thu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "thu"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Thuri.

Symbol

thu

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Thuri terms

English

Pronoun

thu

1. (Scotland) Variant of thou.

Aghu Tharrnggala

Noun

thu

1. liver

Further reading

• Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

German

Verb

thu

1. singular imperative of thun

Kuku-Thaypan

Noun

thu

1. liver

Further reading

• Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

Lutuv

Etymology

Proto-Kuki-Chin *thaw-I, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-sow

Verb

thu

1. to rise

Middle English

Pronoun

thu

1. alternative form of þou (“thou”)

Mizo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thuu (“word, matter”).

Noun

thu

1. word
   1. saying
   2. prose

      thu leh hla ― prose and poetry

2. thing, matter

Derived terms

• fiamthu
• lâwmthu
• thubuai

Etymology 2

Adjective

thu

1. discolored, via being:
   1. partially burnt
   2. covered in soot or coal residue
   3. (of seafood) dried

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “thu”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

thu

1. thou, you (singular)

Descendants

• Danish: du

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• tu

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū.

Pronoun

thū

1. thou, you (singular)

Inflection

Old Dutch personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	first person		ik, ic, ih	mī, mik, *mic	mī	mīn
	second person		thu, tu	thī, thik, *thic	thī	thīn
	third person	neuter	it		imo	is
		masculine	hē, hie	imo		sīn, is
		feminine	sia		iro
plural	first person		wī, wīr	uns, unsig		unsa, *unser
	second person		gī, ir	iu		iuwa, *iuwer
	third person		sia, sie (masc. plur.)		im	iro

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: du
  • Dutch: (obsolete) du, dou, douw
  • Limburgish: doe

Further reading

• “thū”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• dū

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þū. Cognates include Old English þū and Old Saxon thū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθuː/

Pronoun

thū (accusative thī, genitive thīn, dative thī)

1. thou, you (singular)

Declension

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hī	hine	him	sīn
		f	hiū, hiō	hiā	hire, hiāre	hire, hiāre
		n	hit	hit	him	sīn
plural	1st person		wī	ūs	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		jī	jū, jō	jū, jō	jūwer
	3rd person		hiā	hiā	him, hirem, hiārem	hira, hiāra

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Most dialects: dü

  Halligen: du

  Heligoland: di

• Saterland Frisian: du
• West Frisian: do, dû

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 214

Old High German

Pronoun

thū

1. alternative form of du

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū.

Pronoun

thū

1. thou, you (singular)

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī, me, mik	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī, thik	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hē	ina	imu	is
		f	siu	sia	iru	ira
		n	it		it	is
dual	1st person		wit	unk		unkero, unka
	2nd person		git	ink		inker, inka
plural	1st person		wī, we	ūs, unsik	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		gī, ge	eu, iu, iuu		euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
	3rd person	m	sia		im	iro
		f	sia
		n	siu

Descendants

• Low German: du

Old Swedish

Pronoun

thu

1. alternative form of þū