tu

See also: TU, ես, and Appendix:Variations of "tu"

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Particle

tu

1. Pronunciation spelling of to, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu/ [ˈtʊ]

Noun

tú f 

1. thing

Declension

Declension of tú
absolutive	tú
predicative	tú
subjective	tú
genitive	tú
Postpositioned forms l-case túl k-case túk t-case tút h-case túh

Synonyms

• ím

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “tu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Ainu cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tu     Ordinal : tu ikinne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Numeral

tu (Kana spelling トゥ)

1. two

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

tu

1. may

Etymology 1

From Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

tu

1. you (singular)

Related terms

• tini/tine
• ti

See also

• io/iou, mini
• el/elu, nãs
• noi
• voi
• nãsh, elj

Etymology 2

Compare tru.

Preposition

tu

1. in
2. into

Synonyms

• tru, ãn

Etymology

From Latin tū.

Pronoun

tu

1. you (singular)

Etymology

From English two.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/

Numeral

tu (Bengali script তু)

1. two

Synonyms

• ni
• rongni
• do

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

Pronoun

tu (second person singular, nominative case)

1. (Litovska) you

Declension

		singular				plural			reflexive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
				m	f
Nominative		mē	tu	jou	joj	amē	tumē	jonē	-
Accusative/ Independent Oblique		man	tut	lēs	la	amēn	tumēn	lēn	pes
Dative		mange	tuke	lēske	lake	amēnge	tumēnge	lēnge	pēske
Ablative [1]		mandyr	tutyr	lēstyr	latyr	amēndyr	tumēndyr	lēndyr	pēstyr
Genitive	m	miro	tyro	lēskiro	lakiro	amaro	tumaro	lēngiro	pēskiro
	f	miri	tyri	lēskiri	lakiri	amari	tumari	lēngiri	pēskiri
	pl	mirē	tyrē	lēskirē	lakirē	amarē	tumarē	lēngirē	pēskirē
Locative		mandē	tutē	lēstē	latē	amēndē	tumēndē	lēndē	pēstē
Instrumental		mansa	tusa	lēsa	lasa	amēnca	tumēnca	lēnsa	pēsa
Enclitic Reflexive		man	pe			amēn	pe		-

Litovska/Lithuanian Romani personal pronouns

1. The ablative is in decline in Lithuanian Romani

Noun

tu

1. forest; thicket

Verb

tu

1. to spit (out)

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian tua.

Adjective

tu

1. old

References

• Daigle (2015). Cited in: "Batuley" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Bislama cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tu

Etymology 1

From English two.

Numeral

tu

1. two

Etymology 2

From English too.

Adverb

tu

1. too

Verb

tu

1. to go

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tʉβ, from Proto-Celtic *toibos, whence also Old Irish tóeb and Irish taobh. Cognate with Welsh tu, Cornish tu.

Noun

tu m

1. side

Etymology

From Old Catalan tu, from Latin tū.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -u

Pronoun

tu

1. you (singular); thou
2. one (singular, impersonal)

Declension

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine