tui

See also: tuī, tuí, tuǐ, tuì, túi, and TUI

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori tūī.

Noun

tui (plural tuis)

  1. A New Zealand honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae

Synonyms

Anagrams

Daai Chin

Noun

tui

  1. water

References

  • Helga So-Hartmann, A descriptive grammar of Daai Chin (2009)

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.iː/, [ˈtʊ.iː]

Pronoun

tuī

  1. genitive singular of tū

Adjective

tuī

  1. masculine nominative plural of tuus
  2. masculine genitive singular of tuus
  3. neuter genitive singular of tuus
  4. masculine vocative plural of tuus

Mandarin

Romanization

tui

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tuī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of tuí.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of tuǐ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of tuì.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mizo

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj ~ m-ti-s (“water”).

Noun

tui

  1. water
  2. any liquid

Verb

tui

  1. to flow

Ralte

Noun

tui

  1. water

Further reading

  • Kosei Otsuka, A Basic Vocabulary and a Text of the Ralte Language (2016)

Rapa Nui

Verb

tui

  1. sew

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Pronoun

tui

  1. you (singular)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /twi/, [t̪wi]

Noun

tui m (plural tuis)

  1. tweet (post of Twitter)

Swahili

Noun

tui (ma class, no plural)

  1. coconut milk
    tui la nazi
    coconut milk

Tahitian

Noun

tui

  1. earache
  2. otitis

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

tui

  1. Eye dialect spelling of tôi, representing Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam Vietnamese.
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