thu

See also: Thu, thụ, thú, thủ, thư, thứ, thũ, þu, and thự

Aghu Tharrnggala

Noun

thu

1. liver

Further reading

• Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

German

Verb

thu

1. singular imperative of thun

Kuku-Thaypan

Noun

thu

1. liver

Further reading

• 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

Pronoun

thu

1. Alternative form of þou (“thou”)

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

thu

1. thou, you (singular)

Descendants

• Danish: du

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• tu

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū.

Pronoun

thū

1. thou, you (singular)

Inflection

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

• Middle Dutch: du
  • Dutch: (obsolete) du, dou, douw
  • Limburgish: doe

Further reading

• “thū”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þū. Cognates include Old English þū and Old Saxon thū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθuː/

Pronoun

thū

1. thou, you (singular)

Inflection

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n	1st	2nd	3rd
nominative	ik	thū	hī	hiū, hiō	hit	wī	jī	hiā
accusative	mī	thī	hine	hiā	hit	ūs	jū, jō	hiā
dative	mī	thī	him	hire, hiāre	him	ūs	jū, jō	him, hirem, hiārem
genitive	mīn	thīn	sīn	hire, hiāre	sīn	ūser	jūwer	hira, hiāra

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Most dialects: dü

  Halligen: du

  Heligoland: di

• Saterland Frisian: du
• West Frisian: do, dû

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 214

Old High German

Pronoun

thū

1. Alternative form of du

Inflection

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū.

Pronoun

thū

1. thou, you (singular)

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

Personal pronouns
Singular	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	ik	thū	hē	siu	it
Accusative	mī, me, mik	thī, thik	ina	sia
Dative	mī	thī	imu	iru	it
Genitive	mīn	thīn	is	ira	is
Dual	1.	2.	-	-	-
Nominative	wit	git	-	-	-
Accusative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Dative
Genitive	unkero, unka	inker, inka	-	-	-
Plural	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	wī, we	gī, ge	sia	sia	siu
Accusative	ūs, unsik	eu, iu, iuu
Dative	ūs		im
Genitive	ūser	euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera	iro

Descendants

• Low German: du

Old Swedish

Pronoun

thu

1. Alternative form of þū

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tú. Cognates include Irish tú and Manx oo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

Pronoun

thu (emphatic thusa, unlenited tu)

1. 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)

See also

Scottish Gaelic personal pronouns

		simple		emphatic
		singular	plural	singular	plural
first person		mi	sinn	mise	sinne
second person		thu, tu1	sibh2	thusa, tusa1	sibhse2
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

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “thu”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 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

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰʊw˧˧]

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 秋.

Noun

thu

1. autumn; fall

   Synonym: mùa thu

   thiên/ngàn/nghìn thu

   a thousand autumns; eternity

Derived terms

• bánh trung thu
• lập thu (立秋)
• ngàn thu
• thiên thu (千秋)
• thu ba (秋波)
• thu phân (秋分)
• thu phong (秋風)
• thu thuỷ (秋水)
• Trung thu (中秋)
• Xuân Thu (春秋)

 

See also

Seasons in Vietnamese · bốn mùa (“four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
xuân (“spring”)	hè, hạ (“summer”)	thu (“fall; autumn”)	đông (“winter”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 收.

Verb

thu

1. to get (something) back; to retrieve
2. Short for thu âm (“to record”).

   Synonym: thâu

Derived terms

Derived terms

• doanh thu
• thu âm
• thu dọn
• thu hái
• thu hẹp
• thu hoạch
• thu hồi
• thu hút
• thu lượm
• thu nạp
• thu nhập
• thu nộp
• thu phục
• tịch thu
• trưng thu

 

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /θɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /θiː/
• Homophone: thŷ; (South Wales) thi

Noun

thu

1. Aspirate mutation of tu.

Mutation

Mutated forms of tu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tu	du	nhu	thu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.