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Finnish
Etymology
From the verb tuntea + -o.
Pronunciation
Noun
tunto
- touch (sense)
- feeling, sensation
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Anagrams
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tonto.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tunto (plural tuntojte or tojtuntojte)
- stupid
- Synonyms: texpetl, amo tli qui̱mati̱, necio
References
- Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 22, 44, 53, 68, 242