tutu

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English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

 Tutu (clothing) on Wikipedia

Borrowed from French tutu, from cucu (bum, bottom), playful reduplication of cul (arse).

A tutu

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuːtuː/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːtuː

Noun[edit]

tutu (plural tutus)

  1. A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
    The ballet dancer representing the swan wore a white tutu.
Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Maori tutu.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tutu/ (This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA or enPR then please add some!
    Particularly: “stress?”)

Noun[edit]

tutu (plural tutus)

  1. (New Zealand) Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand.
    Synonyms: toot plant, tupakihi
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Maori tutū (mischievous, disobedient).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tutu (third-person singular simple present tutus, present participle tutuing, simple past and past participle tutued)

  1. (New Zealand, childish) to fiddle or mess around with something.
    • 2016 July 14, “New Plymouth sign maker invests in enormous flatbed printer”, in Stuff[1]:
      "There were seven dudes here for a week just showing me how to use it and I just wanted them to leave so I could start tutuing with it."

Chuukese[edit]

Verb[edit]

tutu

  1. to shower

Coatepec Nahuatl[edit]

Noun[edit]

tutu

  1. bird

Finnish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From French tutu.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtutu/, [ˈt̪ut̪u]
  • Rhymes: -utu
  • Syllabification(key): tu‧tu

Noun[edit]

tutu

  1. tutu (garment)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of tutu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative tutu tutut
genitive tutun tutujen
partitive tutua tutuja
illative tutuun tutuihin
singular plural
nominative tutu tutut
accusative nom. tutu tutut
gen. tutun
genitive tutun tutujen
partitive tutua tutuja
inessive tutussa tutuissa
elative tutusta tutuista
illative tutuun tutuihin
adessive tutulla tutuilla
ablative tutulta tutuilta
allative tutulle tutuille
essive tutuna tutuina
translative tutuksi tutuiksi
instructive tutuin
abessive tututta tutuitta
comitative tutuineen
Possessive forms of tutu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person tutuni tutumme
2nd person tutusi tutunne
3rd person tutunsa

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtutuˣ/, [ˈt̪ut̪u(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -utu
  • Syllabification(key): tu‧tu

Verb[edit]

tutu

  1. inflection of tutua:
    1. indicative present connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Alteration of cucu, which is itself a reduplicated form of cul (butt, bum, arse).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tutu m (plural tutus)

  1. tutu

Further reading[edit]

Hausa[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /túː.tù/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [túː.tɪ̀]

Noun[edit]

tūtù m (possessed form tūtùn)

  1. (childish or humorous) poop

Kapampangan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Tagalog totoo

Adjective[edit]

tutu

  1. true; genuine

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -u

Noun[edit]

tutu m (plural tutus)

  1. tutu (ballet skirt)
  2. (slang) money
    • 1971, "Donald, Meu Sobrinho", O Pato Donald #1000 (English text: 1952, "The Hypno-Gun", Walt Disney's Comics #145)
      Tio Patinhas: Mas eu lhe emprestei um cruzado para comprar um livro! Lembra-se?
      Ademar: Sim, eu me lembro! Mas eu já li o livro! E não preciso mais pagar! [] Sim, você tem tutu de sobra! Não lhe fará falta êsse cruzeirinho.
      Uncle Scrooge: But I loaned you a dollar to buy a book! Don't you remember?
      Rockjaw: Sure I remember! But I've read the book! I don't need to pay you now! [] And, besides, you've got lots of money! You don't need the dollar!

Rapa Nui[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb[edit]

tutu

  1. burn

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French tutu.

Noun[edit]

tutu n (plural tutuuri)

  1. tutu

Declension[edit]

Sechura[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • xoto (Spruce's orthography)

Noun[edit]

tutu

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Matthias Urban, El vocabulario sechurano de Richard Spruce, in Lexis volume XXXIX (2) 2015, citing Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón

Swedish[edit]

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Noun[edit]

tutu c

  1. tutu

Declension[edit]

Declension of tutu 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tutu tutun tutuer tutuerna
Genitive tutus tutuns tutuers tutuernas

Ternate[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tutu

  1. (transitive) to pound
  2. (transitive) to mash
  3. (transitive) to punch (with one's fist)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of tutu
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totutu fotutu mitutu
2nd notutu nitutu
3rd Masculine otutu itutu, yotutu
Feminine motutu
Neuter itutu
- archaic

References[edit]

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Thao[edit]

Noun[edit]

tutu

  1. (anatomy) breast

Tiruray[edit]

Noun[edit]

tutu

  1. (anatomy) breast

Tsou[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

tutu

  1. (anatomy) pupil

Yosondúa Mixtec[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Mixtec *tútù, from a Mixe-Zoquean language, from Proto-Mixe-Zoque *toto.

Noun[edit]

tutu

  1. paper
  2. document
  3. book

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb[edit]

tutu

  1. (intransitive) whistle

Etymology 3[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective[edit]

tutu

  1. together
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎[2] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 81–82