# tú
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin tu. Akin to Spanish tú and Portuguese tu.

### Pronoun

tú m sg or f sg
* Second-person singular nominative pronoun; you

#### See also

| | | | | nominative | disjunctive | dative | accusative |
| first person | singular | singular | singular | yo | me, m'$^2$ | me, m'$^2$ | me, m'$^2$ |
| first person | plural | masculine | masculine | nusatros$^{1.1}$ | nusatros$^{1.1}$ | nos$^{1.6}$ | nos$^{1.6}$ |
| first person | plural | feminine | feminine | nusatras$^{1.1}$ | nusatras$^{1.1}$ | | nos$^{1.6}$ | nos$^{1.6}$ |
| second person | singular | familiar | familiar | tú | te, t'$^2$ | te, t'$^2$ | te, t'$^2$ |
| second person | singular | formal | formal | vusté,$^{1.2}$ vos | | | |
| second person | plural | familiar | masculine | vusatros$^{1.3}$ | vusatros$^{1.3}$ | vos, tos$^3$ | vos, tos$^3$ |
| second person | plural | familiar | feminine | vusatras$^{1.3}$ | vusatras$^{1.3}$ | | vos, tos$^3$ | vos, tos$^3$ |
| second person | plural | formal | formal | vustés,$^{1.2}$ vos | | |
| third person | singular | masculine | masculine | él$^{1.4}$ | él$^{1.4}$ | le$^{1.7}$ | lo,$^{1.8}$ l'$^2$ |
| third person | singular | feminine | feminine | ella$^{1.5}$ | ella$^{1.5}$ | le$^{1.7}$ | la |
| third person | plural | masculine | masculine | els, ellos$^{1.4}$ | els, ellos$^{1.4}$ | les$^{1.7}$ | los$^{1.9}$ |
| third person | plural | feminine | feminine | ellas$^{1.5}$ | ellas$^{1.5}$ | les$^{1.7}$ | las |
| third person | reflexive | reflexive | reflexive | — | — | se, s'$^2$ | se, s'$^2$ |
* The forms shown in the table are the most widespread ones. Some varieties use different forms:
** nusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and nusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
** usté(s) (Benasquese), ustet(z) (Ansotano), vustet(z) (Tensino, Somontanos)
** vusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and vusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
** ell(s) (Benasquese) and er(s) (Belsetán).
** era(s) (Belsetán).
** mos (Ribagorçan). Before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en the contracted form mo' is used.
** li(s) (Cheso, Tensino).
** el (Ribagorçan). The contracted form l' is used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds and 'l after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
** es, els (Ribagorçan). These forms are contracted to 's and 'ls after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
* The contracted forms are used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.
* In Ribagorçan the contracted form to' is used before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en.

### References

* “tú”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

## Chiricahua
### Alternative forms

* tó (Chiricahua)

### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

### Noun

tú
* (Mescalero) water

### References

* Marianna Di Paolo, Arthur K. Spears, Languages and Dialects in the U.S.: Focus on Diversity (2014, →ISBN, page 38 (citing Hoijer 1938)

## Fala
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tu, from Latin tū (“you”), from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtu/
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: tú

### Pronoun

tú m sg or f sg
* Second person singular nominative pronoun; you

#### See also

| | | | nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive |
| first person | singular | singular | ei | me, -mi | me, -mi | mi |
| first person | plural | common | nos | mus$^L$ nus$^{LV}$ nos, -nus$^M$ | mus$^L$ nus$^{LV}$ nos, -nus$^M$ | nos |
| first person | plural | masculine | noshotrus$^M$ | mus$^L$ nus$^{LV}$ nos, -nus$^M$ | mus$^L$ nus$^{LV}$ nos, -nus$^M$ | noshotrus$^M$ |
| first person | plural | feminine | noshotras$^M$ | mus$^L$ nus$^{LV}$ nos, -nus$^M$ | mus$^L$ nus$^{LV}$ nos, -nus$^M$ | noshotras$^M$ |
| second person | singular | singular | tú | te, -ti | te, -ti | ti |
| second person | plural | common | vos | vus$^{LV}$ vos, -vus$^M$ | vus$^{LV}$ vos, -vus$^M$ | vos |
| second person | plural | masculine | voshotrus$^M$ | vus$^{LV}$ vos, -vus$^M$ | vus$^{LV}$ vos, -vus$^M$ | voshotrus$^M$ |
| second person | plural | feminine | voshotras$^M$ | vus$^{LV}$ vos, -vus$^M$ | vus$^{LV}$ vos, -vus$^M$ | voshotras$^M$ |
| third person | singular | masculine | el | le, -li | u$^{LV}$, o$^M$ | el |
| third person | singular | feminine | ela | le, -li | a | ela |
| third person | plural | masculine | elis | le, -li | us$^{LV}$, os$^M$ | elis |
| third person | plural | feminine | elas | le, -li | as | elas |
| third person | reflexive | reflexive | — | se, -si | se, -si | sí |

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʰʉuː(w)]
* in the phrase "ert tú": IPA: [ˈɛɻ̊ʈʉuː]

### Pronoun

tú
* you, thou
    ert tú eingilskmaður/onglendingur? ― are you an Englishman?
    ert tú amerikanari? ― are you an American?
    ert tú føroyingur? ― are you Faroese?
    ert tú týskari? ― are you a German?
    ert tú dani? ― are you a Dane?
    ert tú norðmaður? ― are you a Norwegian?
    ert tú íslendingur? ― are you an Icelander?
    ert tú svii/svíi? ― are you a Swede?

#### Usage notes

The informal tú form is correct among younger people and non-foreigners. The very formal form is tygum.

#### Derived terms

* túa

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of tú – see 拄 (“to prop; to support; to lean on; to be propped up; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 拄).

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish tú, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t̪ˠuː/

### Pronoun

tú (emphatic form tusa, conjunctive)
* you (singular), thou

#### Usage notes

* Unlike many European languages, Irish does not distinguish between "familiar" and "polite" second-person pronouns. Tú is used to address any one person, regardless of how well known that person is to the speaker.
* The emphatic form tusa is also used as the vocative: Haigh tusa! — "Hey you!"

#### Related terms

* thú (disjunctive)

#### See also

| Number | Person (and gender) | Conjunctive (emphatic) | Disjunctive (emphatic) | Possessive determiner |
| Singular | First | mé (mise) | mé (mise) | mo $^L$ m' before vowel sounds |
| Singular | Second | tú (tusa)$^1$ | thú (thusa) | do $^L$ d' before vowel sounds |
| Singular | Third masculine | sé (seisean) | é (eisean) | a $^L$ |
| Singular | Third feminine | sí (sise) | í (ise) | a $^H$ |
| Singular | Third neuter | — | ea | — |
| Plural | First | muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne) | muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne) | ár $^E$ |
| Plural | Second | sibh (sibhse)$^1$ | sibh (sibhse)$^1$ | bhur $^E$ |
| Plural | Third | siad (siadsan) | iad (iadsan) | a $^E$ |
$^L$ Triggers lenition $^E$ Triggers eclipsis $^H$ Triggers h-prothesis
$^1$ Also used as the vocative

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Kambera
### Verb

tú
* (transitive) to put

### References

* Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 199

## Koho
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuʔ/

### Noun

tú
* time

### References

* Paul J. Sidwell, Proto South Bahnaric: A Reconstruction of a Mon-Khmer Language of Indo-China (2000)

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Latin tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

### Pronoun

tú (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling טו)
* you (singular)

## Mandarin
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Romanization

tú (tu$^2$, Zhuyin ㄊㄨˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凃
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啙
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 圖 / 图, 圗, 図, 图
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塗 / 涂
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 宊
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屠
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 峹
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嵞
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 庩
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徒
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 怢
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 悂
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捈
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 揬
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 梌
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 涂
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 湥
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潳
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑹
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瘏
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 稌
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 突
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筡
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腞
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腯
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荼
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 菞
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 葖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒤
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跌
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跿
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 途
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 酴
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈯 / 𨱄
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍎
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 馟
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 駼 / 𬳿
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵅 / 𱉮
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵚 / 𪉍
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶟 / 𱊖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷋 / 𱊠
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷵 / 𱊩
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼵

## Old Gutnish
### Numeral

tú (masculine tweir, feminine twár)
* neuter nominative/accusative of tweir (“two”)

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (compare Ancient Greek σύ (sú), Latin tū, Old Church Slavonic тꙑ (ty), Gothic 𐌸𐌿 (þu), Welsh ti).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuː/

### Pronoun

tú (genitive taí)
* you (singular nominative), thou
** c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5$^b$28
    Ní tú nod·n-ail, acht is hé not·ail.It is not you that nourishes it, but it that nourishes you.
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 92$^a$17
    Bed indbadigthi .i. bed chuintechti .i. cid fáilte ad·cot-sa ⁊ du·ngnéu, is túsu immid·folngi dam, a Dǽ; cid indeb dano ad·cot, is tú, Dǽ, immid·folngi dam.To be enriched, i.e. to be sought, i.e. though it is joy that I obtain and make, it is you who effects it for me, O God; so too, though it is wealth that I obtain, it is you, God, who effects it for me.

#### Derived terms

* tussu (emphatic)

#### Descendants

* Irish: tú
* Manx: oo
* Scottish Gaelic: thu

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Slovincian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʉ/
* Rhymes: -ʉ
* Syllabification: tú

### Adverb

tú (not comparable)
* here (at this place)

### Further reading

* Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “tʉ̇́”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 1242

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (whence English thou).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtu/ [ˈt̪u]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: tú
* Homophone: tu

### Pronoun

tú
* second person pronoun in singular tense; you (informal communication in Spain and Mexico)
    Synonym: (in and near Argentina) vos

#### Usage notes

* When more pronouns are included in the same sentence, it is considered impolite to say the pronoun yo at first, it must be the last one, and tú must be said after any third person (this applies also for ti and mí):
** Iremos Rosa, tú y yo. ― Rosa, you and I will go.

#### Derived terms

* tutear (verb)
* tuteo m
* yo que tú
* ¿tú y cuántos más?

#### Descendants

* Chavacano: tu

### See also

* usted (formal communication)
| | | | | nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive |
| first person | singular | singular | singular | yo | me | me | mí$^1$ |
| first person | plural | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | nosotros | nos | nos | nosotros |
| first person | plural | feminine | feminine | nosotras | nos | nos | nosotras |
| second person | singular | tuteo | tuteo | tú | te | te | ti$^1$ |
| second person | singular | voseo | voseo | vos | te | te | vos |
| second person | singular | formal$^3$ | formal$^3$ | usted | le, se$^4$ | lo/la$^5$ | usted |
| second person | plural | familiar$^6$ | masculine$^2$ | vosotros | os | os | vosotros |
| second person | plural | familiar$^6$ | feminine | vosotras | os | os | vosotras |
| second person | plural | formal/general$^3$ | formal/general$^3$ | ustedes | les, se$^4$ | los/las$^5$ | ustedes |
| third person | singular | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | él | le, se$^4$ | lo | él |
| third person | singular | feminine | feminine | ella | le, se$^4$ | la | ella |
| third person | singular | neuter | neuter | ello$^7$ | le, se$^4$ | lo | ello |
| third person | plural | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | ellos | les, se$^4$ | los | ellos |
| third person | plural | feminine | feminine | ellas | les, se$^4$ | las | ellas |
| third person | reflexive | reflexive | reflexive | — | se | se | sí$^1$ |
* Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
* Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
* Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
* If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
* Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
* Used primarily in Spain
* Used only in rare circumstances

### Further reading

* “tú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ. Cognate with Navajo tó

### Noun

tú
* water

## Western Apache
### Alternative forms

* tóo

### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

### Noun

tú
* water

## ǁAni
### Etymology

From Proto-Khoe *tú (“rain; to rain”).

### Noun

tú
* rain

#### References

* https://starling.rinet.ru/