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tuo.

that (over there) (compare se, see usage notes)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

pron/ˈtuo̯/[ˈt̪uo̞̯]
  1. that (over there) (compare se, see usage notes)

    demonstrative
    Tuo on saari.
    Tuo haluaa syödä jäätelöä.
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *too, from Proto-Uralic *to (compare Erzya тона (tona), Hungarian tova). Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (output c. 1543–1552), but only once in all of Agricola's works (for comparison, tämä is attested nearly two thousand times and se over ten thousand times).

det/ˈtuo̯/[ˈt̪uo̞̯]
  1. that (compare se, see usage notes)

    Näetkö tuon talon?
    Mistä tuo valo tulee?
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *too, from Proto-Uralic *to (compare Erzya тона (tona), Hungarian tova). Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (output c. 1543–1552), but only once in all of Agricola's works (for comparison, tämä is attested nearly two thousand times and se over ten thousand times).

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