# tū
## Kaska
### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

### Noun

tū
* water

### References

* Yukon Native Language Centre

## Kwalhioqua-Tlatskanai
### Noun

tū
* Alternative form of to

### References

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

## Mandarin
### Romanization

tū (tu$^1$, Zhuyin ㄊㄨ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凸
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堗
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶀
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 廜
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 怟
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捸
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 涋
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痜
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 禿／秃
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 秃
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 突
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 葒／荭
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鋵
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼩

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tuqur (cognate with Hawaiian kū and Tongan tuʻu), from Proto-Oceanic *tuqu (cognate with Fijian tū), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuquD.

### Verb

tū
* to stand
* to erect
* to establish, to convene
* to remain

### Noun

tū
* stance, position

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 538-40
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tuqu.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

### Further reading

* “tū” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Old Prussian
### Alternative forms

* tou, tu, thu, tau, toū, thou, tuo, du

### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ (second person singular pronoun).

### Pronoun

tū (plural ioūs)
* you, thou, the second person singular pronoun
** 1561, Enchiridion. Der Kleine Catechiſmus Doctor Martin Luthers, Teutſch und Preuſſiſch. Gedruckt zu Königsperg in Preuſſen durch Johann Daubman. M. D. LXI.:Das Fünffte Gebot, Du ſolt nicht Tödten. Stas Piẽncts Pallaips. Tou niturri gallintwei.The Fifth Commandment: You shall not kill.

#### Declension

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| | Sg. | Pl. |
| Nom. | tū (tu, tou) | ioūs (ious, iaūs, yous, joes) |
| Acc. | tien (tin) | wans |
| Dat. | tebbei (tebbe) | ioūmans (iūmans, ioūmas, ioumas, ioumus) |
| Gen. | twaise | ioūsan (iouson, iousan) |

### References

* Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “tu”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎ (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
* W. R. Schmalstieg (1971) “New Look at the Old Prussian Pronoun”, in Baltistica VII(2), Vilnius: Vilniau Universitetas

## Tagish
### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

### Noun

tū
* water

### References

* Are you thirsty?, Yukon Native Language Centre's introduction to the Tagish Language
* Verbs (2), Yukon Native Language Centre's introduction to the Tagish Language

## Tahltan
### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

### Noun

tū
* water

### References

* Judith Charlotte Thompson, Hedekeyeh Hots’ih Kāhidi – “Our Ancestors Are In Us”: Strengthening Our Voices Through Language Revitalization From A Tahltan Worldview, page 281, 2012

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /tuː/ [ˈt̪uː]
* Rhymes: -uː
* Syllabification: tū

### Numeral

tū (Sulat Sūg spelling تُوْ)
* three

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtuː]
* Hyphenation: tū

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tuqu. Cognates include Hawaiian ku and Samoan tū.

#### Verb

tū (plural tutū)
* (intransitive) to stand
* (intransitive) to stop
* (intransitive) to get off
* (stative) to be steep
* (intransitive) to appear
* (intransitive, + ki) to step (on)
* (intransitive, + ki) to stand (by someone)
* (intransitive, of fishing lines) to reach the bottom

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

tū
* (pathology) pterygium

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

tū
* way of life

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

tū
* (intransitive) to come together

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

tū
* (intransitive, of firestone fires) to be kindled

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 400