tutu
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French tutu, from cucu (“bum, bottom”), playful reduplication of cul (“arse”).
Noun
tutu (plural tutus)
Translations
ballet skirt
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Maori.
Noun
tutu (plural tutus)
- (New Zealand) Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand.
- Synonyms: toot plant, tupakihi
Chuukese
Finnish
Noun
tutu
- tutu (cloth)
Verb
tutu
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ty.ty/
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u
Noun
tutu m (plural tutus)
- tutu (ballet skirt)
- (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!
- 1971, "Donald, Meu Sobrinho", O Pato Donald #1000 (English text: 1952, "The Hypno-Gun", Walt Disney's Comics #145)
Rapa Nui
Sechura
Alternative forms
- xoto (Spruce's orthography)
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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