utuutu

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Maori[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Reduplication of utu (“to repay”)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.tu.u.tu/, [ˈʉ.tʉ.ʉ.tʉ]

Noun[edit]

utuutu

  1. (a number of) repayments

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

utuutu (passive utuutua or utuutuhia)

  1. to fill a container (with liquid) a number of times

References[edit]

  1. “utuutu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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