tus

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tus"

Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

tut — Gheg

Etymology[edit]

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.^[1] Alternatively related to tund.^[2]

Verb[edit]

tus (aorist tuta, participle tutë)

to frighten

Related terms[edit]

ftoh
tund

References[edit]

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

Asturian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

tos

Etymology[edit]

From Latin tussis, tussem.

Noun[edit]

tus f (plural tus)

cough (expulsion of air from the lungs)

Related terms[edit]

tusir

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

tus

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

Cornish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [tyːz]
(Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [tiːz]

Noun[edit]

tus m pl

men
people, persons

Danish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

tusch

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tus c (singular definite tussen, plural indefinite tusser)

felt-tip pen

Inflection[edit]

Declension of tus

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tus	tussen	tusser	tusserne
genitive	tus'	tussens	tussers	tussernes

Fala[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈtus/

Determiner[edit]

tus f pl

(Lagarteiru) Apocopic form of túas (“your”)

Usage notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ty/
Audio (file)
Audio (file)
Homophones: tu, tue, tues, tuent, tut, tût
Rhymes: -y

Verb[edit]

tus

first/second-person singular past historic of taire

Participle[edit]

tus m pl

masculine plural of tu

Anagrams[edit]

sut, sût

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈtuʃ]
Hyphenation: tus
Rhymes: -uʃ

Etymology 1[edit]

From German Tusche (“Indian ink”), from tuschen, from French toucher.^[1] First attested in 1782.^[1]

Noun[edit]

tus (plural tusok)

Indian ink (black ink made from lampblack)

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From German Tusch, possibly from tuschen.^[1] First attested in 1784.^[1]

Noun[edit]

tus (plural tusok)

(music) flourish (ceremonious passage)
- 1848, Sándor Petőfi, Lehel vezér‎^[2], 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^[3], 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^[4]:
  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)
(obsolete) drinking to someone's health
Tust ittak az egészségére. — They drank to his health.

Declension[edit]

Same as above.

Etymology 3[edit]

From German Dusche (“shower”), from French douche (“shower”).^[1] First attested in 1900.^[1]

Noun[edit]

tus (plural tusok)

shower

Declension[edit]

Same as above.

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

From the dialectal tusa (“large end of a stick”), of unknown origin.^[1]^[2] First attested in 1838.^[1]

Noun[edit]

tus (plural tusok)

butt (of a rifle)
(dialectal) large end of a stick

Declension[edit]

Same as above.

Synonyms[edit]

(butt): agy, puskaagy, puskatus

Derived terms[edit]

puskatus

Etymology 5[edit]

From French touche (“touch”), from toucher (“to touch”).^[1] First attested in 1878.^[1]

Noun[edit]

tus (plural tusok)

(fencing) touch
(wrestling) fall, pinfall (instance of being pinned to the mat)

Declension[edit]

Same as above.

Derived terms[edit]

tussol

References[edit]

↑ ^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.)
^ Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /tuːs/, [t̪uːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tus/, [t̪us]

Noun[edit]

tūs n (genitive tūris); third declension

Alternative spelling of thūs

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Adverb[edit]

tus

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

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tus m (plural tuss)

(Jersey) tuft

Synonyms[edit]

toupet
tun

North Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian tōth.

Noun[edit]

tus m (plural tes)

(Föhr-Amrum) (anatomy) tooth

Phalura[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /tus/

Pronoun[edit]

tus (personal, Perso-Arabic spelling تُس)

you (2pl nom)

References[edit]

Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[5], 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[edit]

Verb[edit]

tus

to show

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /tus/ [t̪us]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -us
Syllabification: tus

Determiner[edit]

tus pl

plural of tu

Related terms[edit]

Spanish possessive determiners

possessor		preposed		postposed or standalone
		possessee		possessee
		singular	plural	singular		plural
		singular	plural	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
First person:	singular:	mi	mis	mío	mía	míos	mías
First person:	plural:	(same as postposed/standalone)		nuestro	nuestra	nuestros	nuestras
Second person (informal):	singular:	tu	tus	tuyo	tuya	tuyos	tuyas
Second person (informal):	plural:	(same as postposed/standalone)		vuestro	vuestra	vuestros	vuestras
Third person:		su	sus	suyo	suya	suyos	suyas

White Hmong[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

tug

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Hmong *dɛŋᴮ (“classifier for horses”), probably borrowed from Chinese 頭／头 (“head; classifier for animals, cylindrical stub-like objects, etc.”).^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /tu˩/

Classifier[edit]

tus

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

References[edit]

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[6], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.

^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 231-2; 283.

Wolof[edit]

**Wolof cardinal numbers**
	0	1 >
Cardinal : tus

Numeral[edit]

tus

zero

[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

[zaicz-3] 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.)

[4] Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN

[5] Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 231-2; 283.

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			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Possessor	First person	Singular	mei	miña	meis	miñas
	First person	Plural	nosu	nosa	nosus	nosas
	Second person	Singular	tei	túa, tu¹	teis	túas, tus¹
	Second person	Plural	vosu	vosa	vosus	vosas
	Third person		sei	súa, su¹	seis	súas, sus¹

tus

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Cornish[edit]

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Danish[edit]

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Fala[edit]

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