tue
English
Noun
tue (plural tues)
- Archaic form of tui (the parson bird)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- ETU, TEU, Ute, ute
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Upper Middle High German tüejen, from Old High German tuon, from Proto-Germanic *dōną. Cognate with German tun, Dutch doen, West Frisian dwaan, English do.
Verb
tue (third-person singular simple present tuet, past participle taa, past subjunctive täät, auxiliary haa)
- to do
- 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
- I tät scho gärn schpiele und jage.
- I'd rather play and run around.
- I tät scho gärn schpiele und jage.
- 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ‘s Heiwili, p. 5:
- Dr Vater goht und lot's älei. / Hät dänkt, es täg dem Göifli guet.
- The father goes and leaves her alone. He'd thought it would do the child good.
- Dr Vater goht und lot's älei. / Hät dänkt, es täg dem Göifli guet.
- 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
Conjugation
infinitive | tue | ||||||
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past participle | taa, tuet | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person ich, i | 2nd person du | 3rd person er/si/es | 1st person mir | 2nd person ir | 3rd person si | ||
indicative | present | tu | tuesch | tuet | tue | tüent | tue |
subjunctive | present | tüeg, tüegi | tüegesch | tüeg, tüegi | tüege | tüege | tüege |
past | tät, tätti | tättesch | tät, tätti | tätte | tätte | tätte | |
imperative | affirmative | — | tu | — | — | tüent | — |
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 85.
Blagar
Alternative forms
- tuwe
Numeral
tue
- three
References
- A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtueˣ/, [ˈt̪ue̞(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ue
- Syllabification(key): tu‧e
Verb
tue
- present active indicative connegative of tukea
- second-person singular present imperative of tukea
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative of tukea
Anagrams
- etu, etu-
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ty/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Homophones: tu, tues, tuent, tus, tut, tût
- Rhymes: -y
Verb
tue
- inflection of tuer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Participle
tue f sg
- feminine singular of the past participle of taire
Anagrams
- eut, eût
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuːə/
Audio (file)
Verb
tue
- inflection of tun:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Italian
Etymology
From Latin tuae.
Adjective
tue
- feminine plural of tuo
Anagrams
- -ute
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.e/, [ˈt̪uɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.e/, [ˈt̪uːe]
Pronoun
tue
- vocative masculine singular of tuus
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þúfa.
Alternative forms
- tuve
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²tʉːə/
Noun
tue f (definite singular tua, indefinite plural tuer, definite plural tuene)
- a tussock, a small mound or tuft formed by certain grasses and small shrubs.
- Det er mange tuer med blåbær i skogen bak huset vårt.
- There are many tussocks of blueberry in the woods behind our house.
- Det er mange tuer med blåbær i skogen bak huset vårt.
Noun
tue f (definite singular tua, indefinite plural tuer, definite plural tuene)
- (dialectal, chiefly Trøndelag, nonstandard) alternative form of tvoge
References
- “tue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- etu, ute
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- tui (campidanese)
Etymology
From Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Italian tu, Portuguese tu, Spanish tú, French tu, Romanian tu, Aromanian tu, Corsican tù, Catalan tu, Sicilian tu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtue/
Pronoun
tue (second person singular)
- you, thou