically as plural.   ² Behaves grammatically as third person.
³ Only as object of a preposition.   ⁴ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Derived terms

• el teu

See also

• ton

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪eu/

Noun

teu

1. moon

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983), Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946), Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese teu, from Latin tuus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtew/

Pronoun

teu m (masculine singular teu, masculine plural teus, feminine singular túa, feminine plural túas)

1. (possessive) yours (singular you)

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns

Further reading

• “teu”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tuus, probably through an intermediate Vulgar Latin *tous or *teus. Compare to Catalan el teu and Daco-Romanian tău.

Adjective

teu m (feminine te, masculine plural teľ, feminine plural tele)

1. your

   nomelu teu

   your name

Japanese

Romanization

teu

1. Rōmaji transcription of てう

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin tuus, from Proto-Italic *towos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tøː/

Adjective

teu (invariable)

1. your (singular)

Pronoun

teu (invariable)

1. (possessive) yours (singular)

Synonyms

• tò

See also

• mæ
• seu, sò
• nòstro
• vòstro

Nias

Noun

teu (mutated form deu)

1. rain

References

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 208.

Palauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛu/

Noun

teu

1. width

See also

• meteu (“(of multiple objects) to be wide”)

References

• teu in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• teu in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• teu in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 326.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

tou (Trás-os-Montes)

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tou, from Latin tuus, from Proto-Italic *towos.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tew/ [teʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tew/

• (São Miguel, Azores) IPA^(key): [te]
• Hyphenation: teu

Determiner

teu (feminine tua, masculine plural teus, feminine plural tuas)

2. your (singular) (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of you)

   O teu computador deu tela azul. ― Your computer bluescreened.

   Ainda não recebeste o teu dinheiro? ― Haven't you received your money yet?

   O teu pai veio te visitar. ― Your father came to visit you.

   Tu tem que devolver o teu livro pra biblioteca logo, cara.

   You gotta take your book back to the library soon, man.

4. (Brazil, archaic, religion) thine, thy (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of thee)
   • 2009, Bíblia Sagrada, edition Almeida Revista e Corrigida, Brazilian Bible Society, Gênesis 3:16

   E à mulher disse: Multiplicarei grandemente a tua dor e a tua conceição; com dor terás filhos; e o teu desejo será para o teu marido, e ele te dominará.

   And to the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt have children; and thy desire shall be for thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."

   • 2009, Bíblia Sagrada, edition Almeida Revista e Corrigida, Brazilian Bible Society, Provérbios 3:9–10

   Honra ao Senhor com a tua fazenda e com as primícias de toda a tua renda; e se encherão os teus celeiros abundantemente, e trasbordarão de mosto os teus lagares.

   Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine income; and thy barns shall be filled with plenty, and thy winepresses shall overflow with new wine.

   • 2009, Bíblia Sagrada, edition Almeida Revista e Corrigida, Apocalipse 2:19

   Eu conheço as tuas obras, e o teu amor, e o teu serviço, e a tua fé, e a tua paciência, e que as tuas últimas obras são mais do que as primeiras.

   I know thy works, and thy love, and thy service, and thy faith, and thy patience, and that thy latter works are more than thy former.

Pronoun

teu (feminine tua, masculine plural teus, feminine plural tuas)

1. yours (singular) (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of you)

   A casa em si é tua, mas o terreno é meu.

   The house itself is yours, but the land is mine.

   O teu é suficiente para sobreviver? ― Is yours enough to survive?

   Tua por só uma semana, o quadro já parece um velho amigo.

   Yours for only a week so far, the painting already feels like an old friend.

2. (Brazil, archaic, religion) thine (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of thee)
   • 2009, Bíblia Sagrada, edition Almeida Revista e Corrigida, Brazilian Bible Society, Mateus 25:24–25

   Mas, chegando também o que recebera um talento disse: Senhor, eu conhecia-te, que és um homem duro, que ceifas onde não semeaste e ajuntas onde não espalhaste; e, atemorizado, escondi na terra o teu talento; aqui tens o que é teu.

   But, the one who had received a talent also coming, he said, "Lord, I knew thee to be a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow and gathering where thou didst not scatter; and, afraid, I hid thy talent in the dirt; here thou hast what is thine."

Noun

teu m (plural teus, feminine tua, feminine plural tuas)

1. (with the definite article, sometimes archaic or religious in Brazil) yours; thine (used substantively, with an implied noun)

   Defende o teu, que eu trato do meu ― Defend yours, and I'll take care of mine.

See also

Portuguese possessives

			singular possessum		plural possessum
			masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
singular possessor	first person		meu	minha	meus	minhas
	second person		teu	tua	teus	tuas
	third person	any	seu	sua	seus	suas
		m	dele
		f	dela
plural possessor	first person		nosso	nossa	nossos	nossas
	second person		vosso	vossa	vossos	vossas
	third person	any	seu	sua	seus	suas
		m	deles
		f	delas

Etymology 2

From meu (“hey, dude”), in analogy with the eu/meu and tu/teu pronominal pairs.

Interjection

teu!

2. (Rio Grande do Sul, slang) hey; oi (used vocatively to draw someone’s attention)
4. (Rio Grande do Sul, slang) dude, mate

Further reading

• “teu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French té.

Noun

teu n (plural teuri)

1. T-square

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	teu	teul		teuri	teurile
genitive-dative	teu	teului		teuri	teurilor
vocative	teule			teurilor

Tarairiú

Noun

teu

1. water

Further reading

• Juvandi de Souza Santos, Cariri e Tarairiú?: culturas tapuais nos sertões da Paraíba (2009)

Zou

Verb

teu

1. dig

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf