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单词 to
释义

to

See also: Appendix:Variations of "to"

Translingual

Symbol

to

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Tongan.

English

Alternative forms

  • (dialectal) ter
  • (contraction) t'
  • (abbreviation) 2

Etymology

From Middle English to, from Old English tō, from Proto-Germanic *tō ~ *ta, from Proto-Indo-European *de ~ *do (“to”). Cognate with Scots tae, to (“to”), North Frisian to, tö, tu (“to”), Saterland Frisian tou (“to”), Low German to (“to”), Dutch toe (“to”), German zu (“to”), West Frisian ta (“to”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian ndaj (“towards”), Irish do (“to, for”), Breton da (“to, for”), Welsh i (“to, for”), Russian до (do, “to”). Doublet of too.

Pronunciation

Stressed

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tuː/, [tʰu̟ː], enPR: to͞o
  • Audio (RP)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /tu/, [tʰu̟], enPR: to͞o
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /tʉː/, [tʰʉː]
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophones: too, two

Unstressed

  • (before a consonant) IPA(key): /tə/
  • Audio (RP)(file)
    • (US, after a vowel) IPA(key): [ɾə]
  • (before a vowel) IPA(key): /tʊ/
    • (US, after a vowel) IPA(key): [ɾʊ]

Particle

to

  1. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
    I want to leave.
    He asked me what to do.
    I have places to go and people to see.
    To err is human.
    Who am I to criticise? I've done worse things myself.
    • 1709, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W. Lewis […], published 1711, OCLC 15810849:
      To err, is human; to forgive, divine.
    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i]:
      To be, or not to be: that is the question: / […]
    • 2010 July, Associated Press, headline :
      Odds are, BP to get new CEO this year
    • 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎:
      To that end, the home supporters were in good voice to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross.
  2. As above, with the verb implied.
    "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed."
    If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
  3. Used to indicate an obligation on the part of, or a directive given to, the subject.
    You are to go to the store and buy a bottle of milk.
  4. (expressing purpose) In order to.
    I went to the shops to buy some bread.

Derived terms

  • finna (fixing to)
  • gonna (going to)
  • gotta (got to)
  • hafta (have to)
  • oughta (ought to)
  • supposta (supposed to)
  • usta (used to)
  • wanna (want to)

Translations

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Preposition

to

  1. Indicating destination: In the direction of, so as to arrive at.
    We are walking to the shop.
    • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
      Driven by a perceived political need to adopt a hard-line stance, Mr. Cameron’s coalition government has imposed myriad new restrictions, the aim of which is to reduce net migration to Britain to below 100,000.
  2. Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.
    I gave the book to him.
    I spoke to him earlier.
    He devoted himself to education.
    They drank to his health.
  3. Used to indicate result of action.
    His face was beaten to a pulp.
  4. Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.
    To everyone's great relief, the tuneless carol singers finally ceased their warbling.
  5. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
    similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
  6. Denotes the end of a range.
    It takes 2 to 4 weeks to process typical applications.
  7. (obsolete) As a.
    With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   took her to wife (took her as a wife);   was sold to slave (was sold as a slave).
  8. Used to indicate a ratio or comparison; compared to, as against.
    one to one = 1:1
    ten to one = 10:1.
    I have ten dollars to your four.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:
      The hoſt of Xerxes, which by fame is ſaid
      To drinke the mightie Parthian Araris,
      Was but a handfull to that we will haue.
    • 2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎:
      In total, the Reds had 28 shots to their opponent's nine, and 15 corners to the Baggies' three.
  9. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
    Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
    Three to the power of two is nine.
    Three to the second is nine.
  10. (time) Preceding the next hour.
    What's the time? – It's quarter to four in the afternoon (or 3:45 pm).
    Antonym: past
    1. (informal) Often used without the hour
      It’s quarter to (3:45, or 4:45, or whatever time ending in 45 would make the most sense)
  11. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
    Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
    There's a lot of sense to what he says.
    The name has a nice ring to it.
  12. according to
    Our holiday did not go to plan.
  13. (Canada, Newfoundland, West Midlands (UK)) At.
    Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.

Usage notes

In the sense of "as a", it is a fossil word (Standard English only), found usually only in obsolete set phrases like: "to take a woman to wife", "to have someone to friend", "to have something to birthright" etc. In northern dialects, where it is rare but still in common use, it is often used in combination with with.

Derived terms

  • lean-to
  • many-to-many
  • many-to-one
  • one-to-many
  • one-to-one
  • to a hair
  • to spare

Translations

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See also

  • at

Adverb

to (not comparable)

  1. (regionalism) Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
    Please push the door to.
    • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 12”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], OCLC 855945:
      He went in his room, pushed the door to, without fastening the latch.
  2. (nautical) Into the wind.
  3. Misspelling of too.

Usage notes

The sense "toward a closed, touching or engaging position" is a regionalism found in various parts of the UK and US.

Synonyms

  • (toward a closed, touching or engaging position): closed, shut

Antonyms

  • (toward a closed, touching or engaging position): open, ajar

Translations

Translations

See also

  • come to
  • heave to
  • lean-to
  • set-to
  • to and fro
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:to.

References

  • Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

Anagrams

  • OT, ot-

Abinomn

Noun

to

  1. sago (tree)

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tuus.

Adjective

to (epicene, plural tos)

  1. your
  • tuyu

Babine-Witsuwit'en

Noun

to

  1. water

References

  • Sharon Hargus, Wisuwit’en Grammar: Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology (2007), page 43

Babuza

Noun

to

  1. water

References

  • Naoyoshi Ogawa, English-Favorlang vocabulary (2003)
  • S. Tsuchida, A Comparative Vocabulary of Austronesian Languages of Sinicized Ethnic Groups in Taiwan, Part I: Western Taiwan, Memoirs of the Faculty of Letters, No. 7 (1982)

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *tɔʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tɔʔ. Cognates include Vietnamese đó, Khmer ដ៏ (dɑɑ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔː/

Pronoun

to

  1. that, there

Bambara

Noun

to

  1. stiff porridge

Catalan

Etymology

First attested 1575, borrowed from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos)[1].

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈtɔ/

Noun

to m (plural tons)

  1. (music) tone (specific pitch)
  2. (linguistics) tone (pitch of a word)
  3. tone or shade of a color

Derived terms

  • entonar
  • semitò

References

  1. “to”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Further reading

  • “to” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “to” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “to” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈto]
  • audio(file)

Pronoun

to n

  1. it, this, that

Further reading

  • to in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • to in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin tuus. Compare Italian tuo, Romanian tău, Friulian to, French ton, Spanish tu.

Pronoun

to m (feminine toa)

  1. your; second-person masculine singular possessive pronoun

See also

  • mi
  • nuester
  • vestro

Danish

Danish cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : to
    Ordinal : anden

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”).

The modern Danish form is a merger of the original East Old Norse accusative masculine twā and the nominative/accusative feminine twāʀ (West tvær). The neuter tū (West tvau) is preserved in the adverb itu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtˢoˀ]

Numeral

to

  1. two

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þvá (“wash”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtˢoˀ]

Verb

to (imperative to, infinitive at to, present tense tor, past tense toede, perfect tense har toet)

  1. (dated) wash

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): [to]
  • Hyphenation: to

Noun

to (accusative singular to-on, plural to-oj, accusative plural to-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter T.

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

Ewe

Noun

to

  1. antelope
  2. (anatomy) ear
  3. father-in-law
  4. mortar
  5. mountain

Verb

to

  1. to crush
  2. to pound

Finnish

Etymology

Abbreviation of torstai ("Thursday").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈto/, [ˈt̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification(key): to

Noun

to

  1. Thu (abbreviation of Thursday)

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tuus.

Pronoun

to (second-person singular possessive of masculine singular, of feminine singular tô, of masculine plural tiei, of feminine plural tôs)

  1. (used attributively) your, thy; of yours, of thine
    che al sedi santifiât il to nom, che al vegni il to ream, — "Your kingdom come, your will be done," (third and fourth sentences of Lord's Prayer)
  2. (used predicatively) yours, thine
  3. (used substantively) yours, thine; the thing belonging to you/ thee

See also

  • lôr
  • gno
  • nestri
  • so
  • vuestri

Fula

Preposition

to

  1. in, at, to

References

  • Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɔː]

Interjection

to

  1. interjection used to call dogs or cattle
    • 1820, B. A. Fandiño, El Heráclito Español y Demócrito Gallego:
      Meu señor santo Tomé,
      tendes dous nomes nun só,
      sodes castrón polo mé,
      é sodes cán polo tó.
      My good sir Santo Tomé:
      You have two names in just one,
      You are a ram with the "mé"
      And a dog with the "tó"

References

  • “to” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “to” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “to” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Garifuna

Article

to

  1. feminine definite article
    Mututo ― The woman

Antonyms

  • le

Gonja

Noun

to

  1. language

References

  • Mary E. Kropp Dakubu, The Languages of Ghana

Gun

Etymology 1

Cognates include Fon tò, Saxwe Gbe otò, Adja eto

Alternative forms

  • òtò, otò

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tò/

Noun

tò (plural tò lɛ́ or tò lẹ́)

  1. city, village, town, country
    Ùn ná yì ná tò cé / N ná yì ná tò ṣié ― I will go to my country
Derived terms
  • tòdàhó (“city”)
  • tòhọ̀ (“city hall”)
  • tòkpɛví (“village”)
  • tòpẹví (“village”)
  • tòví (“citizen”)
  • tòxɔ̀ (“city hall”)
  • tòɖàxó (“city”)

Etymology 2

Cognates include Fon tò

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tò/

Particle

tò

  1. A present progressive or habitual tense marker, only used before nouns.
    Nyɛ́ tò hàn jì / Yẹ́n tò hàn jì ― I am singing
    Synonyms: nɔ̀, nọ̀

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tò/

Preposition

tò

  1. in, at

Etymology 4

Cognates include Fon tò, Adja tò. Compare Yoruba tò, Ifè tò

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tò/

Verb

tò

  1. to arrange, manage, organise

Etymology 5

Òtó ɖòkpó / Òtó dòpó

From Proto-Gbe *-tó. Cognates include Fon tó, Saxwe Gbe otó, Adja eto, Ewe eto

Alternative forms

  • òtó, otó

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tó/

Noun

tó (plural tó lɛ́ or tó lẹ́)

  1. ear
Derived terms
  • dó tó (“to hear”)
  • tómɛ̀nú (“earring”)
  • tómẹ̀nú (“earring”)
  • ɖó tó (“to hear”)

Hupa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /to(ː)/

Noun

to

  1. a body of water, such as a lake or ocean

References

  • The Phonology of the Hupa Language, part 1: The Individual Sounds, volume 5, by Roland Burrage Dixon, Samuel Alfred Barrett, Washington Matthews, Bill Ray (using the older orthography "tō")
  • Victor Golla, Hupa Language Dictionary Second Edition (1996), page 105 (to)

Ido

Pronoun

to

  1. Alternative form of ito (“that”)

Itene

Noun

to

  1. eye

References

  • Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 162

Japanese

Romanization

to

  1. Rōmaji transcription of と
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ト

Kongo

Conjunction

to

  1. or

Kwalhioqua-Tlatskanai

Alternative forms

  • tū

Noun

to

  1. water

References

  • Franz Boas, Pline Early Goddard, Vocabulary of an Athapascan dialect of the State of Washington, IJAL volume III, pages 39-45 (1924-1925)

Lashi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ/

Verb

to

  1. to make something go up

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latvian

Pronoun

to

  1. that; accusative singular masculine form of tas
  2. with that; instrumental singular masculine form of tas
  3. of that; genitive plural masculine form of tas
  4. that; accusative singular feminine form of tas
  5. with that; instrumental singular feminine form of tas
  6. of that; genitive plural feminine form of tas

Lithuanian

Pronoun

to

  1. that; genitive singular masculine of tas

Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French tu (“you”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /to/

Pronoun

to (second person informal singular, objective twa, possessive tô)

  1. you (singular), thou
    To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra.
    You spoke with an accent. (literally: "You had spoken thick.")

Coordinate terms

  • mo
  • li
  • nou, no, nouzòt
  • vouzòt, ouzòt, zòt, zo
  • yé
  • t'

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɔ]

Pronoun

to n

  1. this

Determiner

to

  1. nominative neuter singular of ten
  2. accusative neuter singular of ten

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French tu.

Pronoun

to (objective twa, formal ou)

  1. you (second-person singular nominative personal pronoun)

See also

Mauritian Creole personal pronouns
singularplural
1st personmo
mwa (objective)		nou
2nd personto (informal), ou (formal)
twa (objective)		zot
3rd personlizot, bann-la

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tā, tāhe, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ (“toe”).

Alternative forms

  • toe, towe, two, tho, teie; ta (northern); toa (early)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔː/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): /taː/

Noun

to (plural tos or ton)

  1. (anatomy) toe
  • mistelto
Descendants
  • English: toe
  • Scots: tae
  • Yola: toan (plural)
References
  • “tō, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English tō, ta, te, from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toː/
  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /tu/, /tɔ/

Particle

to

  1. to (infinitive marker)
Alternative forms
  • ta, ti, tu, tho, thu; te (early); t (prevocalic)
Descendants
  • English: to
  • Scots: tae
References
  • “tọ̄̆, verbal part.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Preposition

to

  1. to
Alternative forms
  • ta, ti, tu, tho, thu; te (early); t (prevocalic)
Descendants
  • English: to
  • Scots: tae
  • Yola: ta, to, t'
References
  • “tọ̄̆, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Adverb

to

  1. to
Alternative forms
  • two
Descendants
  • English: to
  • Scots: tae
References
  • “tọ̄, adv.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Adverb

to

  1. too
Alternative forms
  • two; ta (northern West Midlands)
Descendants
  • English: too
  • Scots: tae
  • Yola: too
References
  • “tọ̄, adv.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Conjunction

to

  1. until
  2. while
  3. so that
References
  • “tọ̄̆, conj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Shortening of tone.

Pronoun

to

  1. the one (of two)
Alternative forms
  • two; ta (northern)

Mohawk

Particle

to

  1. Alternative form of tó:

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : to
    Ordinal : annen

Etymology

From Old Norse tvá, accusative case of tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuː/

Numeral

to

  1. two

Derived terms

  • todelt
  • todimensjonal
  • tofarget
  • tomannsbolig
  • tospråklig
  • toåring

References

  • “to” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : to
    Ordinal : andre

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tvá, accusative case of tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

to

  1. two
Derived terms
  • toar
  • todelt
  • todimensjonal
  • tospråkleg
  • toåring

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tó n.

Noun

to n (definite singular toet, indefinite plural to, definite plural toa)

  1. fabric
  2. (figurative, by extension) ability, nature

Etymology 3

From Old Norse tó f.

Noun

to f (definite singular toa, indefinite plural tør, definite plural tørne)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

  • “to” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • ot

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta (“to”), from Proto-Indo-European *de, *do (“to”). Cognate with Old Saxon tō (“to”), Old High German zuo (“to”), Old Irish do.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toː/

Preposition

tō

  1. to, into
  2. at
  3. (grammar) used to mark the infinitive (supine) of the verb
    tō drīfenne ― to drive
  4. as
    ic wyrce tō īsensmiðe ― I work as an ironsmith
    þā nam ic hīe tō wīfe ― then I took her as a wife
    tō bōte ― to boot (literally: as an improvement, thus in addition)

Adverb

tō

  1. besides
  2. in addition, also, too; moreover
  3. to an excessive degree; too

Descendants

  • Middle English: to
    • English: to, too
    • Scots: tae

Old High German

Preposition

to

  1. Alternative form of zuo

Old Saxon

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *tō, whence also Old English tō and Old High German zuo

Preposition

tō

  1. to

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: to
    • Low German: to

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *to, from Proto-Indo-European *tód.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Syllabification: to

Pronoun

to n

  1. this (nearby, neuter)

Declension

Declension of to
singularplural
nominativetote
genitivetegotych
dativetemutym/tem
accusativetote
instrumentaltym/temtymi/temi
locativetym/temtych
vocativetote

Note: tem and temi are archaic forms

Conjunction

to

  1. then (in that case)
    "Wiem, co chcę zrobić." "To zrób". ― "I know what I want to do." "Then do it.
    Synonym: w takim razie
  2. then (used in if constructions)
    Jeśli to zrobisz, to daj mi znać. ― If you do this, then let me know.

Derived terms

conjunction
  • atoli

Particle

to

  1. so
    No to kiedy zaczynamy? ― So when are we starting?

See also

  • ta f
  • ten m

Further reading

  • to in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • to in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tu/

  • Hyphenation: to

Contraction

to (feminine ta)

  1. Contraction of te o.

Selepet

Noun

to

  1. water

References

  • K. A. McElhanon, Selepet grammar (1972)
  • William A. Foley, The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN, page 257

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tôː/

Pronoun

tȏ (Cyrillic spelling то̑)

  1. neuter nominative singular of taj
  2. neuter accusative singular of taj

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *to.

Pronoun

to

  1. it
  2. that
  • ten

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tóː/

Pronoun

tọ̑

  1. inflection of ta:
    1. accusative singular feminine
    2. nominative/accusative singular neuter

Tocharian B

Noun

to m

  1. body hair on the human body (especially pubic hair

Tututni

Noun

to

  1. (Euchre Creek) water

References

  • Victor Golla, Tututni (Oregon Athapaskan), International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 42:3 (July 1976), pages 217-227

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare Thai โต (dtoo), Lao ໂຕ (tō), Lü ᦷᦎ (ṫo).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɔ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tɔ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tɔ˧˧]

Adjective

to • (租, 穌, 粗, 蘇, 𡚡, 𡚢, 𢀱, 𫰅)

  1. big, large
  2. great, considerable
  3. loud

Derived terms

Derived terms
  • phình to
  • to bự
  • to lớn
  • to tác
  • to tướng

See also

  • lớn

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian то (to).

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈto/, [ˈto]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation: to

Conjunction

to

  1. (if ...) then
  2. or else

References

  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “to”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *toɣ (“covering”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toː/
  • Rhymes: -oː

Noun

to m (plural toeau)

  1. roof

Derived terms

  • aderyn y to (“starling”)
  • to bach (“circumflex”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
todonhotho
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Westrobothnian

Westrobothnian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : to
    Ordinal : æænn
    Adverbial : tweifållt
    Multiplier : tofål
    Collective : bå
    Fractional : haḷv

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tvá, accusative of tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

to (neuter tu or töuw)

  1. two
Alternative forms
  • tjwo
  • tjwå
Derived terms
  • tjweiʃäft
  • tjweiʃäftʃel
  • tjwiarbeit
  • tjwiok
  • tjwiokaksal
  • tsviklöuvä
  • tsvykroku
  • tutɑl

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tó (“patch of grass”).

Noun

to n (defninite toe)

  1. open space in the woods with shrubs or brushwood, valley in the woods

Yola

Preposition

to

  1. Alternative form of ta
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Coome to thee met.
      Come to thy meat.

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 31

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tò/

Verb

tò

  1. (transitive) to arrange, to line up
  2. (transitive) to order, to put things in order
  3. (intransitive) to become ordered, to become arranged
Usage notes
  • to before a direct object
Derived terms
  • atò
  • ètò (“process”)
  • ìtò
  • títò (“ordering”)
  • to eegun

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tò/

Verb

tò

  1. (Ekiti) to talk incessantly; to gossip
    Synonym: rò
    Ẹjọ́ kúwe é tò ― What are you gossiping about? (literally, “What matter are you talking incessantly about”)
Usage notes
  • to before a direct object
Derived terms
  • tojọ́

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tó/

Verb

tó

  1. (intransitive) to be enough, to be worthy, to be sufficient, to amount to
  2. (intransitive) to be comparable to
    gíga a rẹ̀ẹ́ tó erin ― His tallness is comparable to an elephant
Usage notes
  • It is a common verb in Yoruba names affirming the worthiness of entities like the orisha. (Ex. Ògúntósìn (“A Yoruba name meaning, "Ogun is worthy of being worshipped."”)).
Derived terms
  • tóbẹ́ẹ̀

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tó/

Verb

tó

  1. to reach up to
    ọwọ́ mi kò tó o ― My hand does not reach it
  2. to be visible, to be comprehensible

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian تو‎ (to).

Pronoun

to

  1. (informal) you (sg., acc.)
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