different between tui vs dui

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

English

Noun

dui

1. (obsolete) plural of duo

Anagrams

• Diu, IUD, UDI, UID, Udi, udi-

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin duo, from Proto-Italic *du?, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh?. Cognates include Italian due and Romanian doi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dui/
• Hyphenation: du?i

Numeral

dui m (feminine duie)

1. two

References

• “dui, duie” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

From Bhojpuri ??? (dui).

Numeral

dui

1. two

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary
• Siegel, Jeff (1977) Say it in Fiji Hindi, Australia: Pacific Publications, ?ISBN, page 28

Istriot

Alternative forms

• duj

Etymology

From Latin duo.

Numeral

dui

1. two

Kalo Finnish Romani

Alternative forms

• duj

Etymology

From Romani dui, from Sanskrit ??? (dva), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh?. Cognates include Hindi ?? (do).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dui?/

Numeral

dui

1. (cardinal numbers) two

References

• “duj” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Mandarin

Romanization

dui

1. Nonstandard spelling of du?.
2. Nonstandard spelling of du?.
3. Nonstandard spelling of duì.

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.

Old French

Numeral

dui

1. nominative of deus

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (dva, “two”).

Numeral

dui

1. two

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• dù, rui, rù

Etymology

From Latin duae, feminine plural of duo.

Numeral

dui

1. two

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Cognate with O'odham jui (“a type of prickly pear”).

Noun

dui

1. plum

References

• R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)?^[1] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 53