tuúš some, a little; a bit, slightly

Part of Speech adj.inv
Vernacular Form تُوش
Phonetic Form tuúɕ
Indo-Aryan Proto-Form tuččhyá- 'empty, vain; n. emptiness (neut)' (T: 5850)
    • some, a little; a bit, slightly
      • Example 168:
        tíi tuúš míi uc̣hí ba teeṇíi múṭi pharé malíiti híni. thée ba lambúuṣu uc̣hí ba angóor ṣaawóolu hínu maní.
        tíi
        3sg.obl
        tuúš
        some
        míi
        bone.marrow
        uc̣hí
        lift
        -í
        -CV
        ba
        top
        teeṇíi
        refl
        múṭi
        arm
        pharé
        along
        malíit
        apply.pfv
        -i
        -f
        hin
        be.prs
        -i
        -f
        thée
        then
        ba
        top
        lambúuṣu
        kindling.wood
        uc̣hí
        lift
        -í
        -CV
        ba
        top
        angáar
        fire
        ṣaawá
        light
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        hin
        be.prs
        -u
        -MSG
        maní
        HSAY
        He took some bone marrow and applied it to his arm. Then he took the firewood and apparently lit a fire.
        Source: A:UXB020-1
      • Example 409:
        tuúš bhunimaá whíi ta karáaṛu ukháandu.
        tuúš
        little
        bhunimaá
        downhill
        whéi
        come.down
        -e
        -3sg
        ta
        DS
        karáṛu
        leopard
        ukhéi
        come.up
        -án
        -prs
        -u
        -MSG
        She had gone some ways down when a leopard came uphill.
        Source: A:KAT095
      • Example 761:
        paačhambeé tuúš saát duní ba maníitu maní ki míi nóo paxpúla.
        paačhambeé
        <person>
        tuúš
        some
        saát
        time
        dun
        think
        -í
        -CV
        ba
        top
        maníit
        say.pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        maní
        HSAY
        ki
        comp
        míi
        1sg.gen
        náau
        name
        paxpúla
        by.self
        Pashambi thought for a moment, then said, "My name is 'myself'."
        Source: A:UXB013
      • Example 1298:
        maṇḍawíi ghareé ḍhíngar ghooṣṭá díi tuúš muxtalíf bháanu.
        maṇḍáu
        veranda
        -ii
        -gen
        ghareé
        again
        ḍhíngar
        wood
        ghoóṣṭ
        house
        -a
        -obl
        díi
        from
        tuúš
        little
        muxtalíf
        different
        bhe
        become
        -án
        -prs
        -u
        -MSG
        The wood used for the veranda should be a bit different from the wood used for the house [itself].
        Source: A:HOW073
      • Example 1778:
        šóo tu bheš ta ma tuúš áaṇc̣a khaá whúum.
        šu
        good
        -u
        -MSG
        tu
        2sg.nom
        bheš
        sit.down
        ta
        DS
        ma
        1sg.nom
        tuúš
        some
        áaṇc̣u
        raspberry
        -a
        -pl
        kha
        eat
        -í
        -CV
        whéi
        come.down
        -um
        -1sg
        Good, you sit, and I will eat a little from the raspberry bush and then come down.
        Source: A:KAT138