tó

See also: τό and Appendix:Variations of "to"

Chiricahua

Alternative forms

  • tú (Mescalero)

Noun

tó

  1. (Chiricahua) water

References

  • Marianna Di Paolo, Arthur K. Spears, Languages and Dialects in the U.S.: Focus on Diversity (2014, →ISBN, page 38 (citing Hoijer 1938)

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese todo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈto/

Determiner

tó m sg (feminine toa, masculine plural tós, feminine plural toas)

  1. all, every
  2. whole, entire

Usage notes

  • Lagarteiru uses tó both as a masculine and a feminine determiner, the feminine form toa is only used in Mañegu and Valverdeñu.

Pronoun

tó m sg (feminine toa, masculine plural tós, feminine plural toas)

  1. everything, everyone

References

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

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰɔuː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔuː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tó (“patch of grass”).

Noun

tó f (genitive singular tóar, plural tør)

  1. a grassy patch among rocks or cliffs
Declension
Declension of tó
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tó tóin tør tørnar
Accusative tó tóina tør tørnar
Dative tó tóini tørum tørunum
Genitive tóar tóarinnar tøra tøranna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þó, from Proto-Germanic *þauh.

Adverb

tó (not comparable)

  1. still, yet, anyway, nonetheless
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • tó at (“although”, conjunction)

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of tó – see 佗 (“which”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 佗).

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *towe (“lake, pond”).[1][2] Cognates include Southern Mansi то̄ (tō, “lake”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtoː]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -toː

Noun

tó (plural tavak)

  1. lake

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tó tavak
accusative tavat tavakat
dative tónak tavaknak
instrumental tóval tavakkal
causal-final tóért tavakért
translative tóvá tavakká
terminative tóig tavakig
essive-formal tóként tavakként
essive-modal — —
inessive tóban tavakban
superessive tavon tavakon
adessive tónál tavaknál
illative tóba tavakba
sublative tóra tavakra
allative tóhoz tavakhoz
elative tóból tavakból
delative tóról tavakról
ablative tótól tavaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
tóé tavaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
tóéi tavakéi
Possessive forms of tó
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tavam tavaim
2nd person sing. tavad tavaid
3rd person sing. tava tavai
1st person plural tavunk tavaink
2nd person plural tavatok tavaitok
3rd person plural tavuk tavaik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. Entry #1070 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. tó 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.)

Further reading

  • tó 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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰouː/
  • Rhymes: -ouː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tó (“patch of grass”).

Noun

tó f (genitive singular tór or tóar, nominative plural tær or tór)

  1. a grassy patch among rocks or cliffs
Declension

With genitive singular tóar and plural tær:

or with genitive singular and plural tór:

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tó (“wool”), from Proto-Germanic *tawwą.

Noun

tó n (genitive singular tós, nominative plural tó)

  1. wool
Declension
Synonyms
See also
FWOTD – 28 April 2013

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ (“water”). Cognates include Western Apache tú and Chiricahua tú.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [txʷó]
  • (file)

Noun

tó (possessed form -toʼ, prefixal form tá-)

  1. water, liquid, fluid
    • 1985, Diyin God Bizaad: The Holy Bible in Navajo, Mark 1:8:
      Shí éí tó tʼéiyá bee danihisį́į́h ńtʼééʼ; ndi bí tʼéí Níłchʼi Diyinii yee danihisį́įh dooleeł.
      I indeed have baptized you with water; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
    Tó éí iiná átʼé.
    Water is life.

Inflection

Derived terms

Noone

Verb

tó

  1. come

References

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toː/

Verb

·tó

  1. first-person singular present progressive conjunct of at·tá

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
·tó ·thó ·tó
pronounced with /-d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *tanhwō (“tough ground”).

Noun

tó f (genitive tóar)

  1. grassy spot among cliffs
Descendants
  • Icelandic: tó
  • Faroese: tó
  • Norwegian Bokmål: to
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: to

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *tawwą.

Noun

tó n (genitive tós)

  1. wool
Declension
Descendants
  • Icelandic: tó
  • Norwegian Bokmål: to
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: to

References

  • tó in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Hyphenation: tó

Interjection

tó

  1. (informal) Abbreviation of toma (“take this”).
    • 2007, Broccoli, 6:57 from the start, in Galaxy Angel‎, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Mirufiu Sakuraba (Daniella Piquet), São Paulo: Álamo, via Animax Brasil:
      Tó. É que eu acabei fazendo compras antes de vir pra cá. Eu vi que os ovos estavam superbaratos no mercado!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (informal) Abbreviation of tome (“take this”).

See also

Sassarese

Determiner

tó (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of to': your, of yours
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