# tu
## English
### Particle

tu
* Pronunciation spelling of to, representing African-American Vernacular English.

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtu/ [ˈtʊ]

### Noun

tú f
* thing

#### Declension

absolutive
tú
predicative
tú
subjective
tú
genitive
tú
Postpositioned forms
l-case
túl
k-case
túk
t-case
tút
h-case
túh :

#### Synonyms

* ím

### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “tu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Ainu
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu/

### Numeral

tu (Kana spelling トゥ)
* two

## Albanian
### Etymology

Unknown.

### Noun

tu
* may

## Aromanian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronoun

tu
* you (singular)

##### Related terms

* tini/tine
* ti

##### See also

* io/iou, mini
* el/elu, nãs
* noi
* voi
* nãsh, elj

### Etymology 2

Compare tru.

#### Preposition

tu
* in
* into

##### Synonyms

* tru, ãn

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin tū.

### Pronoun

tu
* you (singular)

## Atong (India)
### Etymology

From English two.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu/

### Numeral

tu (Bengali script তু)
* two

#### Synonyms

* ni
* rongni
* do

### References

* van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

## Baltic Romani
### Pronoun

tu (second person singular, nominative case)
* (Litovska) you

#### Declension

* ↑ The ablative is in decline in Lithuanian Romani

## Bambara
### Noun

tu
* forest; thicket

### Verb

tu
* to spit (out)

## Batuley
### Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian tua.

### Adjective

tu
* old

### References

* Daigle (2015). Cited in: "Batuley" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Bislama
### Etymology 1

From English two.

#### Numeral

tu
* two

### Etymology 2

From English too.

#### Adverb

tu
* too

## Borôro
### Verb

tu
* to go

## Breton
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tʉβ, from Proto-Celtic *toibos, whence also Old Irish tóeb and Irish taobh. Cognate with Welsh tu, Cornish tu.

### Noun

tu m
* side

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Old Catalan tu, from Latin tū.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtu]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -u

### Pronoun

tu
* you (singular); thou
* one (singular, impersonal)

#### Declension

$^1$ Behaves grammatically as plural.   $^2$ Behaves grammatically as third person. $^3$ Only as object of a preposition.   $^4$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

### See also

* vostè, vós (plural or polite)
* vosaltres (plural)

### References

* “tu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Chilcotin
### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

### Noun

tu
* water

### References

* Eung-Do Cook (2013) A Tsilhqút'ín Grammar

## Chipewyan
### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ; cognate with Hän chuu, Ahtna tuu, Deg Xinag te, Navajo tó, Gwich'in chųų, etc.

### Noun

tu
* water

### References

* Eung-Do Cook (2004) A grammar of Dëne Sųłiné (Chipewyan), page 350

## Coatecas Altas Zapotec
### Numeral

tu
* one

### References

* SIL Zapotec Basic Vocabulary, page 52

## Cornish
### Adjective

tu
* Hard mutation of du.
* Mixed mutation of du.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtu]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech tu, from Proto-Slavic *tu.

#### Adverb

tu
* (informal or dialectal) here
    Synonyms: zde, tady

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronoun

tu
* feminine accusative singular of ten

### Further reading

* “tu”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “tu”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “tu”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Drung
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-tawŋ.

### Numeral

tu
* thousand

### References

* Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎, Santa Barbara: University of California

## Ewe
### Noun

tu (plural tuwo)
* gun

### Verb

tu
* to build
* to close
* to crush
* to grind
* to meet
* to untie

## Fala
### Determiner

tu f sg
* (Lagarteiru) Apocopic form of túa (“your”)

#### Usage notes

* Used in Lagarteiru before a feminine singular noun as part of a noun phrase.

#### See also

$^1$ Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.

### References

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

## Fanagalo
### Etymology

Borrowed from English two.

### Numeral

tu
* two

## Fijian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu/

### Verb

tu
* to stand
* to be (only in situations regarding posture or position)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ty/
* Audio (France):(file)
* (Quebec) IPA: [t͡sy], [t͡sʏ]
* (Louisiana) IPA: [ti], [t͡ʃy]
* Homophones: tue, tues, tuent, tus, tut, tût
* Rhymes: -y

### Etymology 1

From Old French tu, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Cognates with the exact same usage are the Italian tu, as well as du in German or ты in Russian.

#### Pronoun

tu (second person informal singular, plural vous, object te, emphatic toi, possessive determiner ton)
* you (singular); thou

##### Usage notes

* When more pronouns are included in the same sentence, it is considered somewhat impolite to say the pronoun moi first, etiquette says it must be the last one, and toi must be said after a third person:
** Rose, toi et moi irons là-bas., “Rose, you and I will go there.”
* "Tu" is used to address one person in an informal situation. Older people tend to exclusively use it with familiar people, and do not use it with unfamiliar adults unless invited to; but younger people use this pronoun much more, using it together in any informal situation, even if they don't know each other. Using "vous" in this context will be seen as old-fashioned and distant.
* "Tu" is not typically used in formal settings such as business meetings and never in court, regardless of the relationship between the speaker and the listener.
* Using "vous" when "tu" would be more appropriate will come across as rigid and awkward; however, using "tu" when "vous" would be more appropriate could come over as deliberate disrespect. For this reason, as a rule of thumb, it is advised to use "vous" if in doubt, as it is "all-encompassing".
* Children are always addressed using "tu" – vous would come over as comical. In elementary, middle, and high schools, teachers address students using "tu", but students address teachers using vous*. In higher education usage of vous becomes more common in both directions.
* In formal written communication to any adult, use vous. Not doing so may come over as unprofessional at best, deliberately disrespectful at worst.
* However, depending on the region or type of school, other norms may be more used in place. For example, in Quebec (not the rest of Canada), it is more common for students to use "tu" with their teachers.

##### Inflection

* Nominative: tu
* Emphatic: toi
* Oblique: te
* t’ (proclitic form, colloquial)

##### Derived terms

* tutoyer

##### Related terms

* vous (plural form and polite singular form)
$^1$ On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms). $^2$ Vous is also used as the polite singular form. $^3$ Ils and eux are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members. $^4$ These forms are also used as third person plural reflexive.

#### References

* ↑ Brad (2015 May 16) “The use of “VOUS” versus “TU” — in CANADA – Post 2 of 2 (#269)”, in Quebec Culture Blog, retrieved 2023-06-25: “This student / teacher trend of “tutoiement” does not really apply in Canadian provinces outside of Québec.”

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

tu (feminine tue, masculine plural tus, feminine plural tues)
* past participle of taire

### Etymology 3

From t-il.

#### Particle

tu
* (Quebec, informal) question marker
    C’est-tu possible ? ― Is it possible?

### Further reading

* “tu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* ut

## Friulian
### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

tu
* you

#### See also
## Gaulish
### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

tū (plural suīs)
* you (singular); thou

#### Inflection

* Nominative: tū
* Accusative: ti/te
* Dative: toi

### References

* Václav Blažek (2008) “Gaulish Language”, in Sborník prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity / Studia minora facultatis philosophicae universitatis brunensis‎, page 59

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuː/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uː

### Verb

tu
* singular imperative of tun

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuʔ/
* Rhymes: -tu

### Determiner

tu
* this (what is being indicated)

### Pronoun

tu
* this

#### See also

* hari tu

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English thou, French tu, German du, Italian tu, Spanish tú, Russian ты (ty), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ with +‎ -u.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu/

### Pronoun

tu (second person singular)
* (informal, familiar) you (singular), thou
    Synonym: (formal) vu

#### Derived terms

* tua
* tuo

### See also

* The possessive plurals are seldom used.
* The shortened forms are preferred.
* The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

## Interlingua
### Etymology

From Latin and common Romance tu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu/

### Pronoun

tu (second person singular)
* you (singular); thou

#### Inflection

| subject | tu |
| object | te |
| reflexive | te |
| possessive | tu, tue |

### Determiner

tu
* (possessive) your

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtu/$^*$
** Audio:(file)
* (most parts of Latium) IPA: /ˈtu/$^°$
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: tù

### Pronoun

tu (second person singular)
* you (singular); thou

#### Usage notes

* Italian being a pro-drop language, subject pronouns are mostly omitted, both in the written and spoken language, as the inflected verb is conjugated by person. An example would be: Mangi una mela, which is much more common than Tu mangi una mela, where the subject can be inferred from the inflected form mangi ; similarly È carina instead of Lei è carina. The explicit usage of personal pronouns may sound redundant to a native speaker, except when it is used in order to emphasize the subject. (Tu mangi una mela could be interpreted as You are eating an apple and I am not)..
* The second-person pronoun in particular can sound confidential and, in some cases, even impolite.

#### See also

| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Combined | Disjunctive | Locative | Partitive |
| Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | mi, m', -mi | mi, m', -mi | me | me | — | — |
| Singular | second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | ti, t', -ti | ti, t', -ti | te | te | — | — |
| Singular | third | m | lui | si$^2$, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | glie, se$^2$ | lui, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| Singular | third | f | lei, Lei$^1$ | si$^2$, s', -si | la, La$^1$, l', L'$^1$, -la, -La$^1$ | le$^3$, Le$^1$, -le$^3$, -Le$^1$ | glie, se$^2$ | lei, Lei$^1$, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | ci, c', -ci | ci, c', -ci | ce | noi | — | — |
| Plural | second | — | voi, Voi$^4$ | vi, Vi$^4$, v', V'$^4$, -vi, -Vi$^4$ | vi, Vi$^4$, v', V'$^4$, -vi, -Vi$^4$ | vi, Vi$^4$, v', V'$^4$, -vi, -Vi$^4$ | ve | voi, Voi$^4$ | — | — |
| Plural | third | m | loro, Loro$^1$ | si, s', -si | li, Li$^1$, -li, -Li$^1$ | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro$^1$ | glie, se | loro, Loro$^1$, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| Plural | third | f | loro, Loro$^1$ | si, s', -si | le, Le$^1$, -le, -Le$^1$ | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro$^1$ | glie, se | loro, Loro$^1$, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| $^1$ | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. |
| $^2$ | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. |
| $^3$ | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. |
| $^4$ | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). |

#### Further reading

* tu in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology

Derived from English to.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /tu/

### Preposition

tu
* to
** 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3 Jan 1:1:Da leta ya a kom fram mi, di elda — tu mi speshal fren, Gaiyos. Mi fren, mi riili riili lov yu.This letter comes from the elder to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth.

### Further reading

* tu at majstro.com

## Japanese
### Romanization

tu
* The katakana syllable トゥ (tu) in Hepburn-like romanization.

## Kalasha
### Pronoun

tu
* you (2nd-person personal pronoun)

#### See also
## Kalo Finnish Romani
### Pronoun

tu
* you (singular)

### References

* “tu” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tu.

### Pronunciation

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

### Adverb

tu (not comparable)
* here (at this place)
    Synonym: tuwò
    Coordinate term: tam

### Further reading

* Stefan Ramułt (1893) “tu”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 216
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “tu”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “tu”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Khumi Chin
### Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin [Term?], from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tu. Cognates include Burmese တူ (tu) and Chinese 錘 / 锤 (chuí).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu˩/

### Noun

tu
* hammer

### References

* K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎, Payap University, page 48

## Ladino
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu/

### Pronoun

tu
* (informal) you (singular)

#### See also

* vozotros (masculine plural)
* vozotras (feminine plural)
* vos (formal singular)

### Adjective

tu
* your

## Latgalian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tū, Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognates include Latvian tu and Lithuanian tu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtu]
* Hyphenation: tu

### Pronoun

tu
* thou, you (singular)
* (in reported speech) he, she (that is addressed)

#### See also
### References

* A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 10
* Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 35

## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ or *tū.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈtuː/, [ˈt̪uː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈtu/, [ˈt̪uː]

### Pronoun

tū (second person singular, possessive adjective tuus)
* you (singular); thou
    Mē tuī pudet.I am ashamed of you.

#### Usage notes

When used in the plural genitive, vestrī is used when it is the object of an action, especially when used with a gerund or gerundive. When used in such a construction, the gerund or gerundive takes on the masculine genitive singular. Vestrum is used as a partitive genitive, used in constructions such as (one of you).

#### Declension

* Plautus sometimes has genitive singular tis.
* Tēd is an early form of tē.

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:tu.

#### Derived terms

* quid tibi est
* tecum
* temet
* tepte
* tete
* tute
* tutemet
* tutimet

#### Descendants

* Aromanian: tu
* Corsican: tù
* Dalmatian: te
* Franco-Provençal: te
* Friulian: tu
* Istro-Romanian: tú
* Italian: tu
* Ladin: tu
* Megleno-Romanian: tu
* Mozarabic: ت (tu)
* Old Navarro-Aragonese: tu
** Aragonese: tu
* Neapolitan: tu
* Old French: tu
** Gallo: tu
** Middle French:
*** French: tu
** Norman: tu, tu (Guernésiais)
** Picard: tu
** Walloon: tu
* Old Leonese:
** Asturian: tu
** Leonese: tu
** Mirandese: tu
* Old Occitan: tu
** Occitan: tu
** Old Catalan: tu
*** Catalan: tu
* Old Galician-Portuguese: tu
** Fala: tu
** Galician: tu, ti
** Portuguese: tu
* Old Spanish: tu
** Extremaduran: tú
** Ladino: tu
** Spanish: tú
*** Chavacano: tu
* Romanian: tu
* Romansch: tu, tü
* Sardinian: tue
* Sicilian: tu
* Venetan: ti

### References

* "tu", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* "tu", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Latvian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tū, Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
The Latvian tevis comes from *tevens, with an -en-increased form showing an additional s by analogy with other genitive plurals. The dative form was originally closer to Old Prussian tebbei; the current form tev has a v due to influence from other declension forms, and the ending was reduced. The accusative tevi comes from *teven, with n by analogy to the accusative form of other words. The locative tevī was formed by analogy with i-stem nouns.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tu]
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### Pronoun

tu (personal, 2nd person singular)
* (informal in the singular) you; (dated) thou; second person pronoun, referring to the addressee
    vai tu nāksi man līdzi? ― are you coming with me?
    pieder tautai, tad tauta piederēs tev! ― belong to the people, and then the people will belong to you!
    būt uz tu ar kādu ― to be on intimate terms (lit. to be on thou) with someone
* (in the expression “ak tu...”) used to strengthen the meaning of a word or expression
    "ak tu to skaļo gaiļa rīkli!" māte priecājas ― "oh you loud rooster throat!" mother said happily
    ak tu mūžs! cūka izlauzusies no aizgalda! ― ah (you) life! the pig escaped from the pen!

#### Usage notes

The dative form tevim is used only optionally, with prepositions.

#### Related terms

* tavējs

#### See also

* vietniekvārds

### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “tu”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tuˀ (“you”), from Proto-Indo-European *tuH. The oblique stem tav- has been generalized from the Proto-Indo-European genitive *téwe. For a discussion of the case endings, see àš (“I”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʊ/

### Pronoun

tù
* you (singular)

#### Derived terms

* tavaip
* tavas
* tavasis
* taviškas
* taviškis
* tavo
* tavoji

### See also
## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu/

### Determiner

tu
* accusative feminine singular of ten

## Lower Tanana
### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

### Noun

tu
* water

### References

* James Kari (1991) Lower Tanana Athabaskan Listening and Writing Exercises

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* itu, تو, ايت

### Etymology

Shortened form of itu, from Proto-Malayic *(i)tu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)tu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)Cu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu/
* Rhymes: -tu, -u
* Rhymes: -u

### Determiner

tu
* (colloquial) that (what is being indicated)

### Pronoun

tu
* (colloquial) that (that thing)

## Mandarin
### Romanization

tu
* Nonstandard spelling of tū.
* Nonstandard spelling of tú.
* Nonstandard spelling of tǔ.
* Nonstandard spelling of tù.

#### 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.

## Mezquital Otomi
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Otomi *dų, from Proto-Otomian [Term?], from Proto-Oto-Pamean *tõ, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *ti(n).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tù/

#### Verb

tu (intransitive)
* die

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tǔ/

#### Verb

tu
* contain
* exist

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tǔ/

#### Verb

tu
* owe

## Middle English
### Pronoun

tu
* Alternative form of þou (“thou”)

## Mirandese
### Pronoun

tu
* you (the second-person singular pronoun)

## Neapolitan
### Etymology

From Latin tū.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtu/

### Pronoun

tu
* you (second-person singular nominative pronoun)

### References

* AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1653: “voglio che tu finisca” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology 1

From English too.

#### Adverb

tu
* too
* very

### Etymology 2

From English two.

#### Numeral

tu
* two

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* tö (Sylt)

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tō.

### Preposition

tu
* (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring) to
** 1867, Kleine Mittheilungen. Zur Sammlung der Sagen, Märchen und Lieder, der Sitten und Gebräuche der Herzogthümer Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg. Nachträge, herausgegeben von Dr. Handelmann in Jahrbücher für die Landeskunde der Herzogthümer Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg herausgegeben von der S. H. L. Gesellschaft für vaterländische Geschichte. Band IX., p. 126 (Von der Insel Amrum. Mitgetheilt von Chr. Johansen)
    Gung am tu Sam Am an Tram;(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *tuHám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʊ]

### Pronoun

| Central Kurdish | تۆ (to) |
| Southern Kurdish | ت (ti) |
tu (second person singular)
* you (singular); thou

#### Related terms

* te

#### See also

* hûn

#### See also
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* oto, otor, tur, to, tor

### Preposition

tu
* (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect, Eastern Norway) Nonstandard form of ut or (“out from, out of”).

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan tu, from Latin tū.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ty/
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

tu
* you (singular)

## Old Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈtu/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈtu/

### Adverb

tu
* here, there
    Synonyms: tuto, tuž, tuže, sde

#### Coordinate terms

| Type | kto | jen | jiný | onen | sen | ten | veš |
| Time | k(eh)dy | jedy | jindy | on(eh)dy | — | t(eh)dy | v(e)šdy |
| Place (through) | kudy | — | jinudy | onudy | sudy | tudy | všudy |
| Place (to) | kam(o) | jam(o) | jinam(o) | onam(o) | sěm(o) | tam(o) | všam(o) |
| Place (in) | kde | — | jinde | onde | sde | tu | všude |
| Way | kak(o) | jak(o) | jinak(o) | onak(o) | sic(e) | tak(o) | však(o) |
| Amount | kolik(o) | jelik(o) | — | — | — | tolik(o) | — |

#### Descendants

* Czech: tu

### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “tu”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twō, neuter of *twai.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuː/

### Numeral

tū
* neuter nominative/accusative of tweġen

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtu/

### Pronoun

tu
* thou, you (singular second person pronoun)
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 149 (facsimile):
    eu te rogo / ſeñor que me tu leues Deſta carcer eſcura / E que ueia no Ceo a ta face velida.Lady, I beg you, please take me out of this dark prison and let me see your beautiful face in Heaven.

#### Descendants

* Fala: tu
* Galician: tu, ti
* Portuguese: tu

## Old Irish
### Pronoun

tu
* Alternative spelling of tú

### Mutation

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

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tu. First attested in the 14th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /tu/
* IPA: (15th CE) /tu/

### Pronoun

tu
* here (at this place)
    Synonym: tuta
* here, hither (to this place)
* then (at that time)
* here (in this situation)

#### Descendants

* Polish: tu

### References

* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “tu”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Old Swedish
### Pronoun

tu
* Alternative form of þū

## Phalura
### Etymology

From Sanskrit तुवम् (tuvam, “thou”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu/

### Pronoun

tu (personal, Perso-Arabic spelling توۡ)
* you (2sg nom subject or direct object)

### References

* Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “tu”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish tu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtu/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈtu/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Audio 3:(file)
* Audio 4:(file)
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: tu

### Adverb

tu
* here (at this place)
    Synonym: tutaj
    Coordinate term: tam
* here; hither (to this place)
    Synonym: tutaj
    Coordinate term: tam
* here; now (at this time)
    Synonym: tutaj

### Particle

tu
* (colloquial, telephony) used by the speaker to introduce themselves on the telephone; speaking
    Synonyms: tutaj, z tej strony
    Tu Janek! ― Janek speaking!
* used by the speaker to indicate they are thinking
* (colloquial) expressive particle, usually of anger
* (colloquial) particle of uncertainty of success on the speaker's part

### Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), tu is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 1-2 times in scientific texts, 42 times in news, 113 times in essays, 169 times in fiction, and 353 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 779 times, making it the 57th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

### References

* ↑ Ida Kurcz (1990) “tu”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 614

### Further reading

* tu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* tu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* “TU”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 30.03.2020
* “TU”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 06.09.2008
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “tu”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “tu”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “tu”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 162

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtu/
* (São Miguel, Azores) IPA: /ˈty/
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: tu

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronoun

tu
* (informal in Portugal, literary, archaic or regional in Brazil) you; thou (singular second person pronoun)
    Synonyms: (Brazil, formal) o senhor, (formal in Portugal, neutral in Brazil) você, (formal, archaic) vossa mercê, (formal, archaic) vosmecê, (formal, obsolete) vossemecê
* (Brazil, colloquial, proscribed) second-person singular prepositional pronoun
    Ela gosta de tu. ― She's into you.

##### Usage notes

* Tu has fallen out of use in some regions of Brazil, including most of the Southeast and the Centre-West, where "você" has taken its place. It is still very commonly used in various regions of the country though, such as most of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, parts of Paraná, Rio de Janeiro city and most of the Northeast and North regions. It should be noted that in Rio de Janeiro the pronoun is frequently employed interchangeably with você. Despite the media's preference for "você", the usage of "tu" seems to have been gaining ground throughout the last few decades in Rio (see , a linguistic research on the topic in Portuguese), being most frequent among younger speakers.
* According to grammars, tu should always take second person singular verbs, as is the case in Portugal and some parts of Brazil. However, in most Brazilian dialects which employ tu, it now takes third person singular verbs, like você.

#### See also
### Etymology 2
#### Interjection

tu
* (onomatopoeia) the sound produced by a telephone after one of the callers hangs up

## Romani
### Etymology

From Sanskrit त्वम् (tvam), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

### Pronoun

tu
* you (singular)

#### See also
## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu/
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

tu
* you (singular), thou
    Synonyms: (semi-polite form) dumneata, (polite form) dumneavoastră

#### See also
## Sassarese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu/

### Pronoun

tu
* you (singular)
    Synonym: (formal, now rare) vosthè

#### Related terms

* ti
* to'
* tóiu

### See also

* edda
* eddi
* eddu
* noi
* voi
* éiu

### References

* Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

## Savi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit त्वम् (tvam).

### Pronoun

tu
* you; second-person singular and plural personal pronoun

### References

* Knobloch, Nina (2020) A grammar sketch of Sauji: An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan‎, Stockholm: Stockholm University

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̪̊u/, (accented) /d̪̊uː/, (rarely) /t̪ʰu/, /t̪ʰuː/

### Pronoun

tu (emphatic tusa)
* Form of thu (“thou, you”) used after verb forms ending in -n, -s or -dh.

#### See also

$^1$ Used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh. $^2$ sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns. To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used.

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
* ↑ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tu.

### Adverb

tȗ (Cyrillic spelling ту̑)
* here (in this place)
    Tu nikad nismo bili. ― We have never been here.
* (proximal) here, over here (in the indicated place nearby)
    Eno ih tu! ― Here they are!
* over here (to, towards this place)
    Dođi tu! ― Come over here!

#### Synonyms

* (Croatia) tuj

#### See also

* (here, over here): óvdje
* (there, over there): tȁmo, ondje

## Sicilian
### Alternative forms

* tuni

### Etymology

From Latin tū.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu/

### Pronoun

tu (second person singular)
* you (informal); thou

#### Inflection

| nominative | tu |
| prepositional | tia |
| object, reflexive | ti |

## Silesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish tu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtu/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: tu

### Adverb

tu
* here (at this place)
    Synonyms: sam, tukej, samtukej
    Coordinate terms: (regional) hań, (Cieszyń) hanej, (Cieszyń) han, tam

### Further reading

* tu in silling.org

## Sinte Romani
### Pronoun

tu
* you (singular)

### References

* “tu” in Sinte Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tú/

### Adverb

tȕ
* here, in this place

#### Synonyms

* tȗkaj

### Further reading

* “tu”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “tu”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## South Slavey
### Alternative forms

* (Jean Marie River) ti

### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ. Cognates include Navajo tó and Chipewyan tuu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʰù(ʔ)]
* Hyphenation: tu

### Noun

tu (stem -tu-)
* water

#### Inflection

$^{1)}$ Used when the subject is a group of human beings and the object is singular. $^{2)}$ Used when the previous condition does not apply.

#### Derived terms

* jíyetú
* kǫ́túé

### References

* Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 90

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin tuus, from Proto-Indo-European *towos.

### Pronunciation

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

### Determiner

tu sg (second person singular possessive of singular, of plural tus)
* (before the noun) Apocopic form of tuyo, your
    Synonym: (parts of Central and South America) su

#### Usage notes

* The forms tu and tus are only used before and within the noun phrase of the modified noun. In other positions, a form of tuyo is used instead:
    Son tus libros. ― They are your books.
    Son los libros tuyos. ― They are your books. (literally, “They are the books of yours.”)
Besides being a pronoun, because tu occurs in a noun phrase and expresses reference, it also grammatically classifies as a determiner (specifically a possessive/genitive determiner).

#### Related terms
### See also

* tú
* vos

### Further reading

* “tu”, 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

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology 1

From English two.

#### Number

tu
* two

### Etymology 2

From English too.

#### Adverb

tu
* too, also, as well
    Synonym: owktu

## Sudovian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Lithuanian tù, Latvian tu, Old Prussian tu, tou.

### Pronoun

tu
* (second-person singular) you, thou
** “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 2, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):ty — tuty — you

### References

* ↑ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 80: “tu ‘tu, l. ty’ 2.”
* ↑ “tù” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. prn. tu du”.

## Swahili
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Maybe Proto-Bantu, see BLR3 4837?”)

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Adverb

tu
* only

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse tvau, neuter nominative/accusative of tveir.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ʉː

### Numeral

tu
* (archaic, in the neuter) two
    Synonym: två

#### Usage notes

* tu was the old neuter of två. Thus, one would say "ett hus" (one house), "tu hus" (two houses). The equivalent for the number three was try or tri, which is likewise archaic.

#### Related terms

* ett, tu, tre
* itu
* på tu man hand
* tudela

### Further reading

* tu in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* ut

## Tanacross
### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

### Noun

tu
* water

### References

* Jeff Leer, Proto-Athabaskan verb stem variation (1979), page 83

## Tày
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *tuːᴬ. Cognate with Thai ตู (dtuu), Northern Thai ᨲᩪ, Lao ຕູ (tū), Lü ᦎᦴ (ṫuu), Tai Dam ꪔꪴ, Shan တူ (tǔu), Tai Nüa ᥖᥧ (tu), Ahom 𑜄𑜥 (tū), Zhuang dou.

### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [tu˧˧]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [tu˦˥]

### Noun

tu (閗, 須)
* door

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
* Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

## Tejalapan Zapotec
### Numeral

tu
* one

### References

* SIL Zapotec Basic Vocabulary, page 53

## Timbe
### Noun

tu
* water

### References

* Michael Foster, Timbe grammar sketch - cohesion in Timbe texts (1981, online 2009), page 10

## Tocharian A
### Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate with Tocharian B tuwe.

### Pronoun

tu
* you, thou

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology 1

From English two.

#### Numeral

tu
* two

##### Usage notes

Used when counting; see also tupela.

##### Coordinate terms

| | —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 |
| 0— | — | wan | tu | tri | foa | faiv | sikis | seven | et | nain |
| 1— | ten | eleven | twelv | tetin | fotin | fiftin | sikistin | seventin | etin | naintin |
| 2— | twenti | tupela ten wan | tupela ten tu | tupela ten tri | tupela ten foa | tupela ten faiv | tupela ten sikis | tupela ten seven | tupela ten et | tupela ten nain |
| 3— | teti | tripela ten wan | tripela ten tu | tripela ten tri | tripela ten foa | tripela ten faiv | tripela ten sikis | tripela ten seven | tripela ten et | tripela ten nain |
| 4— | foti | fopela ten wan | fopela ten tu | fopela ten tri | fopela ten foa | fopela ten faiv | fopela ten sikis | fopela ten seven | fopela ten et | fopela ten nain |
| 5— | fifti | faivpela ten wan | faivpela ten tu | faivpela ten tri | faivpela ten foa | faivpela ten faiv | faivpela ten sikis | faivpela ten seven | faivpela ten et | faivpela ten nain |
| 6— | sikisti | sikispela ten wan | sikispela ten tu | sikispela ten tri | sikispela ten foa | sikispela ten faiv | sikispela ten sikis | sikispela ten seven | sikispela ten et | sikispela ten nain |
| 7— | seventi | sevenpela ten wan | sevenpela ten tu | sevenpela ten tri | sevenpela ten foa | sevenpela ten faiv | sevenpela ten sikis | sevenpela ten seven | sevenpela ten et | sevenpela ten nain |
| 8— | eti | etpela ten wan | etpela ten tu | etpela ten tri | etpela ten foa | etpela ten faiv | etpela ten sikis | etpela ten seven | etpela ten et | etpela ten nain |
| 9— | nainti | nainpela ten wan | nainpela ten tu | nainpela ten tri | nainpela ten foa | nainpela ten faiv | nainpela ten sikis | nainpela ten seven | nainpela ten et | nainpela ten nain |

### Etymology 2

From English too.

#### Adverb

tu
* too; also; as well
** 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:15:God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.→New International Version translation
** 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics‎, →ISBN, page 433:Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Tsuut'ina
### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ. Cognate with Navajo tó, Dogrib ti, Gwich'in chųų

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰu/

### Noun

tú
* water

### References

* Gūnáhà. Tsuut'ina Gunaha Institute. https://gunaha.altlab.app/

## Upper Kuskokwim
### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

### Noun

tu
* water

### References

* Raymond L. Collins, Betty Petruska, Dinak'i (our Words): Upper Kuskokwim Athabaskan Junior Dictionary (1979)

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [tu˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [tʊw˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [tʊw˧˧]
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 修.

#### Verb

tu
* (intransitive) to isolate oneself from other people to follow rules in a philosophy or religion

##### Derived terms

* đi tu (“to become a monk or nun”)
* nhà tu (“a convent; a friar, a monk”)
* tu nghiệp (修業, “to receive professional training”)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tu
* (transitive) to drink directly from a bottle by holding bottle mouth in one's mouth

## Volapük
### Etymology

Borrowed from English too.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu/

### Adverb

tu
* (degree) too, excessively.

#### Derived terms

* tumödo

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tʉβ, from Proto-Celtic *toibos, whence also Old Irish tóeb and Irish taobh. Cognate with Breton tu, Cornish tu.

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /tɨː/
* (South Wales) IPA: /tiː/
* Homophone: tŷ; (South Wales) ti

### Noun

tu m (uncountable)
* side

#### Derived terms

* tu allan
* tu draw
* tu hwnt
* tu mewn
* tu ôl
* tua
* tudalen
* y tu allan i
* y tu draw i
* y tu mewn i
* y tu ôl i

### Preposition

tu
* beside, next to

#### Derived terms

* tu cefn (“behind”)

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## Welsh Romani
### Pronoun

tu
* you (singular)

### References

* “tu” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

## White Hmong
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu˧/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tɛŋH (“to snap”).

#### Verb

tu
* to snap, break apart

##### Derived terms

* tu siab

### Etymology 2

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned at all by Ratliff. Probably native Hmongic; perhaps distantly related to Old Chinese 填 (OC *diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins, “to fill”)?”

#### Verb

tu
* to look after, care for, prepare
* to clean, clear

### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 324-5.
* ↑ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 283.

## Yale
### Noun

tu
* water

### References

* Carl Campbell, Jody Campbell, Yale Grammar Essentials (1987), page 4