# tou
## Translingual
### Symbol

tou
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tho.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Tho terms

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch touw, from Middle Dutch touwe, from Old Dutch *tou, from Proto-Germanic *tawwą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tœu̯/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

tou (plural toue, diminutive toutjie)
* (countable) A rope.
* (uncountable) Rope.

## 'Are'are
### Noun

tou
* heart

### References

* Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin tōtus. Compare Catalan tot, French tout, Italian tutto, Portuguese todo, Romanian tot.

### Determiner

tou m (feminine toa, neuter too, masculine plural toos, feminine plural toes)
* all

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tōfus (“tuff”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Central, Balearic) IPA: /ˈtow/
* (Valencia) IPA: /ˈtɔw/

#### Adjective

tou (feminine tova, masculine plural tous, feminine plural toves)
* soft
    Antonym: dur

##### Derived terms

* estovar
* tovor

#### Noun

tou m (plural tous)
* soft or fleshy part (of anything; e.g. the tip of one's finger, the calf of one's leg)
* bead (of fat)
* tender cut (of meat)
* pile, heap (of something soft, e.g. straw)
* grove (of trees)
* bug, moth

#### Noun

tou f (plural tous)
* turd, piece of shit
* clay brick

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Catalan tou, from Latin tuum, from Proto-Italic *towos.

#### Alternative forms

* teu (non-Algherese dialects)

#### Pronunciation

* (Alghero) IPA: /ˈtow/
* Rhymes: -ow

#### Pronoun

tou (feminine tua, masculine plural tous, feminine plural tues)
* (Alghero) your, yours (singular)

#### See also

* ton

### Further reading

* “tou” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “tou”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “tou” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “tou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtou̯]

### Pronoun

tou
* instrumental feminine singular of ten

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French trop (“too”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu/

### Adverb

tou
* too, also

## Hawaiian
### Determiner

tou
* Niʻihau form of kou (“your”)
    O wai tou inoa?What is your name?

## Hlai
### Etymology

From Proto-Hlai *tʰu: (“seven”), from Pre-Hlai *tu: (Norquest, 2015).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA: /tʰou˥˧/

### Numeral

tou
* seven

## Japanese
### Romanization

tou
* Rōmaji transcription of とう

## Leonese
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

tou (feminine singular toda, masculine plural toos, feminine plural todas)
* all

#### Usage notes

When followed by an article, tou is combined with the next word to give the following combined forms:
| inflected form of tou + article | Combined form |
| tou + el | tol |
| toda + la | tola |
| tou + lu | tolu |
| toos + los | tolos |
| todas + las | tolas |

### References

* AEDLL

## Lote
### Noun

tou
* sugar cane

### References

* Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

## Mandarin
### Romanization

tou (tou$^5$ / tou$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄊㄡ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 夳
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頬
tou
* Nonstandard spelling of tōu.
* Nonstandard spelling of tóu.
* Nonstandard spelling of tǒu.
* Nonstandard spelling of tòu.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Middle English
### Pronoun

tou
* Alternative form of þou (“thou”)

## Nias
### Adverb

tou
* above
    Antonym: yaŵa

### References

* Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 220.

## North Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian twā.

### Pronunciation

* (Mooring) IPA: [tʰɔʊ̯]

### Numeral

tou
* feminine/neuter of twäär (“two”)

## Old Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin tuum.

### Adjective

tou (feminine tua, masculine plural tous, feminine plural tues)
* your, yours (singular)

#### Synonyms

* ton

#### Descendants

* Catalan: teu, tou

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Shortening of estou, first-person singular present indicative of estar.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ow

### Verb

tou
* Eye dialect spelling of estou.

## Samoan
### Pronoun

tou
* second person plural; you (three or more)

#### See also
## Sardinian
### Alternative forms

* tuu
* tuo

### Etymology

From Latin tuus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtou/

### Pronoun

tou (plural tuos, feminine tua, feminine plural tuas)
* your, yours

#### Related terms

* meu
* suu/sou/suo
* nostru
* bostru/vostru
* issoro

## Saterland Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian to, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *tō. Cognates include West Frisian ta and German zu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toːu̯/
* Hyphenation: tou
* Rhymes: -oːu̯

### Preposition

tou (neuter or distal adverb deertou, proximal adverb hiertou, interrogative adverb wiertou)
* to
* to, towards
* for, on the occasion of
    Iek skoankte him Wien tou sin Bäidedai. ― I gave him wine as a present for his birthday.

#### Derived terms

* bit tou

### Adjective

tou (masculine touen, feminine, plural or definite toue, comparative touer, superlative toust)
* closed, locked

### References

* Marron C. Fort (2015) “tou”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian tou, towe, tau, tauwe, from Proto-Germanic *tawwą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɔu̯/

### Noun

tou n (plural touwen, diminutive touke)
* rope

#### Further reading

* “tou”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011