tù

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"

Corsican

Alternative forms

• tè, tecu

Etymology

From Latin tu, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognates include Italian tu and French tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu/
• Hyphenation: tù
• Rhymes: -u

Pronoun

tù

1. thou, you (singular)
   • 1990, Ghjacumu Thiers, A funtana d'Altea, →ISBN, page 75:

     Si hè calmatu Valeri, ti calmerai ancu tù...

     Valeri has calmed down, even you will calm down...

   • 2005, Christian Dubois, A Bìbbia corsa [The Corsican Bible], Actes 11:14:

     Chì ti diciarà cose per mezu di e quale sarè salvu, tù è tutta a to casa.

     Who will tell you things through which you will be saved, you and your entire household.

Usage notes

• Since the Corsican verb already inflects by person, tù is dropped in most cases, being used chiefly for emphasis:

  Cosa voli per natale? ― What do you want for Christmas?

  Cosa tù voli per natale? ― What do you want for Christmas?

See also

Corsican personal pronouns

			nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
singular	1st person		eiu	mi		mè
	2nd person		tù	ti		tè
	3rd person	m	ellu	li	u, l'	ellu
		f	ella		a, l'	ella
plural	1st person		noi	ci		noi
	2nd person		voi	vi		voi
	3rd person	m	elli	li	i, l'	elli
		f	elle		e, l'	elle

References

• “tù, tè, tecu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Mandarin

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Romanization

tù (tu⁴, Zhuyin ㄊㄨˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 兎, 兔
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堍
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 菟
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵵 / 𱊆

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tu˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʊw˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʊw˨˩]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 囚.

Noun

tù

1. prison
2. imprisonment; confinement
3. prisoner

Derived terms

• tù tội

Descendants

• → Tai Dam: ꪕꪴ

Etymology 2

Adjective

tù

1. (of body of water) stagnant

Derived terms

• ao tù
• tù đọng
• tù túng