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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
utu (uncountable)
- (New Zealand) Recompense, payback; revenge.
- 2008, Christina Thompson, Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All, Bloomsbury 2009, p. 129:
- Utu demanded that both favors and grievances be repaid in kind, but it was the grievances, naturally, that caused the most trouble.
- 2011, Andrew Alderson, New Zealand Herald, 19 Sep 2011:
- The match had been touted as a chance for utu after the 1999 and 2007 All Blacks World Cup defeats.
- 2008, Christina Thompson, Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All, Bloomsbury 2009, p. 129:
Buginese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.
Noun[edit]
utu
- louse (insect)
Finnish[edit]
(index u)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *utu, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Icelandic úði (“drizzle”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
utu
Usage notes[edit]
- The words sumu, usva and utu all describe "visible water vapor lightly suspended near the ground", but at different degrees. Sumu is the thickest and utu thinnest.
- utu is used for haze caused by water vapor - if the haze is caused by something else, it is called auer.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of utu (Kotus type 1/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | utu | udut | |
genitive | udun | utujen | |
partitive | utua | utuja | |
illative | utuun | utuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | utu | udut | |
accusative | nom. | utu | udut |
gen. | udun | ||
genitive | udun | utujen | |
partitive | utua | utuja | |
inessive | udussa | uduissa | |
elative | udusta | uduista | |
illative | utuun | utuihin | |
adessive | udulla | uduilla | |
ablative | udulta | uduilta | |
allative | udulle | uduille | |
essive | utuna | utuina | |
translative | uduksi | uduiksi | |
instructive | — | uduin | |
abessive | udutta | uduitta | |
comitative | — | utuineen |
Possessive forms of utu (type valo) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | utuni | utumme |
2nd person | utusi | utunne |
3rd person | utunsa |
Derived terms[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
Ingrian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *utu. Cognates include Finnish utu and Estonian udu.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
utu (genitive uun, partitive uttuua)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of utu | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | utu | uut |
genitive | uun | uttuloin |
partitive | uttuua | uttuloja |
illative | uttuu | uttuloihe |
inessive | uu'uz | uttuloiz |
elative | uust | uttuloist |
allative | uulle | uttuloille |
adessive | uu'ul | uttuloil |
ablative | uult | uttuloilt |
translative | uuks | uttuloiks |
essive | uttuun | uttuloin |
References[edit]
- Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)[1]
Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utuŋ (compare Hawaiian uku, Malay untung).
Noun[edit]
utu
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
u- (“-ness”) + -tu (“person”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
utu (u class, no plural)
Zazaki[edit]
Noun[edit]
utu (m)
- iron (device for pressing clothes)
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- bug:Insects
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