tuota

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• teta (Ragusan)

Etymology

From Latin tata. Compare Romanian tată.

Noun

tuota m

1. (Vegliot) father, dad

Finnish

Etymology 1

• (interjection): From the partitive singular of tuo. Demonstrative pronouns developing into words used to fill pauses is found across the world's languages: examples include Russian это (eto) (from э́тот (étot)), Spanish este and Japanese あのう (anō) (from あの (ano)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuo̯tɑ/, [ˈt̪uo̞̯t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -uotɑ
• Syllabification^(key): tuo‧ta

Pronoun

tuota

1. (demonstrative) partitive singular of tuo

   Katso tuota!

   Look at that!

Inflection

See tuo.

Interjection

tuota

1. filled pause; well, uhh (especially at the beginning of an utterance)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuo̯tɑˣ/, [ˈt̪uo̞̯t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uotɑ
• Syllabification^(key): tuo‧ta

Verb

tuota

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

Anagrams

• autot, tauot