tu particle English. Determiner which marks a referent noun phrase containing old and/or remote information, oft. locative: at a, at the, to a, to the. Example sentence: Subanen. Sug bina' ni Tetalu tu gadi', mitabuk. English. Caterpillar's proposal of marriage to the king's daughter was accepted. (From folktale.). Example sentence: Subanen. “Tanda' mu uitayi manuk mu kiin?” “Beluyen ku tu nga Dada', mabu' ndi' da pa pegdaaun.” English. “Where are you taking that chicken of yours?” “I'm going to let it run loose there at Auntie's house; maybe it won't be stolen.”