kutun
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]Noun
[edit]kutun inan or anim
- (inanimate) amulet
- (inanimate, Christianity) scapular
- (inanimate) pincushion
- (animate) dear, darling
- (animate) favorite, preferred child
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- kuttun (“dear, darling”)
- kutunkeria (“favoritism”)
- kutunki (“with love, dearly”)
- kutuntasun (“intimacy”)
References
[edit]- ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “gutun”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 214
- ^ 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] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “kutun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Finnish
[edit]Noun
[edit]kutun
Anagrams
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Noun
[edit]kutun
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