Etymology

From RussianCategory:Estonian terms borrowed from Russian#TUUSCategory:Estonian terms derived from Russian#TUUS туз (tuz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːs/, [ˈtuːs]Category:Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation#TUUS
• Rhymes: -uːsCategory:Rhymes:Estonian/uːs#TUUSCategory:Rhymes:Estonian/uːs/1 syllable#TUUS
• Hyphenation: tuus

Adjective

tuus (genitive tuusa, partitive tuusa, comparative tuusam, superlative kõige tuusam)Category:Estonian lemmas#TUUSCategory:Estonian adjectives#TUUSCategory:Estonian entries with incorrect language header#TUUSCategory:Pages with entries#TUUSCategory:Pages with 4 entries#TUUS

1. (datedCategory:Estonian dated terms#TUUS, slangCategory:Estonian slang#TUUS) cool, awesome

Noun

tuus (genitive tuusa, partitive tuusa)Category:Estonian lemmas#TUUSCategory:Estonian nouns#TUUSCategory:Estonian entries with incorrect language header#TUUSCategory:Pages with entries#TUUSCategory:Pages with 4 entries#TUUS

1. (card gamesCategory:et:Card games#TUUS, rareCategory:Estonian terms with rare senses#TUUS or uncommonCategory:Estonian terms with uncommon senses#TUUS) ace

   Synonym: äss

2. (figurative, uncommonCategory:Estonian terms with uncommon senses#TUUS) an important figure, influential person

References

• tuus in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “tuus”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Etymology

From Proto-ItalicCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic#TUUS *towos.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtu.ʊs]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#TUUSCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#TUUS
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtuː.us]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#TUUSCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#TUUS

Determiner

tuus (feminine tua, neuter tuum)Category:Latin lemmas#TUUSCategory:Latin determiners#TUUSCategory:Latin first and second declension determiners#TUUSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#TUUSCategory:Pages with entries#TUUSCategory:Pages with 4 entries#TUUS; first/second-declension determiner, with locative

1. (possessive) your (singular), thy

See also

• meus
• suus
• noster
• vester

References

• “tuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “tuus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • how are you getting on: quo loco res tuae sunt?
    
  • just as you wish: arbitratu, arbitrio tuo
    
  • I am sorry for you: tuam vicem doleo
    
  • remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)
    
  • your crop is still green, i.e. you are still far from your ambition: adhuc tua messis in herba est (proverb.)
    
  • allow me to say: pace tua dixerim or dicere liceat
    
  • allow me to say: bona (cum) venia tua dixerim
    
  • with perfect right: meo (tuo, suo) iure
    
  • (ambiguous) we expect a great deal from a man of your calibre: magna est exspectatio ingenii tui
    

  Category:Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook

Adjective

tuus (Sundanese script ᮒᮥᮅᮞ᮪)Category:Sundanese lemmas#TUUSCategory:Sundanese adjectives#TUUSCategory:Sundanese entries with incorrect language header#TUUSCategory:Pages with entries#TUUSCategory:Pages with 4 entries#TUUS

1. slightly wet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tùːs/Category:Yucatec Maya terms with IPA pronunciation#TUUS

Noun

tuus (plural tuusoʼobCategory:Yucatec Maya links with redundant alt parameters#TUUS)Category:Yucatec Maya lemmas#TUUSCategory:Yucatec Maya nouns#TUUSCategory:Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header#TUUSCategory:Pages with entries#TUUSCategory:Pages with 4 entries#TUUS

1. lie

Verb

tuusCategory:Yucatec Maya lemmas#TUUSCategory:Yucatec Maya verbs#TUUSCategory:Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header#TUUSCategory:Pages with entries#TUUSCategory:Pages with 4 entries#TUUS (intransitiveCategory:Yucatec Maya intransitive verbs)

1. to lie (say something untrue)
   • 2011, Marga Beatriz Aguilar Montejo, “U x-waáyilo’ob X-Letra”, in T’aan: Narrativa, Poesía y Dramaturgia, Secretaría de Educación del Estado de Yucatán, page 82:

     Chéen ka tuus, wa yan u paalale’ min ts’o’ok in wojeltike’.

     You are lying, if he had children, I would already know.

     Category:Yucatec Maya terms with quotations#TUUS

References

• Gómez Navarrete, Javier Abelardo (2009), Diccionario Introductorio Español-Maya, Maya-Español‎ (in Spanish), Chetumal: Universidad de Quintana Roo, archived from the original on 30 January 2025, page 174: “TUUS”
• Yoshida, Shigeto (2009), Diccionario de la conjugación de verbos en el maya yucateco actual (in Spanish), Sendai: Tohoku University, page 82: “TUUS”