mutu
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See also: Mut'u
Abu
Noun
mutu
Further reading
- Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Survey of Abu (1975), quoted on transnewguinea.org
- 1998, Otto Ignatius M. S. Nekitel, Voices of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Language, Culture and Identity, →ISBN, page 244:
- [...]demonstrates the range of body parts' terms that Abu' use idiomatically:
- 1. baraka 'head'; 2. naif 'eyes'; 3. naleh 'teeth'; 4. mutu 'nose'; 5. ahaka 'tongue/voice'; 6. elhuka 'neck', 7. numunas 'chest', 8. lakuh 'hands',
Basque
Adjective
mutu
Bongili
Noun
mutu
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
mutu (feminine mútua, masculine plural mutus, feminine plural mútues)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mutu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chichewa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tʊ́è.
Pronunciation
Noun
mutú class 3 (plural mitú class 4)
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *mutu (compare Votic mutukõz (“young fish, brit”)).
Noun
mutu
- Eurasian common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
Declension
| Inflection of mutu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mutu | mudut | ||
| genitive | mudun | mutujen | ||
| partitive | mutua | mutuja | ||
| illative | mutuun | mutuihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | mutu | mudut | ||
| accusative | nom. | mutu | mudut | |
| gen. | mudun | |||
| genitive | mudun | mutujen | ||
| partitive | mutua | mutuja | ||
| inessive | mudussa | muduissa | ||
| elative | mudusta | muduista | ||
| illative | mutuun | mutuihin | ||
| adessive | mudulla | muduilla | ||
| ablative | mudulta | muduilta | ||
| allative | mudulle | muduille | ||
| essive | mutuna | mutuina | ||
| translative | muduksi | muduiksi | ||
| abessive | mudutta | muduitta | ||
| instructive | — | muduin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
| Inflection of mutu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mutu | mutut | ||
| genitive | mutun | mutujen | ||
| partitive | mutua | mutuja | ||
| illative | mutuun | mutuihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | mutu | mutut | ||
| accusative | nom. | mutu | mutut | |
| gen. | mutun | |||
| genitive | mutun | mutujen | ||
| partitive | mutua | mutuja | ||
| inessive | mutussa | mutuissa | ||
| elative | mutusta | mutuista | ||
| illative | mutuun | mutuihin | ||
| adessive | mutulla | mutuilla | ||
| ablative | mutulta | mutuilta | ||
| allative | mutulle | mutuille | ||
| essive | mutuna | mutuina | ||
| translative | mutuksi | mutuiksi | ||
| abessive | mututta | mutuitta | ||
| instructive | — | mutuin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “1. mutu”, 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 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
Clipping of musta tuntuu (“I feel, think, suppose, methinks”), or from German Vermutung (“guess”).
Noun
mutu (colloquial)
- poor reasoning or knowledge based on gut feeling or common beliefs as opposed to actual knowledge
Synonyms
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “2. mutu”, 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 2023-07-01
Anagrams
Garifuna
Noun
mutu
Usage notes
This noun is either masculine or feminine according to the definite article, le (“the”, masculine) or to (“the”, feminine).
See also
Hausa
Etymology
From Proto-Chadic *mawut, from Proto-Afroasiatic *mawVt- (“to die, to kill”). Cognate with Proto-Semitic *mawut-, Egyptian mwt and Central Atlas Tamazight ⵎⵎⵜ (mmt).
Pronunciation
Verb
mutù (grade 3b)
- to die
References
- Newman, Paul (2007) “MUT-”, in A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 158.
Indonesian
Etymology 1
From Malay mutu, probably Tamil முது (mutu, “vast knowledge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mutu (plural mutu-mutu, first-person possessive mutuku, second-person possessive mutumu, third-person possessive mutunya)
Affixed terms
Etymology 2
Probaly from Tamil முத்து (muttu, “pearl, tears”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mutu (plural mutu-mutu, first-person possessive mutuku, second-person possessive mutumu, third-person possessive mutunya)
Further reading
- “mutu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latvian
Noun
mutu f
Luba-Kasai
Noun
mutu
Malay
Etymology
Probably from Tamil முது (mutu, “vast knowledge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mutu (Jawi spelling موتو, plural mutu-mutu, informal 1st possessive mutuku, 2nd possessive mutumu, 3rd possessive mutunya)
Synonyms
Affixed terms
Further reading
- “mutu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maltese
Pronunciation
Verb
mutu
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mutu. Compare Indonesian putus, Fijian mudu.
Verb
mutu
- to cease
Derived terms
Okinawan
Romanization
mutu
Sicilian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Adjective
mutu (feminine singular muta, masculine and feminine plural muti)
Inflection
| Masculine | Feminine | |
| Singular | mutu | muta |
| Plural | muti | muti |
Etymology 2
Verb
mutu
- first-person singular present active indicative/subjunctive of mutari (“to change, transform, mutate”)
Tumbuka
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tʊ́è.
Noun
mutu class 3 (plural mitu class 4)