atu

Clipping of English Atwot with u as a placeholder.

atu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Reel.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Reel terms

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔanti, from Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognates include Hebrew אַתָּה, Oromo ati, Saho atu, Sidamo ati and Somali áad.

• IPA^(key): /aˈtu/ [ʔʌˈtʊ]
• Hyphenation: a‧tu

atú

1. thou, you (singular)

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

atu

1. trump

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tu (“to dig”).

• (Chungli) IPA^(key): /a˥.tu˥/, [a˥.tu˥]

atu

1. (Chungli) to dig
2. (Chungli) to stab, pierce

• (Chungli) IPA^(key): /a˥.tu˩/, [a˥.tu˩]

atu

1. (Chungli) to go up

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[3], Berkeley: University of California, page 51
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 5
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, pages 111, 146-147, 150

• hatu

From Classical Malay satu.

atu

1. one

• tua

atu

1. that, those

From Middle High German mir tout ande nach, from Middle High German ande, ant (“a slight, an affront”). Compare German antun, Old Dutch andon.

atu

1. (Erzgebirgisch) to have Sehnsucht
2. (Erzgebirgisch, transitive) to do something to somebody

• Andig
• Anntun

• Wörterbuch der obersächsischen und erzgebirgischen Mundarten, P. 4

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[4] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 18

atu (plural atùut)

1. head louse

• Hopi Dictionary Project, The (1998), Hopi Dictionary: Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni: A Hopi Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect with an English-Hopi Finder List and a Sketch of Hopi Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 39

Cognate with Yoruba ẹtu

• IPA^(key): /á.tū/

átu

1. duiker; (in particular) Maxwell's duiker

From Proto-Philippine *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu.

átu

1. dog (animal)

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Proto-Philippine *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu.

átu

1. dog (animal)

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• atë (Southeastern)

From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hantár, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér.

atú (Western, Northeastern)^[1][2]

1. in

• IPA^(key): /ˈatu/
• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: a‧tu

atu

1. (transitive) to squeeze

• Veronica Du Feu (1996), Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 206

Borrowed from French atout.

atu n (plural atuuri)

1. (card games) trump
2. asset

• autu

From Latin actus. Compare Italian atto.

atu m (plural atos)

1. act

• “atu”, in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda [Online Dictionary of the Sardinian Language and Culture] (in Sardinian, Italian, and English), Autonomous Region of Sardinia [Sardinian: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna]

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔatu/ [ʔɑˈt̪u]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: a‧tu

atu (Sulat Sūg spelling اَتُ)

1. enemy; opponent

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.tu]

atu

1. (transitive) to attach

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

atu

1. will

• Fransiskus Monteiro (1985), Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

From Proto-Austronesian *asu.

atu

1. dog (animal)

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.tu]
• Hyphenation: a‧tu

From Proto-Polynesian *qatu. Cognates include Tongan ʻotu and Samoan atu.

atu

1. row
2. set

atu

1. (transitive) to align in a row

From Proto-Polynesian *qatu. Cognates include Hawaiian aku and Tongan ʻatu.

atu

1. skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)

From Proto-Polynesian *atu. Cognates include Hawaiian aku and Samoan atu.

atu

1. Used to denote a motion of the action of the preceding verb from the speaker to the hearer; away

• mai

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 21

From Proto-Philippine *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu.

atú

1. dog

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI