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mutta

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See also: Mutta, mútta, and muttā

Finnish

Etymology

From muu (“other”), either based on the abessive singular form (muutta, as if "without something else", "not to mention something else"), the partitive singular form (muuta: "something else"; the -uu- would have first been shortened and the final vowel elided, thus mut(t) with reanalysis as mutta) or (rejected by SKRK) from the -tta suffix indicating adverbs of manner ("regarding something else"). Compare Ingrian mut, Karelian muuta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmutːɑ/, [ˈmut̪ːɑ̝]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -utːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mut‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): mut‧ta

Conjunction

mutta

  1. (coordinating) but (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence)
    Near-synonym: vaan
    Olisin halunnut lähteä heidän mukaansa, mutta en ehtinyt.
    I would have wanted to go with them, but I didn't have the time.
    Hän on nyt työmatkalla mutta palaa huomenna.
    He is on a business trip right now, but will come back tomorrow.
    Se ruoka on hyvää mutta myös terveellistä.
    The food was good but also healthful.
    Mutta kuvittelepa maailma, jossa ei olisi ilmastonmuutosta.
    But imagine, if you like, a world where climate change did not exist.
  2. (coordinating) but (however/still/at least) (introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence, but in such a way that the preceding clause is not wholly rejected)
    Near-synonym: vaan
    Kirja ei ollut paras lukemani, mutta ihan hyvä.
    The book wasn't the best I have read, but (still) pretty good.

Usage notes

More information Negative contractions for, basic form ...

Noun

mutta (informal)

  1. (idiomatic) ifs, ands, or buts (in a negative phrase, used like noun only in partitive plural muttia with qualifier mitään) (modifications, limitations, or addenda; qualifications of any kind; speculations about whether a particular idea or enterprise is good, doubts)
    En halua kuulla mitään muttia!
    I don't want to hear any ifs, ands or buts!
    Ei mitään muttia!
    No ifs, ands or buts!

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Italian

Adjective

mutta f sg

  1. feminine singular of mutto, alternative form of muto (“mute”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀫𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
  • मुत्त (Devanagari script)
  • মুত্ত (Bengali script)
  • මුත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
  • မုတ္တ or မုတ်တ (Burmese script)
  • มุตฺต or มุตตะ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩩᨲ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມຸຕ຺ຕ or ມຸຕຕະ (Lao script)
  • មុត្ត (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄪𑄖𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

See the entry.

Adjective

mutta

  1. past participle of muñcati (“to release”)
  2. freed
Declension
Declension table of "mutta" (masculine)
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Declension table of "muttā" (feminine)
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Declension table of "mutta" (neuter)
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Etymology 2

From Sanskrit मूत्र (mū́tra, “urine”).

Noun

mutta n

  1. urine
Declension

As the neuter of the adjective.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “mutta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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Swedish

Noun

mutta c

  1. (vulgar, colloquial) cunt (the female genitalia)

Declension

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