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Corsican
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin tu, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognates include Italian tu and French tu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtu/
- Hyphenation: tù
- Rhymes: -u
Pronoun
tù
- thou, you (singular)
1990, Ghjacumu Thiers, A funtana d'Altea, →ISBN, page 75:Si hè calmatu Valeri, ti calmerai ancu tù...- Valeri has calmed down, even you will calm down...
2005, Christian Dubois, A Bìbbia corsa [The Corsican Bible], Actes 11:14:Chì ti diciarà cose per mezu di e quale sarè salvu, tù è tutta a to casa.- Who will tell you things through which you will be saved, you and your entire household.
Usage notes
- Since the Corsican verb already inflects by person, tù is dropped in most cases, being used chiefly for emphasis:
- Cosa voli per natale? ― What do you want for Christmas?
- Cosa tù voli per natale? ― What do you want for Christmas?
See also
Corsican personal pronouns
References
Mandarin
Pronunciation
Romanization
tù (tu4, Zhuyin ㄊㄨˋ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 兎, 兔
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 名
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堍
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 菟
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵵／𱊆
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 囚.
Noun
tù
- prison
- imprisonment; confinement
- prisoner
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Adjective
tù
- (of body of water) stagnant
Derived terms