too

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English

Etymology

From Middle English to (“also, in addition to”), from Old English tō (“furthermore, also, besides”), adverbial use of preposition tō (“to, into”). The sense of "in addition, also" deriving from the original meaning of "apart, separately" (compare Old English prefix tō- (“apart”)). Doublet of to; see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Canada) IPA^(key): /tuː/, [tʰu̟ː], enPR: to͞o
• (US) IPA^(key): /tu/, [tʰu̟], enPR: to͞o
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /tʉː/, [tʰʉː]
• Homophones: two, to
• Rhymes: -uː

Adverb

too (not comparable)

1. (focus) Likewise.
2. (conjunctive) Also; in addition.
3. (degree) To an excessive degree; over; more than enough.
4. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree, very.

5. (emphatic, colloquial, childish) Used to contradict a negative assertion with present and simple past forms of be, do, and auxiliary verbs

   Synonym: so

6. (archaic, colloquial) Used for emphasis, without reference to any previous statement.

Usage notes

• When used in their senses as degree adverbs, very and too never modify verbs; very much and too much do instead.

Synonyms

• (likewise, also): as well, along with, eke (obsolete)
• (over, more than enough): excessively, extremely, overmuch, unnecessarily

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• too too

Anagrams

• OTO, OoT, Oto, oot, oto, oto-

Acholi

Noun

too

1. fox

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoː/ [ˈtoː]
• Hyphenation: too

Determiner

tóo

1. that, those (feminine)

Derived terms

See also

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “too”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoo/ [ˈt̪o.o]
• Rhymes: -oo
• Syllabification: to‧o

Determiner

too n

1. neuter singular of tou

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *too, from Proto-Uralic *to. Cognates include Finnish tuo, Erzya тона (tona), Hungarian tova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoː/, [ˈtoː]

Determiner

too (genitive tolle, partitive toda)

1. (dialectal) that (over there)

Usage notes

Used by speakers in and from Southern Estonia.

Declension

See also

• see

Galice

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

Noun

too

1. water

References

• Harry Hoijer, Galice Athapaskan: A Grammatical Sketch, International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 32:4 (October 1966), pages 320-327

Galician

Verb

too

1. first-person singular present indicative of toar

Hiligaynon

Adjective

toó

1. dexter, right

Hunsrik

Adverb

too (Wiesemann spelling)

1. Alternative spelling of do

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *too, from Proto-Uralic *to. Cognates include Finnish tuo and Karelian tuo.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtoː/, [ˈtoː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtoː/, [ˈto̝ː]
• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: too

Determiner

too

1. that

Pronoun

too

1. that

Usage notes

• Too and noo are deictic: They refer to physical entities. In contrast, se and neet are anaphoric, and thus refer to something that is previously mentioned in the conversation.

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian то (to).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtoː/, [ˈtoː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtoː/, [ˈto̝ː]
• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: too

Adverb

too

1. otherwise

Synonyms

• muites

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtoː/, [ˈtoː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtoː/, [ˈto̝ː]
• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: too

Verb

too

1. inflection of toovva:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 99
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 594
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[4], →ISBN, pages 13-14

Karao

Noun

too

1. person

Komba

Noun

too

1. water

References

• Neville et Gwyneth Southwell, Komba dictionary, page 37, 1969

Koyukon

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

Noun

too

1. water
   • (Can we date this quote?), Melissa Axelrod, The semantic of time. Aspectual Categorization in Koyukon Athabaskan, page 167 (Extrait de l’histoire traditionnelle : Tobaan Etseh)

Mwan

Noun

too

1. day
2. tomorrow

Portuguese

Verb

too

1. first-person singular present indicative of toar

Sekani

Alternative forms

• choo (in some other dialects)

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

Noun

too

1. (Kwadacha dialect) water

References

• Sharon Hargus, Documenting for revitalization: Kwadacha Tsek'ene, a case study (2014)

Spanish

Verb

too

1. first-person singular present indicative of toar

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪oː/

Verb

too

1. (transitive) to wrap up

Conjugation

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[5], Pacific linguistics

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English to, from Old English tō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuː/

Adverb

too

1. too

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 88

Yoruba

Etymology

From Hausa tṑ; cognate with Baatonum to.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tóò/

Interjection

tóò

1. okay, well