tó

Chiricahua

Alternative forms

• tú (Mescalero)

Noun

tó

1. (Chiricahua) 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 todo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈto/

Determiner

tó m sg (feminine toa, masculine plural tós, feminine plural toas)

1. all, every
2. whole, entire

Usage notes

• Lagarteiru uses tó both as a masculine and a feminine determiner, the feminine form toa is only used in Mañegu and Valverdeñu.

Pronoun

tó m sg (feminine toa, masculine plural tós, feminine plural toas)

1. everything, everyone

References

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

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔuː/
• Rhymes: -ɔuː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tó (“patch of grass”).

Noun

tó f (genitive singular tóar, plural tør)

1. a grassy patch among rocks or cliffs

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þó, from Proto-Germanic *þauh.

Adverb

tó (not comparable)

1. still, yet, anyway, nonetheless

Synonyms

• jú, hóast, kortini

Derived terms

• tó at (“although”, conjunction)

Hokkien

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *towe (“lake, pond”). Cognates include Southern Mansi то̄ (tō, “lake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -toː

Noun

tó (plural tavak)

1. lake

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• tó in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰouː/
• Rhymes: -ouː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tó (“patch of grass”).

Noun

tó f (genitive singular tór or tóar, nominative plural tær or tór)

1. a grassy patch among rocks or cliffs

Declension

With genitive singular tóar and plural tær:

or with genitive singular and plural tór:

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tó (“wool”), from Proto-Germanic *tawwą.

Noun

tó n (genitive singular tós, nominative plural tó)

1. wool

Declension

Synonyms

• ull

See also

• þel

Navajo

Navajo Wikipedia has an article on:

tó

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Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ (“water”). Cognates include Western Apache tú and Chiricahua tú.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio (NV)

  (file)

Noun

tó (possessed form -toʼ, prefixal form tá-)

1. water, liquid, fluid
   • 1985, Diyin God Bizaad: The Holy Bible in Navajo, Mark 1:8:

     Shí éí tó tʼéiyá bee danihisį́į́h ńtʼééʼ; ndi bí tʼéí Níłchʼi Diyinii yee danihisį́įh dooleeł.

     I indeed have baptized you with water; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

   Tó éí iiná átʼé.

   Water is life.

Inflection

Derived terms

• tééh
• tó háálį́įgo bá hazʼą́ (“fountain”)
• tó háálínígi (“water fountain”)
• tó nilį́į́h (“stream”)
• tó nitéél nitságo atságáá (“tsunami”)
• tódiłhił (“whiskey, liquor”)
• tónteel (“ocean, sea, large lake”)
• tooh (“river”)
• tóchxǫ́ʼí (“filthy water”)

Related terms

• taah (“into the water”)
• bitooʼ (“juice”)
• tééh (“deep water”)

Noone

Verb

tó

1. come

References

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ·táu
• ·tóo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toː/

Verb

·tó

1. first-person singular present progressive conjunct of at·tá

Mutation

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *tanhwō (“tough ground”).

Noun

tó f (genitive tóar)

1. grassy spot among cliffs

Descendants

• Icelandic: tó
• Faroese: tó
• Norwegian Bokmål: to
• Norwegian Nynorsk: to

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *tawwą.

Noun

tó n (genitive tós)

1. wool

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: tó
• Norwegian Bokmål: to
• Norwegian Nynorsk: to

References

• tó in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: tó

Interjection

tó

1. (informal) Abbreviation of toma (“take this”).
   • 2007, Broccoli, 6:57 from the start, in Galaxy Angel‎, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Mirufiu Sakuraba (Daniella Piquet), São Paulo: Álamo, via Animax Brasil:

     Tó. É que eu acabei fazendo compras antes de vir pra cá. Eu vi que os ovos estavam superbaratos no mercado!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (informal) Abbreviation of tome (“take this”).

See also

• ó

Sassarese

Determiner

tó (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of to': your, of yours