thu
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English
[edit ]Pronoun
[edit ]thu
Aghu Tharrnggala
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]thu
Further reading
[edit ]- Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner
German
[edit ]Verb
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Kuku-Thaypan
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]thu
Further reading
[edit ]- Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner
Middle English
[edit ]Pronoun
[edit ]thu
- Alternative form of þou ("thou")
Old Danish
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Old Norse þú , from Proto-Germanic *þū , from Proto-Indo-European *túh2 .
Pronoun
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Descendants
[edit ]- Danish: du
Old Dutch
[edit ]Alternative forms
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Proto-West Germanic *þū , from Proto-Germanic *þū .
Pronoun
[edit ]thū
Inflection
[edit ]Old Dutch personal pronouns
| 1st person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ik , ic , ih | wī , wīr |
| Accusative | mī , mik , *mic | uns , unsig |
| Genitive | mīn | unsa , *unser |
| Dative | mī | uns , unsig |
| 2nd person | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | thu, tu | gī , ir |
| Accusative | thī , thik , *thic | iu , |
| Genitive | thīn | iuwa , *iuwer |
| Dative | thī | iu |
| 3rd person | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hē , hie | sia | it |
| Accusative | imo | sia | it |
| Genitive | sīn , is | iro | is |
| Dative | imo | iro | imo |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | sia , sie (masc. plur.) | ||
| Accusative | sia , sie (masc. plur.) | ||
| Genitive | iro | ||
| Dative | im |
Descendants
[edit ]Further reading
[edit ]- "thū", in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old Frisian
[edit ]Alternative forms
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Proto-West Germanic *þū . Cognates include Old English þū and Old Saxon thū .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Pronoun
[edit ]thū (accusative thī , genitive thīn , dative thī )
Declension
[edit ]| nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st person | ik | mī | mī | mīn | |
| 2nd person | thū | thī | thī | thīn | ||
| 3rd person |
m | hī | hine | him | sīn | |
| f | hiū , hiō | hiā | hire , hiāre | hire , hiāre | ||
| n | hit | hit | him | sīn | ||
| plural | 1st person | wī | ūs | ūs | ūser | |
| 2nd person | jī | jū , jō | jū , jō | jūwer | ||
| 3rd person | hiā | hiā | him , hirem , hiārem | hira , hiāra | ||
Descendants
[edit ]References
[edit ]- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 214
Old High German
[edit ]Pronoun
[edit ]thū
- Alternative form of du
Inflection
[edit ]This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
Old Saxon
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Proto-West Germanic *þū , from Proto-Germanic *þū .
Pronoun
[edit ]thū
Declension
[edit ]| nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st person | ik | mī , me , mik | mī | mīn | |
| 2nd person | thū | thī , thik | thī | thīn | ||
| 3rd person |
m | hē | ina | imu | is | |
| f | siu | sia | iru | ira | ||
| n | it | it | is | |||
| dual | 1st person | wit | unk | unkero , unka | ||
| 2nd person | git | ink | inker , inka | |||
| plural | 1st person | wī , we | ūs , unsik | ūs | ūser | |
| 2nd person | gī , ge | eu , iu , iuu | euwar , iuwer , iuwar , iuwero , iuwera | |||
| 3rd person |
m | sia | im | iro | ||
| f | sia | |||||
| n | siu | |||||
Descendants
[edit ]- Low German: du
Old Swedish
[edit ]Pronoun
[edit ]thu
- Alternative form of þū
Scottish Gaelic
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Old Irish tú . Cognates include Irish tú and Manx oo .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Pronoun
[edit ]thu (emphatic thusa , unlenited tu )
- second-person singular informal pronoun; thou, you
- Ciamar a tha thu, a Dhànaidh? ― How are you, Danny?
Usage notes
[edit ]- 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
[edit ]- tu (used after verb forms ending in -n, -s or -dh)
See also
[edit ]| simple | emphatic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| first person | mi | sinn | mise | sinne | |
| second person | thu, tu 1 | sibh 2 | thusa , tusa 1 | sibhse 2 | |
| third person |
m | e | iad | esan | iadsan |
| f | i | ise | |||
1 Used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh.
2 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.
References
[edit ]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1] , Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
Further reading
[edit ]- Edward Dwelly (1911) "thu", in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][2] , 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), "tú", in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Vietnamese
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Etymology 1
[edit ]Sino-Vietnamese word from 秋 .
Noun
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Derived terms
[edit ]See also
[edit ]| Seasons in Vietnamese · bốn mùa ("four seasons ") (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| xuân ("spring ") | hè , hạ ("summer ") | thu ("fall; autumn ") | đông ("winter ") |
Etymology 2
[edit ]Sino-Vietnamese word from 收 .
Verb
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Derived terms
[edit ]Welsh
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]- (North Wales ) IPA (key): /θɨː/
- (South Wales ) IPA (key): /θiː/
- Homophone: thŷ ; (South Wales) thi
Noun
[edit ]thu
- Aspirate mutation of tu .
Mutation
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