From gutui (“quince tree”), or less likely a Vulgar Latin root cotōnea, taken as a feminine singular from the plural of Latin cotōneum, ultimately from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion). Compare Italian cotogna, Sicilian cutugna; compare Latin māla cotōnea < mālum cotōneum.
gutuie f (plural gutui)
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | gutuie | gutuia | gutui | gutuile | |
genitive-dative | gutui | gutuii | gutui | gutuilor | |
vocative | gutuie, gutuio | gutuilor |