putu

See also: puṯu

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Afrikaans putu, or its source, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Zulu uphuthu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊtʊ/, /ˈpuːtʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːtuː/

Noun

putu (uncountable)

1. (South Africa) A form of porridge made from maize meal. [from 20th c.]
   • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 328:

     Theo and I would join the servants for breakfast, squatting on our haunches round the three-legged iron pot, helping ourselves to tough putu porridge in our cupped hands.

   • 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury 2013, p. 242:

     Jonathan is volunteering to carve the leg of lamb that was decided on, although there's putu with beans as well as roast potatoes Reed style (or what Jabu knows as white style).

Related terms

• putu pap

Translations

maize porridge

• Afrikaans: poetoe, putu
• Northern Sotho: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: мамалыга (ru) f (mamalyga)
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Hopi

Adjective

putu

1. heavy (possessing great weight)

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈputu/

Noun

putu

1. accusative singular of puta
2. instrumental singular of puta

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [puˈtu]

Verb

putu

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of putea

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

putu m

1. dative/locative singular of put

Noun

putu (Cyrillic spelling путу)

1. dative/locative singular of puto

Noun

putu (Cyrillic spelling путу)

1. accusative singular of puta