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Brunei Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *tuət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuhud, from Proto-Austronesian *tuduS.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuhut/
- Hyphenation: tu‧hut
Noun
tuhut
- (anatomy) knee
Synonyms
Hyponyms
References
- Marshall, H. B. (1921 April) “A Vocabulary of Brunei Malay”, in Journal of The Straits Branch of The Royal Asiatic Society, volume 83, page 74
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *tuət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuhud, from Proto-Austronesian *tuduS.
Pronunciation
Noun
tuhut (Jawi spelling توهوت, plural tuhut-tuhut)
- (anatomy, dialectal) knee
- Synonyms: lutut, telut
References
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tuhut”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 608
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