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Armenian
Etymology
From Georgian ტო (ṭo), which is a shortening of კინტო (ḳinṭo).
Pronunciation
Interjection
տո • (to) (Yerevan, Karabakh, Hamshen, Mush, colloquial Eastern Armenian)
- used to address or call a familiar person (formerly usually a male one), often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority or annoyance
- Տո՛, ըստեղ արի։ ― Tó, əsteġ ari. ― Hey (you), come here!
- Գժվե՞լ ես, տո՛։ ― Gžve?l es, tó. ― Boy, have you lost your mind?
1869 – 1923,
Hovhannes Tumanyan :
- — Տո՛, ախմախ,— ասում է,— ես էստեղ ջրի մեջ թրջվելով ձուկն եմ բռնում, դու իմ աշխատանքն առնում ես էլ ետ ջուրը գցո՞ւմ...
- — Tó, axmax,— asum ē,— es ēsteġ ǰri meǰ tʻrǰvelov jukn em bṙnum, du im ašxatankʻn aṙnum es ēl et ǰurə gcʻu?m...
- an expletive connoting annoyance
- Տո, որ իմանայի, չէի թողնի։ ― To, or imanayi, čʻēi tʻoġni. ― If I knew, I wouldn't allow.
- Տո, քեզ ո՞վ էր ասում էդքան խմեիր: ― To, kʻez o?v ēr asum ēdkʻan xmeir: ― Why did you have to drink so much?
See also
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “տօ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 1048b
- Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “տո”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 1452b
- Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “տօ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 639b
- Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ტო”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2010), “տո”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume 6, Yerevan: Hayastan, pages 214–215