tú

Alternative forms

• tó (Chiricahua)

Noun

tú

1. (Mescalero) water

References

• Marianna Di Paolo, Arthur K. Spears, Languages and Dialects in the U.S.: Focus on Diversity (2014, →ISBN, page 38 (citing Hoijer 1938)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰʉuː(w)]
• in the phrase "ert tú": IPA^(key): [ˈɛɻ̊ʈʉuː]

Pronoun

tú

1. you, thou

   ert tú eingilskmaður/onglendingur? ― are you an Englishman?

   ert tú amerikanari? ― are you an American?

   ert tú føroyingur? ― are you Faroese?

   ert tú týskari? ― are you a German?

   ert tú dani? ― are you a Dane?

   ert tú norðmaður? ― are you a Norwegian?

   ert tú íslendingur? ― are you an Icelander?

   ert tú svii/svíi? ― are you a Swede?

Etymology

From Old Irish tú, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠuː/

Pronoun

tú (emphatic form tusa, conjunctive)

1. you (singular), thou

References

• "tú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “tú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

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

Pronoun

tú (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling טו‎)

1. you (singular)

Romanization

tú (Zhuyin ㄊㄨˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 凃
2. Pinyin transcription of 啙
3. Pinyin transcription of 圖, 圗, 図, 图
4. Pinyin transcription of 塗
5. Pinyin transcription of 宊
6. Pinyin transcription of 屠
7. Pinyin transcription of 峹
8. Pinyin transcription of 嵞
9. Pinyin transcription of 庩
10. Pinyin transcription of 徒
11. Pinyin transcription of 怢
12. Pinyin transcription of 悂
13. Pinyin transcription of 捈
14. Pinyin transcription of 揬
15. Pinyin transcription of 梌
16. Pinyin transcription of 涂
17. Pinyin transcription of 湥
18. Pinyin transcription of 潳
19. Pinyin transcription of 瑹
20. Pinyin transcription of 瘏
21. Pinyin transcription of 稌
22. Pinyin transcription of 突
23. Pinyin transcription of 筡
24. Pinyin transcription of 腞
25. Pinyin transcription of 腯
26. Pinyin transcription of 荼
27. Pinyin transcription of 菞
28. Pinyin transcription of 葖
29. Pinyin transcription of 蒤
30. Pinyin transcription of 跌
31. Pinyin transcription of 跿
32. Pinyin transcription of 途
33. Pinyin transcription of 酴
34. Pinyin transcription of 鈯
35. Pinyin transcription of 鍎
36. Pinyin transcription of 馟
37. Pinyin transcription of 駼
38. Pinyin transcription of 鵅
39. Pinyin transcription of 鵚
40. Pinyin transcription of 鶟
41. Pinyin transcription of 鷋
42. Pinyin transcription of 鷵
43. Pinyin transcription of 鼵
44. Pinyin transcription of 凃
45. Pinyin transcription of 啙
46. Pinyin transcription of 塗
47. Pinyin transcription of 宊
48. Pinyin transcription of 屠
49. Pinyin transcription of 峹
50. Pinyin transcription of 嵞
51. Pinyin transcription of 庩
52. Pinyin transcription of 徒
53. Pinyin transcription of 怢
54. Pinyin transcription of 悂
55. Pinyin transcription of 捈
56. Pinyin transcription of 揬
57. Pinyin transcription of 梌
58. Pinyin transcription of 涂
59. Pinyin transcription of 湥
60. Pinyin transcription of 潳
61. Pinyin transcription of 瑹
62. Pinyin transcription of 瘏
63. Pinyin transcription of 稌
64. Pinyin transcription of 突
65. Pinyin transcription of 筡
66. Pinyin transcription of 腞
67. Pinyin transcription of 腯
68. Pinyin transcription of 荼
69. Pinyin transcription of 菞
70. Pinyin transcription of 葖
71. Pinyin transcription of 蒤
72. Pinyin transcription of 跌
73. Pinyin transcription of 跿
74. Pinyin transcription of 途
75. Pinyin transcription of 酴
76. Pinyin transcription of 鈯
77. Pinyin transcription of 鍎
78. Pinyin transcription of 馟
79. Pinyin transcription of 駼
80. Pinyin transcription of 鵅
81. Pinyin transcription of 鵚
82. Pinyin transcription of 鶟
83. Pinyin transcription of 鷋
84. Pinyin transcription of 鷵
85. Pinyin transcription of 鼵

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (compare Ancient Greek σύ (sú), Latin tū, Old Church Slavonic тꙑ (ty), Gothic 𐌸𐌿 (þu), Welsh ti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuː/

Pronoun

tú

1. you (singular nominative), thou
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5^b28

     Ní tú nod·n-ail, acht is hé not·ail.

     It is not you that nourishes it, but it that nourishes you.

References

• “tú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

Cognate with Navajo tó

Noun

tú

1. water

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu/, [ˈt̪u]

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• Homophone: tu
• Rhymes: -u

Pronoun

tú

1. Second person pronoun in singular tense (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).

Usage notes

• When more pronouns are included in the same sentence, it is considered impolite to say the pronoun yo at first, it must be the last one, and tú must be said after absent (this applies also for ti and mí):
  • Iremos Rosa, tú y yo. ― Rosa, you and I will go.

Synonyms

• vos (in Argentine)

See also

• usted (formal communication)

Alternative forms

• tóo

Noun

tú

1. water