kutu

From Maori .

kutu (plural kutus)

1. (New Zealand) A body louse.
   • 2014, Witi Ihimaera, Maori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood:

     'Yes,' Kuikui continued, 'all the cow shit from the milking, and we don't want Blondie's kutus floating in our water.'

From Proto-Malayic *kutu.

• IPA^(key): /ku.tu/

kutu

1. louse (insect)

From Proto-Philippine *kutu.

kutu

1. louse

Cognate with Moore kutu (“iron, metal”)

kutu (variant kurgo)

1. iron
2. metal

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kutu, from Proto-Oceanic *kutu (compare with Hawaiian ʻuku, Samoan ʻutu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu (compare with Malay kutu, Tagalog kuto), from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

kutu

1. louse (insect)

• lise

• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “kutu”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 129
• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kutu1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

From Proto-Finnic *kutu. Equivalent to kutea (“to spawn”) +‎ -u.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkutu/,
• Rhymes: -utu
• Hyphenation^(key): ku‧tu

kutu

1. spawn (eggs of an aquatic organism, such as fish or frogs)

• “kutu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• kuut, tuku

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ku‧tu

• Audio:

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From Malay kutu.

kutu

1. louse (insect)

From Malay kutu, from Tamil கூட்டு (kūṭṭu, “companionship, fellowship, friendship”).

kutu

1. (obsolete) business association.

   Synonym: sekutu

• “kutu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Finnic *kutu. Cognates include Finnish kutu and Estonian kudu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkutu/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkutu/,
• Rhymes: -utu
• Hyphenation: ku‧tu

kutu

1. spawn (eggs of frogs or fish)

• kalanmarja (“roe”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 211

• cutu (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

From Proto-Philippine *kutu.

kútu

1. louse

From Proto-Philippine *kutu.

kutu

1. louse

From Proto-Philippine *kutu.

kutu

1. louse

From Proto-South Sulawesi *kutu.

• IPA^(key):

kutu (Lontara spelling ᨀᨘᨈᨘ)

1. louse

• IPA^(key): /kutu/
• Rhymes: -utu, -tu, -u

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

kutu (Jawi spelling کوتو, plural kutu-kutu, informal 1st possessive kutuku, 2nd possessive kutumu, 3rd possessive kutunya)

1. louse (insect)

• → English: cootie
• Indonesian: kutu

From Tamil கூட்டு (kūṭṭu, “addition, collection, association”).

kutu (Jawi spelling کوتو, plural kutu-kutu, informal 1st possessive kutuku, 2nd possessive kutumu, 3rd possessive kutunya)

1. cooperative association

   Synonym: sekutu

2. chit fund

A kutu is specifically a group who combine and pay instalments into a common fund. Every month lots are drawn and the winner draws the entire amount for that month.

• Indonesian: kutu

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کوتو koetoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 92
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کوتو kutu”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 544
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kutu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 631

• “kutu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

From Proto-Polynesian *kutu (compare with Hawaiian ʻuku, Tahitian ʻutu, Samoan ʻutu), from Proto-Oceanic *kutu (compare with Fijian kutu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu (compare with Malay kutu, Tagalog kuto), from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.^[1][2]

kutu

1. louse (insect)

• kuturere (“ukulele”)

• riha

• “kutu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

kutu

1. cloud

• LePage, Sarah Gloria (2020) "The phonology of Mbati"‎, University of North Dakota

From French couteau.

• IPA^(key): /kuto/, ,

kutu m

1. knife

From Proto-Polynesian *kutu (“louse”).

kutu

1. louse; flea

   Ne faala e ia e ulu ke uma e tau kutu.

   She removed the head lice from her hair.

• “kutu” in Tohi Vagahau Niuē (Niuean Language Dictionary).

From Proto-Polynesian *kutu.

kutu

1. louse (insect)

From Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

• IPA^(key): /ku.ˈtu/,

kutu

1. head louse; nit

kutu (Cyrillic spelling куту)

1. dative/locative singular of kut

• Audio (Kenya):

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kutu class IX (plural kutu class X)

1. rust

From Proto-Philippine *kutu.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /kutu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: ku‧tu

kutu (Sulat Sūg spelling كُتُ)

1. louse

   Synonym: kughak

From Proto-Polynesian *kutu.

• IPA^(key): /ku.tu/

kutu

1. louse (insect)

From Ottoman Turkish قوطی (kutu, kutı), from Greek κουτί (koutí).

• Audio:

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kutu (definite accusative kutuyu, plural kutular)

1. box
2. (euphemistic slang) vagina

   Bana kutusunu gösterdi.

   She showed me her box.

From Proto-Finnic *kutu.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkutu/,
• Rhymes: -utu
• Hyphenation: ku‧tu

kutu

1. spawn (eggs of an aquatic organism)

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kutu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

From Proto-Sama-Bajaw *kutu.

kutu

1. louse (insect)

From Proto-Philippine *kutu.

kutú

1. louse (insect)