FromMiddle English to- Old English tō- te- ( “ apart, away ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *tō- *tuʀ- *twiʀ- Proto-Germanic *twiz- ( “ apart, in two ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *dwis- ( “ two-ways, in twain ” ) .
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( no longerproductive ) apart ,away ,asunder , in pieces; expressingseparation ,negation , orintensity .[ 1] ( no longerproductive ) Parting : forming verbs that involve cleaving, breaking, or sundering.to crackto grindto rend( no longerproductive ) excessively .to beatto pinchto quaketo ruffle( no longerproductive ) Completely .to bruiseto reaveto robto shend( no longerproductive ) Moving .to lugto windterms derived from parting
terms derived from excessively
terms derived from completely
terms derived from moving
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Used in various ways to indicate temporality:Current , the current form of the suffixed time. Forming nouns.to dayto nightto solOn (this) time, which is a fixed point in time. Forming adverbs.to dayto morrowto mornDuring the suffixed time. Forming adverbs.to dayto nightto yearOf , as characteristic of the suffixed time period. Forming adverbs and adjectives.to dayto getherAt , at the suffixed time. Forming an unfixed point in time, rather than a duration.to morrowto fallto gether Adding , additional in quantity.to -breadto -nameToward in direction or location.to -drawto fallto getherterms derived from current
terms derived from during
terms derived from adding
terms derived from toward
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This term needs a translation to English. Please help out andadd a translation , then remove the text{{rfdef }}. ( personal prefix, possessive ) our . Can combine with relational words to form relational adverbs.nāntzintli ( “ mother ” ) →tonāntzin ( “ our mother ” ) calli ( “ house ” ) →tocal ( “ our house ” ) -tlōc ( “ beside ” ) →totlōc ( “ beside us ” ) CategoryClassical Nahuatl nouns prefixed with to- not found
Classical Nahuatl possessive prefixes
( personal prefix, reflexive ) ourselves . May also indicate reciprocity between the 1st person party:we ____each other . For certain verbs, this imparts an intransitive sense rather than a strictly reflexive one.titītza ( “ to stretch something ” ) →titotitītzah ( “ We stretch (ourselves) ” ) itta ( “ to see something ” ) →titottah ( “ We see ourselves, We look at each other ” ) tolīnia ( “ to bother someone, to make suffer ” ) →titotolīniah ( “ We suffer, We are bothered ” ) As with the other reflexive prefixes andtla- , this prefixes causes deletion of initiali in verbs such asitta orilpia , with the exception of verbs beginning withih- such asihquiti .
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Rōmaji transcription ofと Fromto ( “ in the direction of ” ) , fromOld English tō
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Affixed toverbs and verb inflections to impart a sense ofmotion ,directionality and/orextension . Affixed toadjectives ,adverbs andprepositions to impart a sense ofapproach ,extension and/orproximity . ( rare ) nouns to impart a sense ofmotion ,directionality and/orextension .Verbs and inflections formed withto-
Adjectives, adverbs and prepositions formed withto-
FromOld English tō- te- ( “ apart, asunder ” ) .
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Appended to verbs and nouns to impart a sense ofseparation and/ordeparture . Appended to verbs and nouns tointensify oremphasise the meaning. Verbs and inflections formed withto-
FromProto-West Germanic *tō- *twiʀ- Proto-Germanic *twiz- Proto-Indo-European *dwís Old Frisian ti- te- Old Saxon te- Old High German zi- zir- zar- zur- German zer- Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐍃- ( dis- ) , and withLatin dis-
IPA (key ) : /ˈtoː/ ( as a nominal prefix ) IPA (key ) : /toː/ ( as a verbal prefix ) tō-
verbal prefix with a sense of "in pieces, apart, asunder", or with intensive force tefeallan ,tōfeallan to fall apart titwǣman ,tōtwǣman to separate tetorfian ,tōtorfian to toss about used to form substantives from other nouns tōtalu reputation tōsprǣċ conversation The prefix has two basic forms: stressed (tō- ) and unstressed (te- ti- FromProto-Celtic *to-
to- (pretonic do-
prefix used to create verbs and associated verbal nouns Verbs whose deuterotonic forms begin with this prefix followed by a stressed vowel are permitted to use prototonic forms even when normally a deuterotonic form would be used (i.e. in independent or relative position). For example:c. 800 , Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb.30d 11 Tánicc aimser mo idbarte-se.The time of offering mehas come. (preterite ofdo·icc tánicc do·ánicc FromProto-Germanic *tō
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Creates words with a sense of ‘towards, to, against’ tōdōn ( “ to add; to close ” ) tōheftian ( “ to fix ” ) tōhlinon ( “ to lean against ” ) tōhnēgian ( “ to neigh towards ” ) tōrūnon ( “ to whisper ” ) tōsprekan ( “ to speak with, discuss, talk to ” ) tōstōtan ( “ to push, thrust ” ) tōward ( “ future ” ) tōwardes ( “ near ” ) tōwardig ( “ near ” ) tōwendian ( “ to turn towards ” ) CategoryOld Saxon terms prefixed with to- not found
Cognate withTehit t- ( “ first-person singular prefix ” ) .
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first-person singular clitic ,I ngorito sonyinga moju ngana na demo se ngori. ―I stillremember your words to me. Ternate personal pronouns independent subject proclitic possessive informal formal singular 1st person ngori fangare m ,fajaru f to ri 2nd person ngana ngoni jou ngoni no ni 3rd person una m ,mina f o m ,mo f ,i nh i m ,mi f ,ma nh plural 1st person inclusive ngone fo na nga 1st person exclusive ngomi fangare ngomi m ,fajaru ngomi f ,fara ngomi 1 mi mi mia 2nd person ngoni ni na nia 3rd person ana h ,ena nh i h, nh ,yo h, † ,ya nh, † na h ,nga h ,ma nh
unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific m - masculine,f - feminine,h - human,nh - non-human1 - for mixed-gender groups † - archaic Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890 ),Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate , E.J. Brill Rika Hayami-Allen (2001 ),A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia , University of Pittsburgh to-
The definite article :the Karl V. Teeter (1964 ),The Wiyot Language , University of California press, page95 FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀ-
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marks the impersonal passive of transitive verbs tobawa ( “ to be brought ” ) forms verbs expressing involuntary action tole'e ( “ to urinate ” ) Anceaux, Johannes C. 1988.The Wolio Language. Dordrecht: Foris. 
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