tuit
English
Etymology
A pun on get around to it, reanalyzing it as get a round tuit.
Noun
tuit (plural tuits)
- (humorous) Synonym of round tuit
- 1996 October 6, Colin Douthwaite <cfbd@southern.co.nz>, "Tuit", message-ID <538pjq$nn1@orm.southern.co.nz>, rec.humor, Usenet :
- THIS IS A TUIT
- 2000 December 7, Joe Zeff <the.guy.with.the.sideburns@lasfs.org>, "Tuit Update", message-ID <3a2ed57b.471201@news.earthlink.net>, alt.sysadmin.recovery, Usenet :
- My tuit is back from the shop, in a properly round state.
- 2002 Mat 25, Scott W. Harvey <fromrarp@scottharvey.com>, "1953 BEITMAN MANUAL NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD", message-ID <3cf2b4de.159435990@enews.newsguy.com>, rec.antiques.radio+phono, Usenet :
- 1926-38 and 1939 manuals will be re-posted when my TUIT is round enough.
- 1996 October 6, Colin Douthwaite <cfbd@southern.co.nz>, "Tuit", message-ID <538pjq$nn1@orm.southern.co.nz>, rec.humor, Usenet :
Anagrams
Catalan
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tœy̯t/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: tuit
- Rhymes: -œy̯t
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch tute. Cognate with German Tüte (“bag”). Further origin unknown.
Derived terms
- schenktuit
Descendants
- Afrikaans: tuit
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Irish
Noun
tuit f (genitive singular tuite, nominative plural tuiteanna)
- Alternative form of toit (“smoke”)
Declension
Second declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Verb
tuit (present analytic tuiteann, future analytic tuitfidh, verbal noun tuitim, past participle tuite)
- Alternative form of tit (“fall”)
Conjugation
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | tuitim | tuiteann tú; tuitir† |
tuiteann sé, sí | tuitimid | tuiteann sibh | tuiteann siad; tuitid† |
a thuiteann; a thuiteas / a dtuiteann*; a dtuiteas* |
tuitear |
past | thuit mé; thuiteas | thuit tú; thuitis | thuit sé, sí | thuiteamar; thuit muid | thuit sibh; thuiteabhair | thuit siad; thuiteadar | a thuit / ar thuit* |
tuiteadh | |
past habitual | thuitinn / dtuitinn‡‡ | thuiteá / dtuiteᇇ | thuiteadh sé, sí / dtuiteadh sé, s퇇 | thuitimis; thuiteadh muid / dtuitimis‡‡; dtuiteadh muid‡‡ | thuiteadh sibh / dtuiteadh sibh‡‡ | thuitidís; thuiteadh siad / dtuitidís‡‡; dtuiteadh siad‡‡ | a thuiteadh / a dtuiteadh* |
thuití / dtuit퇇 | |
future | tuitfidh mé; tuitfead |
tuitfidh tú; tuitfir† |
tuitfidh sé, sí | tuitfimid; tuitfidh muid |
tuitfidh sibh | tuitfidh siad; tuitfid† |
a thuitfidh; a thuitfeas / a dtuitfidh*; a dtuitfeas* |
tuitfear | |
conditional | thuitfinn / dtuitfinn‡‡ | thuitfeá / dtuitfeᇇ | thuitfeadh sé, sí / dtuitfeadh sé, s퇇 | thuitfimis; thuitfeadh muid / dtuitfimis‡‡; dtuitfeadh muid‡‡ | thuitfeadh sibh / dtuitfeadh sibh‡‡ | thuitfidís; thuitfeadh siad / dtuitfidís‡‡; dtuitfeadh siad‡‡ | a thuitfeadh / a dtuitfeadh* |
thuitfí / dtuitf퇇 | |
subjunctive | present | go dtuite mé; go dtuitead† |
go dtuite tú; go dtuitir† |
go dtuite sé, sí | go dtuitimid; go dtuite muid |
go dtuite sibh | go dtuite siad; go dtuitid† |
— | go dtuitear |
past | dá dtuitinn | dá dtuiteá | dá dtuiteadh sé, sí | dá dtuitimis; dá dtuiteadh muid |
dá dtuiteadh sibh | dá dtuitidís; dá dtuiteadh siad |
— | dá dtuití | |
imperative | tuitim | tuit | tuiteadh sé, sí | tuitimis | tuitigí; tuitidh† |
tuitidís | — | tuitear | |
verbal noun | tuitim | ||||||||
past participle | tuite |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tuit | thuit | dtuit |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old French
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tutʲ/
Verb
·tuit
- third-person singular present indicative prototonic of do·tuit
tuit
- second-person singular present imperative of do·tuit
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t̪uʰtʲ], /t̪ʰuʰtʰʲ/
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
tuit | thuit |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “tuit”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 do-tuit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Spanish
Etymology
Orthographically adapted by the Fundación del Español Urgente for the English-borrowed word to have a more Hispanic form rather than the English one. Added to the dictionary of the Real Academia Española in 2015.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtwit/ [ˈt̪wit̪]
- Rhymes: -it
- Syllabification: tuit
Noun
tuit m (plural tuits)
- (computing) tweet (post on Twitter)
- 2019 February 6, Elvira Guillén, “Premios Oscar sin anfitrión”, in Teleradio América Noticias:
- En diciembre, el comediante Kevin Hart declinó una oferta de la Academia para presentar los Oscar debido a una controversia que se desató por unos tuits homofóbicos de hace una década.
- In December, the comedian Kevin Hart declined an offer from the Academy to host the Oscars due to a controversy sparked by some homophobic tweets from a decade ago.
Further reading
- “tuit”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014