tù

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
	3rd person f	ella		a, l'	ella
Plural	1st person	noi	ci		noi
	2nd person	voi	vi		voi
	3rd person m	elli	li	i, l'	elli
	3rd person f	elle		e, l'	elle

References

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Romanization

tù (tu⁴, Zhuyin ㄊㄨˋ)

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

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tu˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʊw˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʊw˨˩]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 囚.

Noun

tù

1. prison
2. imprisonment; confinement
3. prisoner

Derived terms

Derived terms

• tù tội

 

Descendants

• → Tai Dam: ꪕꪴ

Adjective

tù

1. (of body of water) stagnant

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ao tù
• tù đọng
• tù túng