different between putu vs pupu

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans putu, or its source, Zulu uphuthu.

Pronunciation

• (General South African) IPA^(key): /?p?t?/, /?pu?t?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pu?tu?/

Noun

putu (uncountable)

1. (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).

Related terms

• putu pap

Translations

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)

1. hole

Further reading

• DAKA

Hopi

Adjective

putu

1. heavy (possessing great weight)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay putu, from Tamil ?????? (pu??u, “puttu”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?putu]
• Hyphenation: pu?tu

Noun

putu (first-person possessive putuku, second-person possessive putumu, third-person possessive putunya)

1. (cooking) kue putu: an Indonesian (kue) traditional cylindrical-shaped and green-colored steamed cake.

Further reading

• “putu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?putu/

Noun

putu

1. accusative singular of puta
2. instrumental singular of puta

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pu?tu]

Verb

putu

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of putea

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

putu m

1. dative/locative singular of put

Noun

putu (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. dative/locative singular of puto

Noun

putu (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. accusative singular of puta

Tausug

Noun

putu

1. A confection made by steaming grated cassava.

English

Noun

pupu (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of pu pu
   • 2009, Roger Haden, Food Culture in the Pacific Islands (page 136)

     The tradition of pupu and cocktail parties naturally suited the lifestyle of people on holiday and for whom socializing was high on the agenda, particularly in an exotic location like Hawaii.

Balinese

Romanization

pupu

1. Romanization of ????
2. Romanization of ????

Finnish

(index pu)

Etymology

Child speak, of descriptive origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pupu/, [?pupu]
• Rhymes: -upu
• Syllabification: pu?pu

Noun

pupu

1. (childish) bunny, rabbit, hare

Declension

Synonyms

• jänis (standard)
• kani (standard)
• pupujussi

Latvian

Noun

pupu f

1. accusative singular form of pupa
2. instrumental singular form of pupa
3. genitive plural form of pupa

Noun

pupu m

1. accusative singular form of pups
2. instrumental singular form of pups
3. genitive plural form of pups

Quechua

Noun

pupu

1. navel

Declension

Tagalog

Etymology

From English poo-poo.

Noun

pupù

1. (childish, slang) feces; poop

Usage notes

• Pupu is typically used on children's speech or child-directed speech, but may also appear as slang. It is less vulgar than the more common word tae.
• It can also be a slang word meaning to pooh-pooh.