tatu
English
Verb
tatu (third-person singular simple present tatus, present participle tatuing, simple past and past participle tatued)
- Archaic form of tattoo. (decorative ink design on the skin)
Noun
tatu (plural tatus)
- Alternative form of tatou (“giant armadillo”)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tatu in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Hungarian

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɒtu]
- Hyphenation: ta‧tu
- Rhymes: -tu
Declension
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
- 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
Old Javanese
Romanian

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taˈtu/
Noun
tatu m (plural tatu)
- armadillo (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
Declension
- Because of its unusual ending, this noun cannot be inflected normally. Inflected forms are often avoided.
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) tatu | tatuul | (niște) tatu | — |
genitive/dative | (unui) tatu | tatuului | (unor) tatu | — |
vocative | tatu | — |
Serbo-Croatian
Shona
< 2 | 3 | 4 > |
---|---|---|
Cardinal : tatu Ordinal : chitatu | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.
Swahili
30 | ||
[a], [b] ← 2 | 3 | 4 → |
---|---|---|
Cardinal: -tatu Ordinal: -a tatu |
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Inflection
Coordinate terms
—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 |
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ta‧tu
- IPA(key): /taˈtu/, [tɐˈtu]
- IPA(key): /taˈtuʔ/, [tɐˈtuʔ]
Derived terms
- itatu
- magpatatu
- magtatu
- patatuhan
- tatuhan
Tahitian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Yao
< 2 | 3 | 4 > |
---|---|---|
Cardinal : tatu | ||
Usage notes
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.