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Aklanon
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, compare Malay kutu.
Noun
kuto
- louse
Asi
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.
Noun
kuto
- louse (insect)
Bikol Central
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ku‧to
- IPA(key): /ˈkuto/,
Noun
kuto
- louse (insect)
See also
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ku‧to
- IPA(key): /ˈkuto/,
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
kuto
- crackling or creaking sound
Verb
kuto
- to crackle or creak
- to crack the joints or knuckles
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.
Noun
kuto
- head louse
- adult form of a head louse
- parasite, especially mites, lice, ticks and fleas
Quotations
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Anagrams
Chavacano
Etymology
Borrowed from either Tagalog kuto or Hiligaynon kuto.
Noun
kuto
- head louse
Czech
Pronunciation
Participle
kuto
- neuter singular passive participle of kout
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.
Noun
kuto
- louse (insect)
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from French cotte, German Kutte.
Pronunciation
Noun
kuto (plural kuti)
- (historical) coat, long coat of a peasant
Derived terms
Ilocano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuto/,
- Hyphenation: ku‧to
Noun
kuto
- louse (insect)
See also
Javanese
Noun
kuto
- Nonstandard spelling of kutha.
Masbatenyo
Noun
kuto
- head louse (insect)
Pali
Alternative forms
Adverb
kuto
- whence
Pangasinan
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.
Noun
kuto
- head louse
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.tɔ/
- Rhymes: -utɔ
- Syllabification: ku‧to
Verb
kuto
- impersonal past of kuć
Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.
Noun
kuto
- louse (insect)
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCux. Compare Malay kutu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuto/,
- Hyphenation: ku‧to
Noun
kuto (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆᜓ)
- louse (insect)
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈtoʔ/,
- Hyphenation: ku‧to
Noun
kutô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆᜓ)
- sound of bursting bubbles (as created by the stomach or rice being cooked)
- swarm; crowd; throng; swarming; crowding
- Synonym: kutitap
- sound produced by the swarming of many tiny insects together
- Synonym: kulo
- teeming or swarming movements (of small ants, worms, etc.)
- Synonyms: kutitap, kulisaw, kuyaw
References
- “kuto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 94: “COTO. pp. piojo que se cria en la cabeza.”
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 94: “COTÓ. pc. ruido de tripas, ó de la morisqueta que se cuece.”
- Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano (in Spanish), page 33: “Cúto. piojo.”
Waray-Waray
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.
Noun
kuto
- louse (insect)