tuhu

See also: tuhú, túhu, and tʼuhu

Bunun

Noun

tuhu

1. (anatomy) buttocks

Coastal Kadazan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *quluh.

Noun

tuhu

1. (anatomy) head

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuɦu]

Noun

tuhu f

1. accusative singular of tuha

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu, compare Aklanon tuo.

Adverb

tuhu

1. truly

Old Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu

Adjective

tuhu

1. true
   • c. 1518, Sanghyang Siksakandang Karesian (Kropak 630), folio 8, recto:

     Wiraṅ ma ṅara(n)na: mumul tuhu, mumul bĕnĕr, mumul yo(g)ya, mumul duga-duga, mumul bema.

     "Wirang" means: not wanting to be honest. not wanting to be right, not wanting to be worthy. not wanting to be frank, not wanting to try.

Noun

tuhu

1. truth
   • c. 1518, Sanghyang Siksakandang Karesian (Kropak 630), folio 20, verso:

     Tĕguhkön pagöhkön sahiṅ(g)aning tuhu...

     "Strengthen, make firm the boundaries of truth...

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese tuhu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu (“right, true”). Doublet of katuhu. Cognate to Javanese tuhu, Tagalog totoo.

Adjective

tuhu (Sundanese script ᮒᮥᮠᮥ)

1. faithful

   Kuring nyumpah yén kuring bakal tuhu ngalaksanakeun kalungguhan Présidén Amérika Sarikat...

   I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States,

2. true
3. sincere

Derived terms

• dipituhu
• katuhuan
• mituhu
• pituhu

Further reading

• "TOEHOE", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Taivoan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral

tuhu

1. three

References

• Li, Jen-Kuei (2010), “tuhu”, in 新港文書研究 [Studies of Sinkang Manuscripts] (in Chinese), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, →ISBN, page 637
• “tuhu”, in Taivoan Dictionary (in Chinese), Taiwan, 2026