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տո

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Georgian ტო (ṭo), which is a shortening of კინტო (ḳinṭo).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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տո (to) (Yerevan, Karabakh, Hamshen, Mush, colloquial Eastern Armenian)

  1. used to address or call a familiar person (formerly usually a male one), often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority or annoyance
    Տո՛, ըստեղ արի։, əsteġ ari.Hey (you), come here!
    Գժվե՞լ ես, տո՛։Gžve?l es, .Boy, have you lost your mind?
    • 1869 – 1923, Hovhannes Tumanyan :
      Տո՛, ախմախ,— ասում է,— ես էստեղ ջրի մեջ թրջվելով ձուկն եմ բռնում, դու իմ աշխատանքն առնում ես էլ ետ ջուրը գցո՞ւմ...
      , axmax,— asum ē,— es ēsteġ ǰri meǰ tʻrǰvelov jukn em bṙnum, du im ašxatankʻn aṙnum es ēl et ǰurə gcʻu?m...
  2. an expletive connoting annoyance
    Տո, որ իմանայի, չէի թողնի։To, or imanayi, čʻēi tʻoġni.If I knew, I wouldn't allow.
    Տո, քեզ ո՞վ էր ասում էդքան խմեիր:To, kʻez o?v ēr asum ēdkʻan xmeir:Why did you have to drink so much?
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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “տօ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 1048b
  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “տո”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 1452b
  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “տօ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 639b
  • Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ტო”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary[1], London: Garnett Press
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2010), “տո”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume 6, Yerevan: Hayastan, pages 214–215