# atu
## Afar
### Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔanti, from Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognates include Hebrew אַתָּה, Oromo ati, Saho atu, Sidamo ati and Somali áad.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈtu/ [ʔʌˈtʊ]
* Hyphenation: a‧tu

### Pronoun

atú
* thou, you (singular)

#### See also
### References

* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Albanian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

atu
* trump

## Betawi
### Alternative forms

* hatu

### Etymology

From Classical Malay satu.

### Numeral

atu
* one

### Anagrams

* tua

## Brunei Malay
### Pronoun

atu
* that, those

## East Central German
### Etymology

From Middle High German mir tout ande nach, from Middle High German ande, ant (“a slight, an affront”). Compare German antun, Old Dutch andon.

### Verb

atu
* (Erzgebirgisch) to have Sehnsucht
* (Erzgebirgisch, transitive) to do something to somebody

#### Related terms

* Andig
* Anntun

### References

* Wörterbuch der obersächsischen und erzgebirgischen Mundarten, P. 4

### Further reading

* 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 18:

## Hopi
### Noun

atu (plural atùut)
* head louse

### References

* Hopi Dictionary Project, The (1998) Hopi Dictionary: Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni: A Hopi Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect with an English-Hopi Finder List and a Sketch of Hopi Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 39

## Igala
### Etymology

Cognate with Yoruba ẹtu

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /á.tū/

### Noun

átu
* duiker; (in particular) Maxwell's duiker

## Ilongot
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu.

### Noun

átu
* dog (animal)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Itawit
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu.

### Noun

átu
* dog (animal)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Kamkata-viri
### Alternative forms

* atë (Kamviri)

### Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *ãtari, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hantár, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈtu/

### Adverb

atu (Western Kata-viri)
* in

### References

* ↑ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “â′tu”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

## Rapa Nui
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.tu/
* Hyphenation: a‧tu

### Verb

atu
* (transitive) to squeeze

### References

* Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 206

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French atout.

### Noun

atu n (plural atuuri)
* (card games) trump
* asset

#### Declension
## Sardinian
### Alternative forms

* autu

### Etymology

From Latin actus. Compare Italian atto.

### Noun

atu m (plural atos)
* act

### Further reading

* “atu” in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda (2016). Searchable in multiple languages at ditzionariu.sardegnacultura.it

## Tausug
### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /ʔatu/ [ʔɑˈt̪u]
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: a‧tu

### Noun

atu (Sulat Sūg spelling اَتُ)
* enemy; opponent

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.tu]

### Verb

atu
* (transitive) to attach

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tetum
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

atu
* will

### Further reading

* Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

## Thao
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *asu.

### Noun

atu
* dog (animal)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.tu]
* Hyphenation: a‧tu

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qatu. Cognates include Tongan ʻotu and Samoan atu.

#### Noun

atu
* row
* set

#### Verb

atu
* (transitive) to align in a row

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qatu. Cognates include Hawaiian aku and Tongan ʻatu.

#### Noun

atu
* skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *atu. Cognates include Hawaiian aku and Samoan atu.

#### Particle

atu
* Used to denote a motion of the action of the preceding verb from the speaker to the hearer; away

##### Antonyms

* mai

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 21

## Yogad
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu.

### Noun

atú
* dog

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI