putus

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• poetoes (pre-1947)

Etymology

• From Malay putus, from Classical Malay putus, from Proto-Malayic , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian .
• Semantic loan from English break up for sense “break up”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈputus/,
• Rhymes: -utʊs

Adjective

putus

1. cut off
2. shortened

Verb

putus

1. to break off

   putus kontrak ― contract termination

2. to be spent, to be depleted

   Synonym: habis

3. to end

   Synonyms: berakhir, rampung, selesai

4. to lose

   Synonym: hilang

   putus asa ― despair, lit. losing hope

5. to win

   Synonyms: menang, mendapat

6. (figurative) To end a relationship; break up.

   ... jadi kita putus ― ... so we broke up

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *putos, from Proto-Indo-European *puHtós, from *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”). Cognate with pūrus, Sanskrit पूत (pūtá).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.tus/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.tus/,

Adjective

putus (feminine puta, neuter putum); first/second-declension adjective

1. pure

   Synonym: pūrus

   Antonym: impūrus

   • 1st century BCE, P. Alfenus Varus, Aulus Gellius' Noctes Atticae 7.5.1:

     In foedere quod inter populum Rōmānum et Carthāginiēnsēs factum est, scrīptum invenītur, ut Carthāginiēnsēs quotannīs populō Rōmānō darent certum pondus argentī pūrī putī, quaesītumque est, quid esset pūrum putum. respondī ego putum esse valdē pūrum.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

• putō

Etymology 2

Earlier conjecture/variant reading in Pseudo-Virgil's Catalepton, where more recent editions read Pothus (“Desire”), i.e. personified Ancient Greek πόθος (póthos). The word would match the base form of pusillus, putillus (see the former for details) as well as a number of Italic and Indo-European cognates. For this reason it has found a circulation in etymological works and is included as a headword by De Vaan, but the single attestation is spurious, making this a ghost word. See Proto-Italic *putlos and Latin puer, pūsus, pullus.

Noun

putus m (genitive putī); second declension

1. (hapax, conjecture) a boy

Synonyms

• puellus
• puerulus
• pūsus, pūsiō
• pusillus
• pisinnus, pitinnus

References

• “putus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “putus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• putus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• putus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Fijian mudu, Maori mutu).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /putos/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /putʊs/
• Rhymes: -utos, -tos, -os
• Rhymes: -us

Adjective

putus (Jawi spelling ڤوتوس)

1. cut off
2. shortened

Verb

putus (used in the form memutus)

1. to cut off
   1. (informal, Malaysian) ellipsis of putus hubungan, to break up a relationship
2. to decide

Further reading

• “putus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tausug

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Noun

putus

1. wrapper, wrapping
2. covering

Verb

putus

1. to wrap

   Putusa in labban ini.

   Wrap this box.

2. to dip, to coat