kutun

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Basque

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Etymology

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From Arabic كُتُب (kutub), plural of كِتَاب (kitāb, letter, book, piece of writing).[1] Semantically, the "amulet" sense comes from the practice of carrying texts in a cloth pendant, with the other senses developing later from it.[2] Doublet of gutun (letter).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kutun/, [ku.t̪ũn]

Adjective

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kutun (comparative kutunago, superlative kutunen, excessive kutunegi)

  1. dear, darling
  2. favorite, preferred (referring to children)

Declension

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Noun

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kutun inan or anim

  1. (inanimate) amulet
  2. (inanimate, Christianity) scapular
  3. (inanimate) pincushion
  4. (animate) dear, darling
  5. (animate) favorite, preferred child

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ gutun” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
  2. ^ Luis Michelena (1964) Sobre el pasado de la lengua vasca, San Sebastián: Auñamendi, page 128

Further reading

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  • kutun”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • kutun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Finnish

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Noun

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kutun

  1. genitive singular of kuttu

Anagrams

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Turkish

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Noun

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kutun

  1. second-person singular possessive of kutu