ту
Chuvash
Etymology 1
Related to Tatar тау (tau). Historically from тăв (tăv) (< тав (taw) < тау (tay)),[1] from Proto-Turkic *tāu, *tāɣ, *dāɣ (“mountain”), *dāg (“mountain”). More at dağ.
References
- Lars Johanson, Christiane Bulut. Turkic-Iranian Contact Areas: Historical and Linguistic Aspects. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2006. pg. 130.
Moksha
Nivkh
Ossetian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”). Akin to Persian تف (tuf, “spittle”), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati, “to spit”), Armenian թուք (tʿukʿ, “spit, spittle”), Serbo-Croatian pljuvati (“to spit”), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “to spit out”), Latin spuō (“to spit”), English spew.
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tu]
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tu.
Adverb
ту̑ (Latin spelling tȗ)
- there, here, in the said place
- 1788, Доситеј Обрадовић, Свиња и храст:
- Свиња долазаше често под један жировити храст, и ту се с жиром храњаше. Храст јој рече једном: „Колико се с мојим плодом питаш, а никада нећеш на ме да погледаш, ни да ми захвалиш!”
- A swine went often under an acorn oak, and there it munched acorn. The oak said at once to the swine: “As much as you feed yourself with my fruits, nonetheless you never look at me, nor thank me!”
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Synonyms
- (Croatia) туј
Tajik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪u/
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