wuta

Ami

Noun

wuta

1. water

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, Daly family languages, Australia (1974)

Hausa

Etymology

An old borrowing in West Chadic from an unknown source; compare Bole wuti, Mangas wur, Miship wus, Goemai wus, Beele huji, Kirfi wúʃī, Galambu wūːʃīː, Gera wūːsì, Deno ūʃíː, Tal us, Ngamo wòsi, Mwaghavul wus, Mundat wûʃ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wú.táː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [wʊ́.táː]

Noun

wutā f (possessed form wutar̃)

1. fire
2. electricity

Javanese

Other scripts
Carakan	ꦮꦸꦠ
Roman	wuta

Etymology

From Old Javanese wuta, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa (“blind; blindliness”).

Adjective

wuta

1. blind

   Synonym: tunanétra

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015), “wuta”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Manda (Australia)

Noun

wuta

1. water

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, Daly family languages, Australia (1974)

Maranungku

Noun

wuta

1. water

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970)

Maridan

Noun

wuta

1. water

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970)

Maridjabin

Noun

wuta

1. water

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970)

Marimanindji

Noun

wuta

1. water

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970)

Maringarr

Noun

wuta

1. water

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970)

Marriammu

Noun

wuta

1. water

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970)

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, compare Malay buta.

Adjective

wuta

1. blind