kutun
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Basque[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Adjective[edit]
kutun (comparative kutunago, superlative kutunen, excessive kutunegi)
Declension[edit]
Declension of kutun (adjective, ending in consonant)
Noun[edit]
kutun inan or anim
- (inanimate) amulet
- (inanimate, Christianity) scapular
- (inanimate) pincushion
- (animate) dear, darling
- (animate) favorite, preferred child
Declension[edit]
Declension of kutun (animate and inanimate, ending in consonant)
Derived terms[edit]
- kuttun (“dear, darling”)
- kutunkeria (“favoritism”)
- kutunki (“with love, dearly”)
- kutuntasun (“intimacy”)
References[edit]
- ^ “gutun” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
- ^ Luis Michelena (1964) Sobre el pasado de la lengua vasca, San Sebastián: Auñamendi, page 128
Further reading[edit]
- "kutun" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “kutun” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
kutun
Anagrams[edit]
Turkish[edit]
Noun[edit]
kutun
- second-person singular possessive of kutu
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