mutu
Abu
editNoun
editmutu
Further reading
edit- Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Survey of Abu (1975), quoted on transnewguinea.org
- 1998, Otto Ignatius M. S. Nekitel, Voices of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Language, Culture and Identity, →ISBN, page 244:
- [...]demonstrates the range of body parts' terms that Abu' use idiomatically:
- 1. baraka 'head'; 2. naif 'eyes'; 3. naleh 'teeth'; 4. mutu 'nose'; 5. ahaka 'tongue/voice'; 6. elhuka 'neck', 7. numunas 'chest', 8. lakuh 'hands', [...]
Basque
editAdjective
editmutu
Bongili
editNoun
editmutu
Catalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editmutu (feminine mútua, masculine plural mutus, feminine plural mútues)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “mutu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chichewa
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tʊ́è.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmutú class 3 (plural mitú class 4)
Finnish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Finnic *mutu (compare Votic mutukõz (“young fish, brit”)).
Noun
editmutu
- Eurasian common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
Declension
editInflection of mutu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | mutu | mudut | |
genitive | mudun | mutujen | |
partitive | mutua | mutuja | |
illative | mutuun | mutuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mutu | mudut | |
accusative | nom. | mutu | mudut |
gen. | mudun | ||
genitive | mudun | mutujen | |
partitive | mutua | mutuja | |
inessive | mudussa | muduissa | |
elative | mudusta | muduista | |
illative | mutuun | mutuihin | |
adessive | mudulla | muduilla | |
ablative | mudulta | muduilta | |
allative | mudulle | muduille | |
essive | mutuna | mutuina | |
translative | muduksi | muduiksi | |
abessive | mudutta | muduitta | |
instructive | — | muduin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Inflection of mutu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mutu | mutut | |
genitive | mutun | mutujen | |
partitive | mutua | mutuja | |
illative | mutuun | mutuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mutu | mutut | |
accusative | nom. | mutu | mutut |
gen. | mutun | ||
genitive | mutun | mutujen | |
partitive | mutua | mutuja | |
inessive | mutussa | mutuissa | |
elative | mutusta | mutuista | |
illative | mutuun | mutuihin | |
adessive | mutulla | mutuilla | |
ablative | mutulta | mutuilta | |
allative | mutulle | mutuille | |
essive | mutuna | mutuina | |
translative | mutuksi | mutuiksi | |
abessive | mututta | mutuitta | |
instructive | — | mutuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “1. mutu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
editClipping of musta tuntuu (“I feel, think, suppose, methinks”), or from German Vermutung (“guess”).
Noun
editmutu (colloquial)
- poor reasoning or knowledge based on gut feeling or common beliefs as opposed to actual knowledge
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “2. mutu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Anagrams
editGarifuna
editNoun
editmutu
Usage notes
editThis noun is either masculine or feminine according to the definite article, le (“the”, masculine) or to (“the”, feminine).
See also
editHausa
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Chadic *mawut, from Proto-Afroasiatic *mawVt- (“to die, to kill”). Cognate with Proto-Semitic *mawut-, Egyptian mwt and Central Atlas Tamazight ⵎⵎⵜ (mmt).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmutù (grade 3b)
- to die
References
edit- Newman, Paul (2007) “MUT-”, in A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 158.
Indonesian
editEtymology 1
editFrom Malay mutu, probably Tamil முது (mutu, “vast knowledge”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmutu (plural mutu-mutu, first-person possessive mutuku, second-person possessive mutumu, third-person possessive mutunya)
Affixed terms
editEtymology 2
editProbaly from Tamil முத்து (muttu, “pearl, tears”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmutu (plural mutu-mutu, first-person possessive mutuku, second-person possessive mutumu, third-person possessive mutunya)
Further reading
edit- “mutu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latvian
editNoun
editmutu f
Luba-Kasai
editNoun
editmutu
Malay
editEtymology
editProbably from Tamil முது (mutu, “vast knowledge”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmutu (Jawi spelling موتو, plural mutu-mutu, informal 1st possessive mutuku, 2nd possessive mutumu, 3rd possessive mutunya)
Synonyms
editAffixed terms
editFurther reading
edit- “mutu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maltese
editPronunciation
editVerb
editmutu
Maori
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mutu. Compare Indonesian putus, Fijian mudu.
Verb
editmutu
- to cease
Derived terms
editSicilian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin imbūtus. For the lenition, compare also mmunnizza~munnizza.
Noun
edit- Alternative form of mmutu (lenited variant)
Etymology 2
editAlternative forms
edit- mudu (sonorized)
Adjective
editmutu (feminine singular muta, masculine and feminine plural muti)
Inflection
editMasculine | Feminine | |
Singular | mutu | muta |
Plural | muti | muti |
Etymology 3
editVerb
editmutu
- first-person singular present active indicative/subjunctive of mutari (“to change, transform, mutate”)
Tumbuka
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tʊ́è.
Noun
editmutu class 3 (plural mitu class 4)
- Abu lemmas
- Abu nouns
- Abu terms with quotations
- ado:Face
- Basque lemmas
- Basque adjectives
- Bongili lemmas
- Bongili nouns
- Catalan terms borrowed from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan adjectives
- Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Chichewa terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chichewa lemmas
- Chichewa nouns
- Chichewa class 3 nouns
- ny:Anatomy
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/utu
- Rhymes:Finnish/utu/2 syllables
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Finnish clippings
- Finnish colloquialisms
- fi:Fish
- Garifuna lemmas
- Garifuna nouns
- Hausa terms inherited from Proto-Chadic
- Hausa terms derived from Proto-Chadic
- Hausa terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic
- Hausa terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic
- Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hausa lemmas
- Hausa verbs
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Tamil
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian noun forms
- Luba-Kasai lemmas
- Luba-Kasai nouns
- Malay terms derived from Tamil
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Maltese/uːtu
- Rhymes:Maltese/uːtu/2 syllables
- Maltese non-lemma forms
- Maltese verb forms
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori lemmas
- Maori verbs
- Sicilian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sicilian terms inherited from Latin
- Sicilian terms derived from Latin
- Sicilian lemmas
- Sicilian nouns
- Sicilian masculine nouns
- Sicilian adjectives
- Sicilian terms with usage examples
- Sicilian non-lemma forms
- Sicilian verb forms
- Tumbuka terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Tumbuka terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Tumbuka lemmas
- Tumbuka nouns
- Tumbuka class 3 nouns
- tum:Body parts