utu
See also: UTU, Utu, and ütü
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori utu.
Noun
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
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.
Noun
utu
- louse (insect)
Finnish
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Utu.
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *utu, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Icelandic úði (“drizzle”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈutu/, [ˈut̪u]
- Rhymes: -utu
- Syllabification(key): u‧tu
Noun
utu
- haze, mist (of water vapor)
Usage notes
- 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
| Inflection of utu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | utuni | utumme |
| 2nd person | utusi | utunne |
| 3rd person | utunsa | |
Derived terms
- utuinen
See also
- auer, auder
Anagrams
- tuu
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *utu. Cognates include Finnish utu and Estonian udu.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈutu/, [ˈutu]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈutu/, [ˈud̥u]
- Rhymes: -utu
- Hyphenation: u‧tu
Noun
utu
- Synonym of tomakka
Declension
| Declension of utu (type 4/koivu, t- gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | utu | uut |
| genitive | uun | uttuin, utuloin |
| partitive | uttua | utuja, utuloja |
| illative | uttuu | uttui, utuloihe |
| inessive | uus | utuis, utulois |
| elative | uust | utuist, utuloist |
| allative | uulle | utuille, utuloille |
| adessive | uul | utuil, utuloil |
| ablative | uult | utuilt, utuloilt |
| translative | uuks | utuiks, utuloiks |
| essive | utunna, uttuun | utuinna, utuloinna, uttuin, utuloin |
| exessive1) | utunt | utuint, utuloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 620
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utuŋ (compare Hawaiian uku, Malay untung).
Noun
utu
- pay; payment; salary
- revenge; payback
Verb
utu (passive utua or utungia)
- to pay
- to reply; to answer
Usage notes
- Describes reciprocal obligations.
References
- “utu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Maquiritari
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [utu]
Verb
utu
- (transitive) to give
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “utu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), “utu:du”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volume I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
- Hall, Katherine (2007), “utūdu”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀉𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- उतु (Devanagari script)
- উতু (Bengali script)
- උතු (Sinhalese script)
- ဥတု or ဢုတု (Burmese script)
- อุตุ (Thai script)
- ᩏᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
- ອຸຕຸ (Lao script)
- ឧតុ (Khmer script)
- 𑄃𑄪𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)
Noun
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Declension
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References
- Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “utu”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Sumerian
Romanization
utu
- Romanization of 𒌓 (utu)
Swahili
Etymology
u- (“-ness”) + -tu (“person”)
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
utu (u class, no plural)
- humanity, human nature, ubuntu
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈu.tu]
Verb
utu
- (transitive) to harvest
Conjugation
| Conjugation of utu | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | toutu | foutu | miutu | |
| 2nd | noutu | niutu | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | outu | iutu, youtu† | |
| Feminine | moutu | |||
| Neuter | iutu | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈu.tu]
Noun
utu
- a kind of small squid
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tetum
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, compare Indonesian kutu.
Noun
utu
- louse
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *utu.
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈutu/, [ˈutu]
- Rhymes: -utu
- Hyphenation: u‧tu
Noun
utu
- fog
Inflection
| Declension of utu (type II/võrkko, t-d gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | utu | udud |
| genitive | udu | utuje, utujõ, utui |
| partitive | uttua | utuitõ, utui |
| illative | uttu, uttusõ | utuje, utujõ, utuisõ |
| inessive | uduz | utuiz |
| elative | udussõ | utuissõ |
| allative | udulõ | utuilõ |
| adessive | udullõ | utuillõ |
| ablative | udultõ | utuiltõ |
| translative | udussi | utuissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “utu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
West Makian
Etymology 1
Possibly compare Ternate wito, Sahu itomo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈu.t̪u/
Verb
utu
- (transitive) to push
Conjugation
| Conjugation of utu (action verb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | toutu | moutu | autu | |
| 2nd person | noutu | foutu | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | iutu | doutu | |
| animate | ||||
| imperative | nuutu, utu | fuutu, utu | ||
Etymology 2
Cognate with Ternate utu (“root”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈu.t̪u/
Noun
utu
- root (of a tree), vein
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
Zazaki
Noun
utu (m)
- iron (device for pressing clothes)