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English

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Etymology 1

 Tutu (clothing) on Wikipedia

Borrowed from French tutu, from cucu (“bum, bottom”), playful reduplication of cul (“arse”).

A tutu

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtutu/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtuːtuː/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːtuː

Noun

tutu (plural tutus)

  1. A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
    The ballet dancer representing the swan wore a white tutu.
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori tutu.

Pronunciation

Noun

tutu (plural tutus)

  1. (New Zealand) Any of certain members of genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand, including Coriaria arborea and Coriaria pottsiana, used by the Maori to make a sweetener, but toxic when not properly prepared.
    Synonyms: toot plant, tupakihi
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Maori tutū (“mischievous, disobedient”).

Pronunciation

Verb

tutu (third-person singular simple present tutus, present participle tutuing, simple past and past participle tutued)

  1. (New Zealand, childish) to fiddle or mess around with something.
    • 2016 July 14, “New Plymouth sign maker invests in enormous flatbed printer”, in Stuff‎:
      "There were seven dudes here for a week just showing me how to use it and I just wanted them to leave so I could start tutuing with it."

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tutu/
  • Rhymes: -utu
  • Hyphenation: tu‧tu

Noun

tutu inan

  1. pipe, tube
    Synonym: hodi

Declension

Declension of tutu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive tutu tutua tutuak
ergative tutuk tutuak tutuek
dative tuturi tutuari tutuei
genitive tuturen tutuaren tutuen
comitative tuturekin tutuarekin tutuekin
causative tuturengatik tutuarengatik tutuengatik
benefactive tuturentzat tutuarentzat tutuentzat
instrumental tutuz tutuaz tutuez
inessive tututan tutuan tutuetan
locative tututako tutuko tutuetako
allative tututara tutura tutuetara
terminative tututaraino tuturaino tutuetaraino
directive tututarantz tuturantz tutuetarantz
destinative tututarako tuturako tutuetarako
ablative tututatik tututik tutuetatik
partitive tuturik — —
prolative tututzat — —

Derived terms

Further reading

  • "tutu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “tutu” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Chuukese

Verb

tutu

  1. to shower

Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

tutu

  1. bird

Czech

Pronunciation

Pronoun

tutu

  1. feminine accusative singular of tuten

Finnish

Etymology 1

From French tutu.

Pronunciation

Noun

tutu

  1. tutu (garment)
Declension
Inflection of tutu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative tutu tutut
genitive tutun tutujen
partitive tutua tutuja
illative tutuun tutuihin
singular plural
nominative tutu tutut
accusative nom. tutu tutut
gen. tutun
genitive tutun tutujen
partitive tutua tutuja
inessive tutussa tutuissa
elative tutusta tutuista
illative tutuun tutuihin
adessive tutulla tutuilla
ablative tutulta tutuilta
allative tutulle tutuille
essive tutuna tutuina
translative tutuksi tutuiksi
abessive tututta tutuitta
instructive — tutuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tutu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tutuni tutuni
accusative nom. tutuni tutuni
gen. tutuni
genitive tutuni tutujeni
partitive tutuani tutujani
inessive tutussani tutuissani
elative tutustani tutuistani
illative tutuuni tutuihini
adessive tutullani tutuillani
ablative tutultani tutuiltani
allative tutulleni tutuilleni
essive tutunani tutuinani
translative tutukseni tutuikseni
abessive tututtani tutuittani
instructive — —
comitative — tutuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tutusi tutusi
accusative nom. tutusi tutusi
gen. tutusi
genitive tutusi tutujesi
partitive tutuasi tutujasi
inessive tutussasi tutuissasi
elative tutustasi tutuistasi
illative tutuusi tutuihisi
adessive tutullasi tutuillasi
ablative tutultasi tutuiltasi
allative tutullesi tutuillesi
essive tutunasi tutuinasi
translative tutuksesi tutuiksesi
abessive tututtasi tutuittasi
instructive — —
comitative — tutuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tutumme tutumme
accusative nom. tutumme tutumme
gen. tutumme
genitive tutumme tutujemme
partitive tutuamme tutujamme
inessive tutussamme tutuissamme
elative tutustamme tutuistamme
illative tutuumme tutuihimme
adessive tutullamme tutuillamme
ablative tutultamme tutuiltamme
allative tutullemme tutuillemme
essive tutunamme tutuinamme
translative tutuksemme tutuiksemme
abessive tututtamme tutuittamme
instructive — —
comitative — tutuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tutunne tutunne
accusative nom. tutunne tutunne
gen. tutunne
genitive tutunne tutujenne
partitive tutuanne tutujanne
inessive tutussanne tutuissanne
elative tutustanne tutuistanne
illative tutuunne tutuihinne
adessive tutullanne tutuillanne
ablative tutultanne tutuiltanne
allative tutullenne tutuillenne
essive tutunanne tutuinanne
translative tutuksenne tutuiksenne
abessive tututtanne tutuittanne
instructive — —
comitative — tutuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tutunsa tutunsa
accusative nom. tutunsa tutunsa
gen. tutunsa
genitive tutunsa tutujensa
partitive tutuaan
tutuansa 		tutujaan
tutujansa
inessive tutussaan
tutussansa 		tutuissaan
tutuissansa
elative tutustaan
tutustansa 		tutuistaan
tutuistansa
illative tutuunsa tutuihinsa
adessive tutullaan
tutullansa 		tutuillaan
tutuillansa
ablative tutultaan
tutultansa 		tutuiltaan
tutuiltansa
allative tutulleen
tutullensa 		tutuilleen
tutuillensa
essive tutunaan
tutunansa 		tutuinaan
tutuinansa
translative tutukseen
tutuksensa 		tutuikseen
tutuiksensa
abessive tututtaan
tututtansa 		tutuittaan
tutuittansa
instructive — —
comitative — tutuineen
tutuinensa

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

tutu

  1. inflection of tutua:
    1. indicative present connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Alteration of cucu, which is itself a reduplicated form of cul (“butt, bum, arse”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tutu m (plural tutus)

  1. tutu

Further reading

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

tūtù m (possessed form tūtùn)

  1. (childish or humorous) poop

Kapampangan

Etymology

Compare Tagalog totoo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʊˈtuʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: tu‧tu

Noun

tutû

  1. truth

Adjective

tutû

  1. true

Derived terms

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

tutu m (plural tutus)

  1. tutu (ballet skirt)
  2. (slang) money
    • 1971, "Donald, Meu Sobrinho", O Pato Donald #1000 (English text: 1952, "The Hypno-Gun", Walt Disney's Comics #145)
      Tio Patinhas: Mas eu lhe emprestei um cruzado para comprar um livro! Lembra-se?
      Ademar: Sim, eu me lembro! Mas eu já li o livro! E não preciso mais pagar! […] Sim, você tem tutu de sobra! Não lhe fará falta êsse cruzeirinho.
      Uncle Scrooge: But I loaned you a dollar to buy a book! Don't you remember?
      Rockjaw: Sure I remember! But I've read the book! I don't need to pay you now! And, besides, you've got lots of money! You don't need the dollar!

Rapa Nui

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

tutu

  1. burn

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tutu.

Noun

tutu n (plural tutuuri)

  1. tutu

Declension

Declension of tutu
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tutu tutul (niște) tutuuri tutuurile
genitive/dative (unui) tutu tutului (unor) tutuuri tutuurilor
vocative tutule tutuurilor

Sechura

Alternative forms

  • xoto (Spruce's orthography)

Noun

tutu

  1. water

References

  • Matthias Urban, El vocabulario sechurano de Richard Spruce, in Lexis volume XXXIX (2) 2015, citing Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón

Swedish

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Noun

tutu c

  1. tutu

Declension

Declension of tutu 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tutu tutun tutuer tutuerna
Genitive tutus tutuns tutuers tutuernas

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

tutu

  1. (transitive) to pound
  2. (transitive) to mash
  3. (transitive) to punch (with one's fist)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tutu
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totutu fotutu mitutu
2nd notutu nitutu
3rd Masculine otutu itutu, yotutu†
Feminine motutu
Neuter itutu
† - archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Thao

Noun

tutu

  1. (anatomy) breast

Tiruray

Noun

tutu

  1. (anatomy) breast

Tsou

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tutu

  1. (anatomy) pupil

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a partial reduplication of tù (“to be cold”). Compare with Olukumi tutùn, Itsekiri tùn. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *-tũ̀, ultimately from Proto-Edekiri *-tũ̀.

Pronunciation

Verb

tutù or tútù

  1. to be cold or cool
    Antonyms: gbóná, móoru
  2. to be moist; to be wet
    Antonym: gbẹ

Adjective

tútù

  1. cold, cool, raw
  2. wet, moist

Usage notes

  • Akinkugbe explains that the form with a mid-tone "u" is said to represent a "verbal form," while the one with the high tone "ú" represent an adjectival form. Thus the noun forms with the prefix ò- are nominalized forms of the verb meaning or the adjectival meaning, but are used synonymously.

Derived terms

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *tútù, from a Mixe-Zoquean language, from Proto-Mixe-Zoque *toto.

Noun

tutu

  1. paper
  2. document
  3. book

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

tutu

  1. (intransitive) whistle

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

tutu

  1. together
Derived terms

References

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 81–82
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