different between tri vs tui

English

Etymology

Shortening of words with the initial component derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?a?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Homophone: try

Noun

tri (plural tris)

1. (chiefly attributive) triathlon

   a tri bike

   a tri suit

2. (computer graphics) triangle
   • 2010, Tony Mullen, Claudio Andaur, Blender Studio Projects: Digital Movie-Making (page 91)

     Tris and quads have different areas of functionality. In real-time graphics, tris are the norm because they provide the most basic geometric representations of planes.

Anagrams

• IRT, RTI, TIR, Tir, rit

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tr?(-?), from Proto-Indo-European *tri-h2 (“three”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ???? (tría, “three”) and Latin tria (“three”).

Numeral

tri

1. three

Related terms

• tre

Atong (India)

Etymology

From English three.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tri/

Numeral

tri (Bengali script ????)

1. three

Synonyms

• tham
• rongtham
• tiin

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

Bislama

Etymology 1

From English tree.

Noun

tri

1. tree

Etymology 2

From English three.

Numeral

tri

1. three

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tri m (feminine form teir)

1. three

Cornish

Alternative forms

• (Standard Cornish) try
• (Standard Written Form) trei

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tri m (feminine form teyr)

1. three

Mutation

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

tri n (uncountable)

1. synonym for trichloorethyleen, a chemical solvent

Anagrams

• rit

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ?????? f pl (þrijoz), from Proto-Germanic *þr?z, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)

Numeral

tri

1. three

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ??? (tri), Latin tr?s, English three, etc., all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tri/
• Hyphenation: tri
• Audio:

Numeral

tri

1. three (3)

Derived terms

• trio
• tripunkto (“ellipsis”)

Fanagalo

Etymology

Borrowed from English three.

Numeral

tri

1. three

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tohtori/, [?t?o?xt?o?ri]

Noun

tri

1. Abbreviation of tohtori.

Usage notes

Only used in writing and together with a name, and is thus not inflected. For example in phrase tri Pentti Arajärvi only the family name Arajärvi is inflected.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i/

Noun

tri m (plural tris)

1. selection
2. (computing) sort

Further reading

• “tri” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rit, rît, tir

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto tri, from English three, French trois, German drei, Spanish tres, Italian tre, Russian ??? (tri), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tri

1. three (3)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tri, from Sanskrit ???? (tri), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tri

1. three

Synonyms

• tiga
• telu

Malay

Alternative forms

• ???? (???-?)

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (tri), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?ri/
• Rhymes: -?ri, -ri, -i

Numeral

tri (Jawi spelling ???)

1. three

Synonyms

• tiga / ????
• telu / ????

Derived terms

• tri-

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English three.

Numeral

tri

1. three

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ?????? (þrijoz) (attested form is feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þr?z. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).

Numeral

tri

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tri?/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ?????? (þrijoz) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þr?z, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Danish and Swedish tre, Icelandic þrír, Faroese tríggir, English three.

Alternative forms

• tre

Numeral

tri m (feminine trjå, neuter try or trju)

1. three; form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by tre

Old Irish

Numeral

tri

1. Alternative spelling of trí

Preposition

tri

1. Alternative form of tre

Mutation

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?i/
• Rhymes: -i

Adjective

tri

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) cool, nice, good, interesting

Adverb

tri

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) very

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology 1

From English three.

Numeral

tri

1. three

Etymology 2

From English tree.

Noun

tri

1. tree

References

• Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tri, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trî?/

Numeral

tr? (Cyrillic spelling ???)

1. three (3)

Derived terms

trodnevni

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin tr?s.

Numeral

tri

1. three

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tri, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tri/

Numeral

tri

1. three (3)

Coordinate terms

Further reading

• tri in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tri, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trí?/

Numeral

tr?

1. three

Usage notes

This is the usual form used when counting or reciting numbers.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English three.

Numeral

tri

1. three (3)

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also tripela.

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology 1

From English three.

Numeral

tri

1. three

Etymology 2

From English tree.

Noun

tri

1. tree

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin tr?s. Compare Italian tre

Numeral

tri m

1. three

Synonyms

• tre

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tri?/

Numeral

tri m (feminine form tair)

1. three (3)

Usage notes

Tri is used only before grammatically masculine nouns. It triggers the aspirate mutation in the written language, but this is heard only occasionally in speech.

Mutation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori t??.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?tu?i/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?t??i?/

Noun

tui (plural tui or tuis)

1. A species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand. [from early 19th c.]

   Synonyms: mockingbird, (both archaic) parson bird, poë, (both obsolete) poë-bird

Translations

References

Further reading

• tui (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• I-tu, ITU, Tiu, UTI

Daai Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)?j-n ~ m-ti-s (“water”). Cognate to S'gaw Karen ?? (h?ee).

Noun

tui

1. water

References

• Helga So-Hartmann, A descriptive grammar of Daai Chin (2009)

Fijian

Noun

tui

1. king
2. principal chief

Hrangkhol

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)?j-n ~ m-ti-s (“water”). Cognate to S'gaw Karen ?? (h?ee).

Noun

tui

1. water

References

• Trisha Borgohain (2017), Hrangkhol Nam Chonga Irchuna Lekhabu: A Learner's Book on the Hrangkhol Language, p.86, Centre for Endangered Languages, Tezpur University

Khumi Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t?y (“water”). Cognates include Mandarin ? (tì) and S'gaw Karen ?? (h?ee).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tui??/

Noun

tui

1. water

Derived terms

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin?^[1], Payap University, page 44

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?tu.i?/, [?t?ui?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?tu.i/, [?t?u?i]

Pronoun

tu?

1. genitive singular of t?

Adjective

tu?

1. masculine nominative plural of tuus
2. masculine genitive singular of tuus
3. neuter genitive singular of tuus
4. masculine vocative plural of tuus

Mandarin

Romanization

tui

1. Nonstandard spelling of tu?.
2. Nonstandard spelling of tuí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of tu?.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tuì.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Min Nan

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)?j-n ~ m-ti-s (“water”). Cognate to S'gaw Karen ?? (h?ee).

Noun

tui

1. water
2. any liquid

Verb

tui

1. to flow

Ralte

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)?j-n ~ m-ti-s (“water”). Cognate to S'gaw Karen ?? (h?ee).

Noun

tui

1. water

Further reading

• Kosei Otsuka, A Basic Vocabulary and a Text of the Ralte Language (2016)

Rapa Nui

Verb

tui

1. sew

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Pronoun

tui

1. you (singular)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?twi/, [?t?wi]

Noun

tui m (plural tuis)

1. tweet (post of Twitter)

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

tui (ma class, no plural)

1. coconut milk

Tahitian

Noun

tui

1. earache
2. otitis

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [tuj??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [tuj??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tuj??]

Noun

tui

1. (colloquial, sometimes humorous, especially used among close friends along with ông or bà) Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam form of tôi

Usage notes

• Unlike its alternative form tôi, tui is not considered formal and can be seen used regularly by Central and Southern Vietnamese speakers.

Zou

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t?y (“water”). Cognates include Khumi Chin tui and Chinese ? (tì).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tui???/

Noun

tùi

1. water

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 64