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English
Etymology
From Afrikaans putu, or its source, Zulu uphuthu.
Pronunciation
Noun
putu (uncountable)
- (South Africa) A form of porridge made from maize meal.
1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 328:Theo and I would join the servants for breakfast, squatting on our haunches round the three-legged iron pot, helping ourselves to tough putu porridge in our cupped hands.
2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury, published 2013, page 242:Jonathan is volunteering to carve the leg of lamb that was decided on, although there's putu with beans as well as roast potatoes Reed style (or what Jabu knows as white style).
Related terms
Translations
maize porridge
- Afrikaans: poetoe, putu
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- Russian: мамалыга (ru) f (mamalyga)
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *putu.
Pronunciation
Noun
putu (dialectal)
- dust, dirt
Declension
Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *putu(-) (“hole through something, to pierce, has a hole”), from Proto-Eskimo *putru(-) (“hole, to pierce”). Compare putuvoq (“is perforated”), and pussorpoq (“has a hole worn in it”).
Pronunciation
Noun
putu (plural putut)
- hole
Declension
Further reading
Hopi
Adjective
putu
- heavy (possessing great weight)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay putu, from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “puttu”).
Pronunciation
Noun
putu (first-person possessive putuku, second-person possessive putumu, third-person possessive putunya)
- (cooking) kue putu: an Indonesian (kue) traditional cylindrical-shaped and green-colored steamed cake.
Further reading
Kari'na
Etymology
Compare Trió putu, Wayampi putu.
Pronunciation
Noun
putu (possessed puturu)
- piece of decorated flat wood with a squared-off end and sharp edges, formerly used as a war club and now used as a ceremonial implement; bludgeon, mace
Descendants
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 354
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “putu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 399; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 389
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Noun
putu
- accusative singular of puta
- instrumental singular of puta
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
putu
- third-person singular simple perfect indicative of putea
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
putu m
- dative/locative singular of put
Noun
putu (Cyrillic spelling путу)
- dative/locative singular of puto
Noun
putu (Cyrillic spelling путу)
- accusative singular of puta
Tausug
Noun
putu
- A confection made by steaming grated cassava.
Turkish
Noun
putu
- accusative singular of put