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/
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: tó

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)‎^[1], 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

• jú, hóast, kortini

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”). Cognates include Southern Mansi то̄ (tō, “lake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtoː]

• Audio:

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• 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

• tavacska
• tócsa

 

Compound words

• Bajkál-tó
• Boden-tó
• Erie-tó
• Felső-tó
• Huron-tó
• Michigan-tó
• Nagy-tavak
• Ontario-tó
• tópart

 

Descendants

• → Romanian: tău

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 tór or tær)

1. grassy patch among rocks or cliffs

Declension

Declension of tó (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tó	tóin	tór, tær	tórnar, tærnar
accusative	tó	tóna	tór, tær	tórnar, tærnar
dative	tó	tónni	tóm	tónum
genitive	tór, tóar	tórinnar, tóarinnar	tóa	tónna

Etymology 2

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

Noun

tó n (genitive singular tós, no plural)

1. wool

Declension

Declension of tó (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tó	tóið
accusative	tó	tóið
dative	tói	tóinu
genitive	tós	tósins

Synonyms

• ull

See also

• þel

Navajo

FWOTD – 28 April 2013

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [txʷó]

• Audio:

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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

possessives of tó

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shitoʼ	nihitoʼ	danihitoʼ
2nd person	nitoʼ	nihitoʼ	danihitoʼ
3rd person	bitoʼ
4th person (3o)	yitoʼ
4th person (3a)	hatoʼ
Indefinite (3i)	atoʼ

Derived terms

• tééh
• tó háálį́įgo bá hazʼą́ (“fountain”)
• tó háálínígi (“water fountain”)
• tó nilį́į́h (“stream”)
• tó nitéél nitságo atságáá (“tsunami”)
• tódiłhił (“whiskey, liquor”)
• tónteel (“ocean, sea, large lake”)
• tooh (“river”)
• tóchxǫ́ʼí (“filthy water”)

Related terms

• taah (“into the water”)
• bitooʼ (“juice”)
• tééh (“deep water”)

Noone

Verb

tó

1. come

References

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ·táu
• ·tóo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toː/

Verb

·tó

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

Mutation

Mutation of tó

radical	lenition	nasalization
·tó	·thó	·tó pronounced with /-d(ʲ)-/

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

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

  Declension of tó (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tó	tóit	tó	tóin
accusative	tó	tóit	tó	tóin
dative	tói, tó	tóinu, tónu	tóm	tónum
genitive	tós	tósins	tóa	tóanna

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ/

• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: tó

Interjection

tó

1. (informal) Abbreviation of toma (“take this”).
   • 2007, Broccoli, 6:57 from the start, in Galaxy Angel‎^[2], 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

• ó

Sassarese

Determiner

tó (invariable)

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