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tuit
English
Etymology
A pun on get around to it, reanalyzing it as get a round tuit.
Noun
tuit (plural tuits)
- (humorous) Synonym of round tuit
- 1996 October 6, Colin Douthwaite <[email protected]>, "Tuit", message-ID <[email protected]>, rec.humor, Usenet [1]:
- THIS IS A TUIT
- 2000 December 7, Joe Zeff <[email protected]>, "Tuit Update", message-ID <[email protected]>, alt.sysadmin.recovery, Usenet [2]:
- My tuit is back from the shop, in a properly round state.
- 2002 Mat 25, Scott W. Harvey <[email protected]>, "1953 BEITMAN MANUAL NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD", message-ID <[email protected]>, rec.antiques.radio+phono, Usenet [3]:
- 1926-38 and 1939 manuals will be re-posted when my TUIT is round enough.
- 1996 October 6, Colin Douthwaite <[email protected]>, "Tuit", message-ID <[email protected]>, rec.humor, Usenet [1]:
Anagrams
- ITU-T
Catalan
Etymology
Spanish tuit
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?tujt/
Noun
tuit m (plural tuits)
- (Internet) tweet (post on Twitter)
- Synonym: piulada
Derived terms
- tuitejar
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tœy?t/
- Hyphenation: tuit
- Rhymes: -œy?t
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch tute. Cognate with German Tüte (“bag”). Further origin unknown.
Noun
tuit n (plural tuiten, diminutive tuitje n)
- a spout
- (obsolete) lock of hair
Derived terms
- schenktuit
Descendants
- Afrikaans: tuit
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
tuit
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of tuiten
- imperative of tuiten
Finnish
Verb
tuit
- Second-person singular indicative past form of tukea.
Anagrams
- tiut, tuti
Irish
Noun
tuit f (genitive singular tuite, nominative plural tuiteanna)
- Alternative form of toit (“smoke”)
Declension
Verb
tuit (present analytic tuiteann, future analytic tuitfidh, verbal noun tuitim, past participle tuite)
- Alternative form of tit (“fall”)
Conjugation
Mutation
References
- "tuit" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Old French
Adjective
tuit m
- nominative singular of tot (“all”)
Adverb
tuit
- nominative singular of tot (“all; completely”)
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tut?/
Verb
·tuit
- third-person singular present indicative prototonic of do·tuit
tuit
- second-person singular present imperative of do·tuit
Mutation
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
- tot, tuih
Adjective
tuit
- all; every
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish do·tuit (“falls”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t?u?t?], /t??u?t??/
Verb
tuit (past thuit, future tuitidh, verbal noun tuiteam, past participle tuite)
- fall
- happen, befall, chance
- stumble, slip
- subside
- sink
- set (as the sun)
- benight
- be seduced by
- fail
- damp
Mutation
References
- “tuit” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 do-tuit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Spanish
Etymology
Created by the Fundación del Español Urgente in order to have a more Hispanic word rather than adopting "tweet" from English. Added to the dictionary of the Real Academia Española in 2015.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?twit/, [?t?wit?]
Noun
tuit m (plural tuits)
- (computing) tweet (post on Twitter)
Related terms
Further reading
- “tuit” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
tuit From the web:
tui
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)
- 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
- water
References
- Helga So-Hartmann, A descriptive grammar of Daai Chin (2009)
Fijian
Noun
tui
- king
- 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
- 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
- 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?
- genitive singular of t?
Adjective
tu?
- masculine nominative plural of tuus
- masculine genitive singular of tuus
- neuter genitive singular of tuus
- masculine vocative plural of tuus
Mandarin
Romanization
tui
- Nonstandard spelling of tu?.
- Nonstandard spelling of tuí.
- Nonstandard spelling of tu?.
- 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
- water
- any liquid
Verb
tui
- 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
- water
Further reading
- Kosei Otsuka, A Basic Vocabulary and a Text of the Ralte Language (2016)
Rapa Nui
Verb
tui
- sew
Rohingya
Etymology
From Bengali.
Pronoun
tui
- you (singular)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?twi/, [?t?wi]
Noun
tui m (plural tuis)
- tweet (post of Twitter)
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
tui (ma class, no plural)
- coconut milk
Tahitian
Noun
tui
- earache
- otitis
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [tuj??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [tuj??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tuj??]
Noun
tui
- (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
- water
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 64
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