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tui

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English

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WOTD – 6 February 2021

Etymology

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A tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) on a New Zealand flax plant (Phormium tenax).

Borrowed from Maori tūī.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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: (both archaic) mockingbird, parson bird, (both obsolete) poë, poë-bird
    • 1832, Augustus Earle, A Narrative of a Nine Months’ Residence in New Zealand, in 1827; […], London: […] [A. & R. Spottiswoode] for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, […], →OCLC, page 174:
      [A]ll was quiet, beautiful, and serene; the only sounds which broke the calm were the wild notes of the tooe (or New Zealand blackbird), the splashing of our own oars, or the occasional flight of a wild duck (or shag), disturbed by our approach.
      The Oxford English Dictionary indicates that this is the earliest occurrence of the word in English.
    • 1863, Karl [von] Scherzer, “Auckland”, in Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, […], volume III, London: Saunders, Otley, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 159:
      The most frequently visible of these feathered denizens of the forest is the Tui (Prostemadera novæ Zelandiæ), called 'the parson' by Captain [James] Cook, in consequence of its having two white feathers in the lower part of its neck resembling bands. In colour and shape it is very like the kingfisher, and its melodious notes present great variety.
    • 1884, R[obert] McCormick, chapter XVI, in Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, and Round the World: […], volume II, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 297:
      Mr. Charles Enderby showed us a New Zealand Tui, or parson-bird, in a glass case, which he had kept alive in England for two years.
    • 1921, H[erbert] Guthrie-Smith, “The Future of Native Avifauna”, in Tutira: The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 216:
      The Pigeon (Carpophaga Novæ Zealandiæ) and Tui or Parson Bird (Prosthemadera Novæ Zealandiæ) are certain also to become rare birds. Elsewhere on the run food-supply and breeding accommodation alike will have been swept clear. A few pair of each will nevertheless maintain themselves in the gorges. The Tui will then as now haunt the homestead and shelter-belts when in mid-winter the eucalypts break into flower.
    • a. 1973, Eileen Duggan, “[Appendix: Selected Prose] A Few New Zealand Roads”, in Peter Whiteford, editor, Selected Poems, Wellington: Victoria University Press, published 1994, →ISBN, page 107:
      But it was the Tui Marina end that lingers in the memory. It was haunted by tuis, great insolent Carusos, who would half throw a note and then break off in the middle in sheer delight at their own marvellousness or in sudden greed.
    • 2011, Pat Willmer, “Pollination in Different Habitats”, in Pollination and Floral Ecology, Princeton, N.J., Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, part IV (Floral Ecology), page 601, column 2:
      On these two large islands [New Zealand], the native biota lacks many angiosperm and insect groups found routinely elsewhere, and the native flowers (about 80% endemic) are strongly dominated by rather dull white generalist forms, with flies, small moths, and beetles visiting: there are just a few bee- and bird-pollinated examples (visited mainly by bellbirds and tuis), and no native butterfly flowers.

Translations

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References

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  1. ^ “tui, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1915; “tui, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Anagrams

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Daai Chin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water”). Cognate to S'gaw Karen ထံ (hṭee).

Noun

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tui

  1. water

References

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

Fijian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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tui

  1. king
  2. principal chief

Greenlandic

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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tui (plural tuit)

  1. shoulder
Declension
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Declension of tui
singular plural
absolutive tui tuit
ergative tuip tuit
allative tuimut tuinut
ablative tuimit tuinit
prosecutive tuikkut tuitigut
locative tuimi tuini
instrumental tuimik tuinik
equative tuiitut tuiitut

Etymology 2

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From Danish due

Noun

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tui (plural tuit)

  1. pigeon
Declension
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Declension of tui
singular plural
absolutive tui tuit
ergative tuip tuit
allative tuimut tuinut
ablative tuimit tuinit
prosecutive tuikkut tuitigut
locative tuimi tuini
instrumental tuimik tuinik
equative tuiitut tuiitut

Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of tui – see 堆 (“heap; pile; mound; heap; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 堆).

Hrangkhol

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water”). Cognate to S'gaw Karen ထံ (hṭee).

Noun

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tui

  1. water

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Khumi Chin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *təy (“water”). Cognates include Mandarin 涕 (tì) and S'gaw Karen ထံ (hṭee).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tui

  1. water

Derived terms

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References

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  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎[2], Payap University, page 44

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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tuī

  1. genitive singular of tū

Adjective

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tuī

  1. inflection of tuus:
    1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
    2. masculine/neuter genitive singular

Mandarin

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Romanization

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tui

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tuī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of tuí.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of tuǐ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of tuì.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *tui (“to thread on string”) (compare with Hawaiian kui)[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *tuRi₁ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuhuR (“to string together”) (compare with Tagalog tuhog).[2][3]

Verb

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tui

  1. to thread, to string together
  2. to pierce with a needle
  3. to sew

Noun

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tui

  1. string, thread
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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 546-7
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tui”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 263-4

Further reading

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  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “tui”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 527
  • “tui” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Mbyá Guaraní

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Adjective

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tui

  1. (to be) lying down, in bed

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of tui
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive 		1st person
exclusive 		2nd person 3rd person
xetui ndetui itui nhandetui oretui pendetui itui

Verb

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tui

  1. to be born

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of tui
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive 		1st person
exclusive 		2nd person 3rd person
xetui ndetui itui nhandetui oretui pendetui itui

Mizo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *təy (“water”). Cognate to S'gaw Karen ထံ (hṭee).

Noun

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tui

  1. water
  2. any liquid

Verb

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tui

  1. to flow

Nga La

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s.

Noun

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tui

  1. water

References

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  • Matu (Chin) Dictionary by Ropna Saruum, Matupi 2007

Ralte

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water”). Cognate to S'gaw Karen ထံ (hṭee).

Noun

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tui

  1. water

Further reading

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

Rapa Nui

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Verb

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tui

  1. sew

Rohingya

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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tui

  1. you (singular)

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtwi/ [ˈt̪wi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: tui

Noun

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tui m (plural tuis)

  1. tweet (post of Twitter)

Swahili

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Noun

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tui (ma class, no plural)

  1. coconut milk
    tui la nazi
    coconut milk

Tahitian

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Noun

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tui

  1. earache
  2. otitis

References

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  • Sven Wahlroos (2002) “tui”, in English–Tahitian, Tahitian–English Dictionary, First edition, Honolulu: The Mā'ohi Heritage Press, →ISBN

Tedim Chin

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s.

Noun

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tui

  1. water

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ɗuuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *twəy.

Noun

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tui

  1. egg

References

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  • Zomi Ordbog, based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Vietnamese

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Pronoun

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tui • (碎)

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

Usage notes

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

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Derived terms

Zou

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *təy (“water”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tûj/
  • Hyphenation: tui

Noun

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tùi

  1. water

References

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