tu-

• tw-

tu-

1. we (used for conjugating verbs to the subjective or nominative case of the personal pronoun)

• tə-

tu-

1. inflectional prefix applied to any lexical category functioning as predicate or complement to indicate past tense

tu-

1. Alternative form of to- (“towards”)

tu-

1. Alternative form of to- (“apart”)

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-.

tu-

1. we, 1st person plural subject concord

   Antonym: hatu-

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-.

tu-

1. verb-initial form of -tu- (“us, 1st person plural object concord”)

• (before vowels) tw-

• IPA^(key): /tu-/

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-.

tu-

1. we; 1st person plural subject concord

   ‎tu- + ‎-kora (“to do”) → ‎tukora (“we do”)

2. positive imperative form of -tu- (“us; 1st person plural object concord”)

   ‎tu- + ‎-ha (“to give”) → ‎tuha (“give us”)

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-.

tu-

1. class 13 pronominal concord

   ‎tu- + ‎-nu (“this, these”) → ‎tunu (“these (class 13)”)

2. they; class 13 subject concord

   ‎tu- + ‎-kora (“to do”) → ‎tukora (“they (class 13) do”)

3. positive imperative form of -tu- (“them; class 13 object concord”)

   ‎tu- + ‎-ha (“to give”) → ‎tuha (“give them (class 13)”)

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 413-414

From earlier *natu- via truncation, from Proto-Oceanic *natu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *natu.

• IPA^(key): /tu/

tu-

1. child

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 365

• IPA^(key): [tu-]

tu-

1. Allomorph of t- used for stems that begin with a consonant other than w and have a first vowel u.