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tu-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"

Kamba

Alternative forms

Prefix

tu-

  1. we (used for conjugating verbs to the subjective or nominative case of the personal pronoun)

Lushootseed

Alternative forms

  • tə-

Prefix

tu-

  1. inflectional prefix applied to any lexical category functioning as predicate or complement to indicate past tense

Middle English

Etymology 1

Prefix

tu-

  1. Alternative form of to- (“towards”)

Etymology 2

Prefix

tu-

  1. Alternative form of to- (“apart”)

Swahili

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-.

Prefix

tu-

  1. we, 1st person plural subject concord
    Antonym: hatu-
See also
More information person, independent ...
Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class(I/II))
person independent subject concord object
concord		 combined forms possessive
affirmative negative na ndi- si-
singularfirst mimi ni- si- -ni- nami, na mimi ndimi, ndiye simi, siye -angu
second wewe u- hu- -ku- nawe, na wewe ndiwe, ndiye siwe, siye -ako
third yeye a-, yu- ha-, hayu- -m-, -mw-, -mu- naye, na yeye ndiye siye -ake
pluralfirst sisi tu- hatu- -tu- nasi, na sisi ndisi, ndio sio -etu
second ninyi m-, mw-, mu- ham-, hamw-, hamu- -wa- nanyi, na ninyi ndinyi, ndio sinyi, sio -enu
third wao wa- hawa- -wa- nao ndio sio -ao
reflexive — — -ji- — —
For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-.

Prefix

tu-

  1. verb-initial form of -tu- (“us, 1st person plural object concord”)

Tooro

Alternative forms

  • (before vowels) tw-

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-.

Prefix

tu-

  1. we; 1st person plural subject concord
    ‎tu- + ‎-kora (“to do”) → ‎tukora (“we do”)
  2. positive imperative form of -tu- (“us; 1st person plural object concord”)
    ‎tu- + ‎-ha (“to give”) → ‎tuha (“give us”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-.

Prefix

tu-

  1. class 13 pronominal concord
    ‎tu- + ‎-nu (“this, these”) → ‎tunu (“these (class 13)”)
  2. they; class 13 subject concord
    ‎tu- + ‎-kora (“to do”) → ‎tukora (“they (class 13) do”)
  3. positive imperative form of -tu- (“them; class 13 object concord”)
    ‎tu- + ‎-ha (“to give”) → ‎tuha (“give them (class 13)”)

See also

More information class, person ...
Tooro personal pronouns
class person independent possessive subject
concord		 object
concord		 combined forms
na ni
class 1first nyowe, nye -ange n- -n- nanyowe, nanye ninyowe, ninye
second iwe -awe o- -ku- naiwe niiwe
third uwe -e a- -mu- nawe nuwe
class 2first itwe -aitu tu- -tu- naitwe niitwe
second inywe -anyu mu- -ba- nainywe niinywe
third abo -abo ba- -ba- nabo nubo
class 3 gwo -agwo gu- -gu- nagwo nugwo
class 4 yo -ayo e- -gi- nayo niyo
class 5 lyo -alyo li- -li- nalyo niryo
class 6 go -ago ga- -ga- nago nugo
class 7 kyo -akyo ki- -ki- nakyo nikyo
class 8 byo -abyo bi- -bi- nabyo nibyo
class 9 yo -ayo e- -gi- nayo niyo
class 10 zo -azo zi- -zi- nazo nizo
class 11 rwo -arwo ru- -ru- narwo nurwo
class 12 ko -ako ka- -ka- nako nuko
class 13 two -atwo tu- -tu- natwo nutwo
class 14 bwo -abwo bu- -bu- nabwo nubwo
class 15 kwo -akwo ku- -ku- nakwo nukwo
class 16 ho -aho ha- -ha- naho nuho
class 17 (kwo) N/A ha-
(...-yo)		 -ha- N/A nukwo
class 18 (mwo) -amwo ha-
(...-mu)		 -ha- N/A numwo
reflexive -enyini, -onyini — -e- —
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References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 413-414

Uneapa

Etymology

From earlier *natu- via truncation, from Proto-Oceanic *natu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *natu.

Pronunciation

Noun

tu-

  1. child

Further reading

  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 365

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

Prefix

tu-

  1. Allomorph of t- used for stems that begin with a consonant other than w and have a first vowel u.

Inflection

More information pronoun, noun possessor/ series II verb argument ...
pronoun noun possessor/
series II verb argument		 postposition object series I verb argument
transitive patient intransitive patient-like intransitive agent-like transitive agent
first person ewü y-, ∅-, ü-, u-1 w-, wi-
first person dual inclusive küwü k-, kü-, ku-, ki- k-, kii-, ki-1
second person amödö ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- m-, mi-
first person dual exclusive nña y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-1 chö- ∅- n-, ni-
third person tüwü n-, ni-
distant past third person — kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini-
coreferential/reflexive — t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- —
reciprocal — — öö-
  1. With following vowel lengthened if in an unreduced open syllable.
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More information series I verb argument: transitive agent and transitive patient, first person > second person ...
series I verb argument:
transitive agent and transitive patient
first person > second person mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni-
first person dual exclusive > second person
second person > first person k-, kü-, ku-, ki-
second person > first person dual exclusive
third person > any person X …or… any person X > third person see person X in the chart above
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Ye'kwana personal markers

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