utuutu

Maori

Etymology

Reduplication of utu (“to repay”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

utuutu

1. (a number of) repayments

Derived terms

• tau utuutu/tauutuutu (“alternating speaking procedure”)

Verb

utuutu (passive utuutua or utuutuhia)

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

References

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