different between tutu vs utu

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tutu, from cucu (“bum, bottom”), playful reduplication of cul (“arse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tu??tu?/

Noun

tutu (plural tutus)

1. A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

   The ballet dancer representing the swan wore a white tutu.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tutu/

Noun

tutu (plural tutus)

1. (New Zealand) Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand.

   Synonyms: toot plant, tupakihi

Derived terms

• tutin

Etymology 3

From Maori tut? (“mischievous, disobedient”).

Pronunciation

• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?t?t??/

Verb

tutu (third-person singular simple present tutus, present participle tutuing, simple past and past participle tutued)

1. (New Zealand) to fiddle or mess around with something.

Chuukese

Verb

tutu

1. to shower

Finnish

Etymology 1

From French tutu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tutu/, [?t?ut?u]
• Rhymes: -utu
• Syllabification: tu?tu

Noun

tutu

1. tutu (garment)

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tutu?/, [?t?ut?u(?)]
• Rhymes: -utu
• Syllabification: tu?tu

Verb

tutu

1. inflection of tutua:
   1. indicative present connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

Anagrams

• tuut

French

Etymology

Alteration of cucu, which is itself a reduplicated form of cul (“butt, bum, arse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty.ty/

Noun

tutu m (plural tutus)

1. tutu

Hausa

Noun

t?tù m (possessed form t?tùn)

1. (childish or humorous) poop

Kapampangan

Etymology

Cognate with Tagalog totoo

Adjective

tutu

1. true; genuine

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

tutu m (plural tutus)

1. tutu (ballet skirt)
2. (slang) money
   • 1971, "Donald, Meu Sobrinho", O Pato Donald #1000 (English text: 1952, "The Hypno-Gun", Walt Disney's Comics #145)

     Tio Patinhas: Mas eu lhe emprestei um cruzado para comprar um livro! Lembra-se?

     Ademar: Sim, eu me lembro! Mas eu já li o livro! E não preciso mais pagar! […] Sim, você tem tutu de sobra! Não lhe fará falta êsse cruzeirinho.

     Uncle Scrooge: But I loaned you a dollar to buy a book! Don't you remember?

     Rockjaw: Sure I remember! But I've read the book! I don't need to pay you now! […] And, besides, you've got lots of money! You don't need the dollar!

Rapa Nui

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

tutu

1. burn

Romanian

Etymology

From French tutu.

Noun

tutu n (plural tutuuri)

1. tutu

Declension

Sechura

Alternative forms

• xoto (Spruce's orthography)

Noun

tutu

1. water

References

• Matthias Urban, El vocabulario sechurano de Richard Spruce, in Lexis volume XXXIX (2) 2015, citing Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón

Swedish

Noun

tutu c

1. tutu

Declension

Thao

Noun

tutu

1. (anatomy) breast

Tiruray

Noun

tutu

1. (anatomy) breast

Tsou

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tutu

1. (anatomy) pupil

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *tútù, from a Mixe-Zoquean language, from Proto-Mixe-Zoque *toto.

Noun

tutu

1. paper
2. document
3. book

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

tutu

1. (intransitive) whistle

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

tutu

1. together

Derived terms

• stutu

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)?^[2] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 81–82

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori utu.

Noun

utu (uncountable)

1. (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.

Buginese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Noun

utu

1. louse (insect)

Finnish

(index u)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *utu, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Icelandic úði (“drizzle”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?utu/, [?ut?u]
• Rhymes: -utu
• Syllabification: u?tu

Noun

utu

1. 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

Derived terms

• utuinen

See also

• auer

Anagrams

• tuu

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *utu. Cognates include Finnish utu and Estonian udu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?utu/

Noun

utu (genitive uun, partitive uttuua)

1. fog

Inflection

References

• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[1]

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utu? (compare Hawaiian uku, Malay untung).

Noun

utu

1. pay

Swahili

Etymology

u- (“-ness”) +? -tu (“person”)

Pronunciation

Noun

utu (u class, no plural)

1. humanity, human nature, ubuntu

Zazaki

Noun

utu (m)

1. iron (device for pressing clothes)