"tuo" meaning in Italian

See tuo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /ˈtu.o/, /tu.o/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-tuo.wav Forms: tua [feminine], tuoi [masculine, plural], tue [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -uo Etymology: From Latin tuus, from Proto-Italic *towos. In the singular, Latin tuum underwent *ʊu > *ou > *ɔu dissimilation, cf. Sardinian tou, and also Latin ōvum > Italian òvo, Spanish huevo, ultimately producing [ˈtwɔu], and a plural [ˈtwɔi]. Italian then underwent its regular *wɔV > *uV sound change, cf. *bwɔe > bue, *mjɛu > mio, producing ultimately [ˈtu.o]. This latter sound change is blocked by a following [i], which explains the plural form tuoi, cf. *mjɛi > miei. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|tuus}} Latin tuus, {{inh|it|itc-pro|*towos}} Proto-Italic *towos, {{cog|sc|tou}} Sardinian tou, {{noncog|la|ōvum}} Latin ōvum, {{noncog|it|ovo|òvo}} Italian òvo, {{noncog|es|huevo}} Spanish huevo Head templates: {{it-det|mpl=tuoi}} tuo (feminine tua, masculine plural tuoi, feminine plural tue)
  1. your (informal)
    Sense id: en-tuo-it-det-hRqc4B9k Categories (other): Italian determiners Disambiguation of Italian determiners: 46 54

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈtu.o/, /tu.o/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-tuo.wav Forms: tua [feminine], tuoi [masculine, plural], tue [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -uo Etymology: From Latin tuus, from Proto-Italic *towos. In the singular, Latin tuum underwent *ʊu > *ou > *ɔu dissimilation, cf. Sardinian tou, and also Latin ōvum > Italian òvo, Spanish huevo, ultimately producing [ˈtwɔu], and a plural [ˈtwɔi]. Italian then underwent its regular *wɔV > *uV sound change, cf. *bwɔe > bue, *mjɛu > mio, producing ultimately [ˈtu.o]. This latter sound change is blocked by a following [i], which explains the plural form tuoi, cf. *mjɛi > miei. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|tuus}} Latin tuus, {{inh|it|itc-pro|*towos}} Proto-Italic *towos, {{cog|sc|tou}} Sardinian tou, {{noncog|la|ōvum}} Latin ōvum, {{noncog|it|ovo|òvo}} Italian òvo, {{noncog|es|huevo}} Spanish huevo Head templates: {{it-pron-adj|mpl=tuoi}} tuo (feminine tua, masculine plural tuoi, feminine plural tue)
  1. yours Related terms: loro, mio, suo, nostro, vostro
    Sense id: en-tuo-it-pron-XrLanCa2 Categories (other): Italian determiners, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian pronouns Disambiguation of Italian determiners: 46 54 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Italian pronouns: 17 83

Inflected forms

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          "word": "nostro"
        },
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    },
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      "word": "nostro"
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}

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