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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tutja, cognate to Old Norse þeya (to melt), Old High German douwen (id), with 'being silent' as an intermediary stage of semantic development. Alternatively related to tund.

Verb

tus (aorist tuta, participle tutë)

  1. to frighten

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tus”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 470
  2. ^ Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.198

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin tussis, tussem.

Noun

tus f (plural tus)

  1. cough (expulsion of air from the lungs)

Related terms

Catalan

Verb

tus

  1. inflection of tossir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tʉd, from Proto-Celtic *toutā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.

Pronunciation

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key):
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key):

Noun

tus m pl

  1. men
  2. people, persons

See also

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested since 1974, of obscure origin, but probably related to German tuschen (to paint with watercolors).

Noun

tus c (singular definite tussen, plural indefinite tusser)

  1. felt-tip pen

Inflection

Fala

Pronunciation

Determiner

tus f pl

  1. (Lagarteiru) Apocopic form of túas (your)

Usage notes

  • Used in Lagarteiru before a feminine plural noun as part of a noun phrase.

See also

References

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

French

Pronunciation

Verb

tus

  1. first/second-person singular past historic of taire

Participle

tus m pl

  1. masculine plural of tu

Anagrams

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From German Tusche (Indian ink), from tuschen, from French toucher. First attested in 1782.

Noun

tus (plural tusok)

  1. Indian ink (black ink made from lampblack)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tus tusok
accusative tust tusokat
dative tusnak tusoknak
instrumental tussal tusokkal
causal-final tusért tusokért
translative tussá tusokká
terminative tusig tusokig
essive-formal tusként tusokként
essive-modal
inessive tusban tusokban
superessive tuson tusokon
adessive tusnál tusoknál
illative tusba tusokba
sublative tusra tusokra
allative tushoz tusokhoz
elative tusból tusokból
delative tusról tusokról
ablative tustól tusoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
tusé tusoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
tuséi tusokéi
Possessive forms of tus
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tusom tusaim
2nd person sing. tusod tusaid
3rd person sing. tusa tusai
1st person plural tusunk tusaink
2nd person plural tusotok tusaitok
3rd person plural tusuk tusaik
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From German Tusch, possibly from tuschen. First attested in 1784.

Noun

tus (plural tusok)

  1. (music) flourish (ceremonious passage)
    • 1848, Sándor Petőfi, Lehel vezér, canto 1, stanza 46, lines 5-8:
      És mikor vége lett a jókivánságnak, / A muzsikusok rá hangos tust huzának, / A sok összeveszett hang forgott a légben, / Mint a por a forgószélnek örvényében.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1869, Mór Jókai, A kőszívű ember fiai, part 1, chapter 1:
      A háttérbe állított egyiptomi zenekar vezetőjének nyirettyűje a levegőbe volt emelve, hogy amint a tósztnak vége szakad, friss lelkesüléssel rándítsa rá a pohárzaj-elnémító tust, […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1892, Mór Jókai, chapter 15, in Rákóczy fia:
      De még fényesebb volt a pékek parádéja [] Császári lovasság kísérte őket elöl-hátul, közben céhzászlókat emelve, s a hírhedett pékbillikomot ürítgetve, járultak a daliás péklegények nagy muzsikaszóval, s minden pékbolt előtt riadó tust húzattak, égre emelt kardokkal esküdve, hogy míg a nap az égen jár, nem lesz a világon párja a bécsi császárzsemlyének és perecnek!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (obsolete) drinking to someone's health
    Tust ittak az egészségére. — They drank to his health.
Declension

Same as above.

Etymology 3

From German Dusche (shower), from French douche (shower). First attested in 1900.

Noun

tus (plural tusok)

  1. shower
Declension

Same as above.

Derived terms

Etymology 4

From the dialectal tusa (large end of a stick), of unknown origin. First attested in 1838.

Noun

tus (plural tusok)

  1. butt (of a rifle)
  2. (dialectal) large end of a stick
Declension

Same as above.

Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 5

From French touche (touch), from toucher (to touch). First attested in 1878.

Noun

tus (plural tusok)

  1. (fencing) touch
  2. (wrestling) fall, pinfall (instance of being pinned to the mat)
Declension

Same as above.

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 tus in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN

Further reading

  • (India ink): tus 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
  • (flourish in music): tus 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
  • (shower): tus 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
  • (rifle butt): tus 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
  • (touch in fencing): tus 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

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

tūs n (genitive tūris); third declension

  1. Alternative spelling of thūs

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tūs tūra
Genitive tūris tūrum
Dative tūrī tūribus
Accusative tūs tūra
Ablative tūre tūribus
Vocative tūs tūra

Middle English

Adverb

tus

  1. (Early Middle English, before dentals) Alternative form of þus

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tus m (plural tuss)

  1. (Jersey) tuft

Synonyms

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian tōth.

Noun

tus m (plural tes)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) (anatomy) tooth

Phalura

Etymology

From Sanskrit युष्मद् (yuṣmad, pron. 2 pl).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

tus (personal, Perso-Arabic spelling تُس)

  1. you (2pl nom)

References

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

Somali

Verb

tus

  1. to show

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tus/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: tus

Determiner

tus pl

  1. plural of tu

Related terms

White Hmong

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *dɛŋᴮ (classifier for horses), probably borrowed from Chinese (head; classifier for animals, cylindrical stub-like objects, etc.).

Pronunciation

Classifier

tus

  1. classifier for long objects (such as rods or sticks) and animals or beings

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 231-2; 283.

Wolof

Wolof cardinal numbers
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Numeral

tus

  1. zero