putu
See also: puṯu
English
Etymology
From Afrikaans putu, or its source, Zulu uphuthu.
Pronunciation
- (General South African) IPA(key): /ˈpʊtʊ/, /ˈpuːtʊ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpuːtuː/
Noun
putu (uncountable)
- (South Africa) A form of porridge made from maize meal. [from 20th c.]
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 328:
- Theo and I would join the servants for breakfast, squatting on our haunches round the three-legged iron pot, helping ourselves to tough putu porridge in our cupped hands.
- 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury 2013, p. 242:
- Jonathan is volunteering to carve the leg of lamb that was decided on, although there's putu with beans as well as roast potatoes Reed style (or what Jabu knows as white style).
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 328:
Related terms
- putu pap
Translations
maize porridge
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈputu/, [ˈput̪u]
- Rhymes: -utu
- Syllabification(key): pu‧tu
Noun
putu
- (dialectal) dust, dirt
Declension
| Inflection of putu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | putu | pudut | |
| genitive | pudun | putujen | |
| partitive | putua | putuja | |
| illative | putuun | putuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | putu | pudut | |
| accusative | nom. | putu | pudut |
| gen. | pudun | ||
| genitive | pudun | putujen | |
| partitive | putua | putuja | |
| inessive | pudussa | puduissa | |
| elative | pudusta | puduista | |
| illative | putuun | putuihin | |
| adessive | pudulla | puduilla | |
| ablative | pudulta | puduilta | |
| allative | pudulle | puduille | |
| essive | putuna | putuina | |
| translative | puduksi | puduiksi | |
| instructive | — | puduin | |
| abessive | pudutta | puduitta | |
| comitative | — | putuineen | |
| Possessive forms of putu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | putuni | putumme |
| 2nd person | putusi | putunne |
| 3rd person | putunsa | |
Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *putu(-) (“hole through something, to pierce, has a hole”), from Proto-Eskimo *putru(-) (“hole, to pierce”). Compare putuvoq (“is perforated”), and pussorpoq (“has a hole worn in it”).
Noun
putu (plural putut)
- hole
Declension
Declension of putu
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | putu | putut |
| ergative | putup | putut |
| allative | putumut | putunut |
| ablative | putumit | putunit |
| prosecutive | putukkut | putunit |
| locative | putumi | putuni |
| instrumental | putumik | putunik |
| equative | pututut | pututut |
Further reading
- DAKA
Hopi
Adjective
putu
- heavy (possessing great weight)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay putu, from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “puttu”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈputu]
- Hyphenation: pu‧tu
Noun
putu (first-person possessive putuku, second-person possessive putumu, third-person possessive putunya)
- (cooking) kue putu: an Indonesian (kue) traditional cylindrical-shaped and green-colored steamed cake.
Further reading
- “putu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈputu/
Noun
putu
- accusative singular of puta
- instrumental singular of puta
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [puˈtu]
Verb
putu
- third-person singular simple perfect indicative of putea
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
putu m
- dative/locative singular of put
Noun
putu (Cyrillic spelling путу)
- dative/locative singular of puto
Noun
putu (Cyrillic spelling путу)
- accusative singular of puta
Tausug
Noun
putu
- A confection made by steaming grated cassava.