तु

Garhwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit त्वम् (tvam). Cognates include Hindi तू (tū) and Nepali तँ (tã).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʊ/

Pronoun

तु (tu)

thou, you (singular)

References

Anoop Chandra Chandola (1966) A Synthatic Sketch of Garhwali, University of Chicago press (PhD thesis), page 86

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
তু (Assamese script)
তু (Bengali script)
𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
તુ (Gujarati script)
ਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
តុ (Khmer script)
ತು (Kannada script)
ຕຸ (Lao script)
തു (Malayalam script)
𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
ᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
ᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
တု (Burmese script)
𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
ତୁ (Oriya script)
ꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
තු (Sinhalese script)
తు (Telugu script)
ตุ (Thai script)
ཏུ (Tibetan script)
𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)

Alternative forms

तू (tū) – metrical variant

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tú/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /t̪u/

Particle

तु • (tú)

pray, I beg, do
but
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 4.18.6
and
- c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti 2.22
or

References

Monier Williams (1899), “तु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 449.

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