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tatu

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See also: Tatu, tatú, tatù, Ta-tu, Ta Tu, and тату

English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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tatu (plural tatus)

  1. Archaic form of tattoo. (decorative ink design on the skin)

Verb

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tatu (third-person singular simple present tatus, present participle tatuing, simple past and past participle tatued)

  1. Archaic form of tattoo. (decorative ink design on the skin)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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tatu (plural tatus)

  1. Alternative form of tatou (“giant armadillo”)

References

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Anagrams

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Aromanian

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Noun

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tatu f (plural tãtãnj, definite articulation tatul)

  1. Alternative form of tatã

Chichewa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

Numeral

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tatu

  1. three

Guaraní

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tatu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [taˈtu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ta‧tu

Noun

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tatu (plural tatukuéra)

  1. armadillo

Hungarian

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tatu

Etymology

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From French tatou, from Old Tupi tatu (“armadillo”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒtu]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧tu
  • Rhymes: -tu

Noun

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tatu (plural tatuk)

  1. armadillo

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tatu tatuk
accusative tatut tatukat
dative tatunak tatuknak
instrumental tatuval tatukkal
causal-final tatuért tatukért
translative tatuvá tatukká
terminative tatuig tatukig
essive-formal tatuként tatukként
essive-modal — —
inessive tatuban tatukban
superessive tatun tatukon
adessive tatunál tatuknál
illative tatuba tatukba
sublative tatura tatukra
allative tatuhoz tatukhoz
elative tatuból tatukból
delative taturól tatukról
ablative tatutól tatuktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		tatué tatuké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		tatuéi tatukéi
Possessive forms of tatu
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tatum tatuim
2nd person sing. tatud tatuid
3rd person sing. tatuja tatui
1st person plural tatunk tatuink
2nd person plural tatutok tatuitok
3rd person plural tatujuk tatuik

References

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Javanese

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Romanization

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tatu

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦠꦸ

Kituba

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Numeral

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tatu

  1. three

Kongo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

Numeral

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tatu

  1. three

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ta.tu/
  • Rhymes: -tu
  • Hyphenation: ta‧tu

Noun

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tatu

  1. wound

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • > Javanese: ꦠꦠꦸ (tatu) (inherited)

Old Tupi

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tatu (Dasypus novemcinctus)

Etymology

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    From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tatu, from Proto-Tupian *jat͡sju.

    Cognate with Guaraní tatu and Sateré-Mawé sahu.

    Noun

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    tatu (unpossessable)

    1. armadillo (any mammal in the order Cingulata)
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    Portuguese

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    Pronunciation

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    • Hyphenation: ta‧tu

    Etymology 1

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    Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pt

      Borrowed from Old Tupi tatu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tatu, from Proto-Tupian *jat͡sju.

      Noun

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      tatu m (plural tatus)

      1. armadillo
      2. (colloquial, South Brazil) booger
      3. (colloquial, South Brazil) fool
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      Descendants
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      Etymology 2

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      Clipping of tatuagem.

      Noun

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      tatu f (plural tatus)

      1. (colloquial) tattoo

      Romanian

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      Tatu

      Etymology

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      Borrowed from French tatou.

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      tatu m (plural tatu)

      1. armadillo (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

      Declension

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      • Because of its unusual ending, this noun cannot be inflected normally. Inflected forms are often avoided.
      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative tatu tatuul tatu —
      genitive-dative tatu tatuului tatu —
      vocative tatu —

      Serbo-Croatian

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      Noun

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      tatu (Cyrillic spelling тату)

      1. dative/locative singular of tat

      Noun

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      tatu (Cyrillic spelling тату)

      1. accusative singular of tata

      Shona

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      Shona cardinal numbers
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          Cardinal : tatu
          Ordinal : chitatu

      Etymology

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      From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

      Adjective

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      -tatú

      1. three

      Inflection

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      Inflected forms of -tatú
      plural only
      Class 2 vatatú
      Class 4 mitatú
      Class 6 matatú
      Class 8 zvitatú
      Class 10 nhatú
      Class 13 tutatú

      Swahili

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      Swahili numbers (edit)
      30
      [a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → 
          Cardinal: -tatu
          Ordinal: -a tatu

      Etymology

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      From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

      Pronunciation

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      • Audio (Kenya):(file)

      Numeral

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      -tatu (declinable)

      1. three

      Inflection

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      Inflected forms of -tatu (plural only)
      Noun class singular plural
      m-wa class(I/II) —
      m-mi class(III/IV) — mitatu
      ji-ma class(V/VI) — matatu
      ki-vi class(VII/VIII) — vitatu
      n class(IX/X) — tatu
      u class(XI) — see n(X) or ma(VI) class
      pa class(XVI) patatu
      ku class(XVII) kutatu
      mu class(XVIII) mutatu

      Coordinate terms

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      Swahili cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
      —0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
      0— sifuri -moja, mosi -wili, pili -tatu -nne -tano sita saba -nane tisa, kenda
      1— kumi kumi na moja, edashara kumi na mbili, thenashara kumi na tatu, thelatashara kumi na nne, arobatashara kumi na tano, hamstashara kumi na sita, sitashara kumi na saba, sabatashara kumi na nane, themantashara kumi na tisa, tisatashara
      2— ishirini ishirini na moja ishirini na mbili ishirini na tatu ishirini na nne ishirini na tano ishirini na sita ishirini na saba ishirini na nane ishirini na tisa
      3— thelathini thelathini na moja thelathini na mbili thelathini na tatu thelathini na nne thelathini na tano thelathini na sita thelathini na saba thelathini na nane thelathini na tisa
      4— arobaini arobaini na moja arobaini na mbili arobaini na tatu arobaini na nne arobaini na tano arobaini na sita arobaini na saba arobaini na nane arobaini na tisa
      5— hamsini hamsini na moja hamsini na mbili hamsini na tatu hamsini na nne hamsini na tano hamsini na sita hamsini na saba hamsini na nane hamsini na tisa
      6— sitini sitini na moja sitini na mbili sitini na tatu sitini na nne sitini na tano sitini na sita sitini na saba sitini na nane sitini na tisa
      7— sabini sabini na moja sabini na mbili sabini na tatu sabini na nne sabini na tano sabini na sita sabini na saba sabini na nane sabini na tisa
      8— themanini themanini na moja themanini na mbili themanini na tatu themanini na nne themanini na tano themanini na sita themanini na saba themanini na nane themanini na tisa
      9— tisini tisini na moja tisini na mbili tisini na tatu tisini na nne tisini na tano tisini na sita tisini na saba tisini na nane tisini na tisa

      Noun

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      tatu (n class, plural tatu)

      1. (card games) three

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      Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text)
      ree, rea, rei mbili tatu nne tano sita saba
      nane tisa kumi ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha jokari

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      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      tatú or tatû (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆᜓ)

      1. Alternative form of tato

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      Tahitian

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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.)

      Verb

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      tatu

      1. to mark

      Tumbuka

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

      Numeral

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      tatu

      1. three

      Yao

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      Yao cardinal numbers
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          Cardinal : tatu

      Etymology

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      Cognates include Swahili tatu.

      Numeral

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      tatu

      1. three

      Usage notes

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      This number follows a noun and takes the noun class characteristic prefix, e.g. mabweta gatatu (three boxes). See the Yao language article on Wikipedia for details on noun class prefixes.

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