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Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner
Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner
Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 214
second-person singular informal pronoun; thou, you
Ciamar a tha thu, a Dhànaidh? ― How are you, Danny?
Usage notes
thu is used to address one person in a familiar or informal situation. It is used between friends, and to people who are younger or of inferior social rank to the speaker.
Children are always addressed using thu.
It is considered distinctly impolite to address parents, grandparents, teachers, clergymen, etc. with thu, in these situations sibh is required.
Inflection
tu (used after verb forms ending in -n, -s or -dh)
*)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. 1) used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh.
References
Edward Dwelly (1911) “thu”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN