putu

See also: puṯu

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans putu, or its source, Zulu uphuthu.

Pronunciation

• (General South African) IPA^(key): /ˈpʊtʊ/, /ˈpuːtʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpuːtuː/

Noun

putu (uncountable)

1. (South Africa) A form of porridge made from maize meal. [from 20th c.]
   • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 328:

     Theo and I would join the servants for breakfast, squatting on our haunches round the three-legged iron pot, helping ourselves to tough putu porridge in our cupped hands.

   • 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury, published 2013, page 242:

     Jonathan is volunteering to carve the leg of lamb that was decided on, although there's putu with beans as well as roast potatoes Reed style (or what Jabu knows as white style).

Related terms

• putu pap

Translations

maize porridge

Afrikaans: poetoe, putu Northern Sotho: please add this translation if you can Russian: мамалыга (ru) f (mamalyga) Sotho: please add this translation if you can Southern Ndebele: please add this translation if you can Swazi: please add this translation if you can Tsonga: please add this translation if you can Tswana: please add this translation if you can Venda: please add this translation if you can Xhosa: please add this translation if you can Zulu: please add this translation if you can

Asturian

Adjective

putu

1. (vulgar) fucking, goddamned, damn

Noun

putu m (plural putus)

1. (vulgar) fucker, bastard
2. (vulgar) manwhore

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *putu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈputu/, [ˈput̪u]
• Rhymes: -utu
• Syllabification^(key): pu‧tu
• Hyphenation^(key): pu‧tu

Noun

putu (dialectal, Satakunta, Tavastia, South Ostrobothnia)

1. dust, dirt

Declension

Inflection of putu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative		putu	pudut
genitive		pudun	putujen
partitive		putua	putuja
illative		putuun	putuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		putu	pudut
accusative	nom.	putu	pudut
	gen.	pudun
genitive		pudun	putujen
partitive		putua	putuja
inessive		pudussa	puduissa
elative		pudusta	puduista
illative		putuun	putuihin
adessive		pudulla	puduilla
ablative		pudulta	puduilta
allative		pudulle	puduille
essive		putuna	putuina
translative		puduksi	puduiksi
abessive		pudutta	puduitta
instructive		—	puduin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of putu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative putuni putuni accusative nom. putuni putuni gen. putuni genitive putuni putujeni partitive putuani putujani inessive pudussani puduissani elative pudustani puduistani illative putuuni putuihini adessive pudullani puduillani ablative pudultani puduiltani allative pudulleni puduilleni essive putunani putuinani translative pudukseni puduikseni abessive puduttani puduittani instructive — — comitative — putuineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative putusi putusi accusative nom. putusi putusi gen. putusi genitive putusi putujesi partitive putuasi putujasi inessive pudussasi puduissasi elative pudustasi puduistasi illative putuusi putuihisi adessive pudullasi puduillasi ablative pudultasi puduiltasi allative pudullesi puduillesi essive putunasi putuinasi translative puduksesi puduiksesi abessive puduttasi puduittasi instructive — — comitative — putuinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative putumme putumme accusative nom. putumme putumme gen. putumme genitive putumme putujemme partitive putuamme putujamme inessive pudussamme puduissamme elative pudustamme puduistamme illative putuumme putuihimme adessive pudullamme puduillamme ablative pudultamme puduiltamme allative pudullemme puduillemme essive putunamme putuinamme translative puduksemme puduiksemme abessive puduttamme puduittamme instructive — — comitative — putuinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative putunne putunne accusative nom. putunne putunne gen. putunne genitive putunne putujenne partitive putuanne putujanne inessive pudussanne puduissanne elative pudustanne puduistanne illative putuunne putuihinne adessive pudullanne puduillanne ablative pudultanne puduiltanne allative pudullenne puduillenne essive putunanne putuinanne translative puduksenne puduiksenne abessive puduttanne puduittanne instructive — — comitative — putuinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative putunsa putunsa accusative nom. putunsa putunsa gen. putunsa genitive putunsa putujensa partitive putuaan putuansa putujaan putujansa inessive pudussaan pudussansa puduissaan puduissansa elative pudustaan pudustansa puduistaan puduistansa illative putuunsa putuihinsa adessive pudullaan pudullansa puduillaan puduillansa ablative pudultaan pudultansa puduiltaan puduiltansa allative pudulleen pudullensa puduilleen puduillensa essive putunaan putunansa putuinaan putuinansa translative pudukseen puduksensa puduikseen puduiksensa abessive puduttaan puduttansa puduittaan puduittansa instructive — — comitative — putuineen putuinensa

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *putu(-) (“hole through something, to pierce, has a hole”), from Proto-Eskimo *putru(-) (“hole, to pierce”). Compare putuvoq (“is perforated”), and pussorpoq (“has a hole worn in it”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /putu/, [pʊ.tʊ]

Noun

putu (plural putut)

1. hole

Declension

Declension of putu

case	singular	plural
absolutive	putu	putut
ergative	putup
allative	putumut	putunut
ablative	putumit	putunit
prolative	putukkut	pututigut
locative	putumi	putuni
instrumental	putumik	putunik
equative	pututut

Further reading

• “putu“ in iserasuaat.gl

Hopi

Adjective

putu

1. heavy (possessing great weight)

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

putu

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Inherited from Malay putu, from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “puttu”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈputu/ [ˈpu.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -utu
• Syllabification: pu‧tu

Noun

putu (plural putu-putu)

1. (cooking) kue putu: an Indonesian (kue) traditional cylindrical-shaped and green-colored steamed cake

Further reading

• “putu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese putu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.tu/
• Rhymes: -tu
• Hyphenation: pu‧tu

Noun

putu (Carakan spelling ꦥꦸꦠꦸ) (ngoko)

1. grandchild

   Synonym: wayah (krama inggil)

References

• “putu”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Trió putu, Wayampi putu.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [puttu]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [puːtu]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [puʔtu]

Noun

putu (possessed puturu)

1. piece of decorated flat wood with a squared-off end and sharp edges, formerly used as a war club and now used as a ceremonial implement; bludgeon, mace

Descendants

• → Antillean Creole: boutou

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 354
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “putu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 399; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 389

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈputu/

Noun

putu

1. accusative singular of puta
2. instrumental singular of puta

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “puttu”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈputu/ [ˈpu.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -tu, -u
• Hyphenation: pu‧tu

Noun

putu (uncountable) (cooking)

1. A type of kuih made from mung bean crushed with sugar.

   Synonym: putu kacang

2. A general term for a number of kuihs made out of rice flour.

   Hyponyms: putu mayang, putu buluh / putu bambu, putu piring

Descendants

• > Indonesian: putu (inherited)
• → Burmese: ပူတူး (putu:)
• → Tagalog: puto

Further reading

• "putu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [puˈtu]

Verb

putu

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of putea

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

putu (Cyrillic spelling путу)

1. dative/locative singular of put

Noun

putu (Cyrillic spelling путу)

1. dative/locative singular of puto

Noun

putu (Cyrillic spelling путу)

1. accusative singular of puta

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay putu, from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “puttu”).

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /putu/ [pʊˈt̪u]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: pu‧tu

Noun

putu (Sulat Sūg spelling فُتُ)

1. a confection made by steaming grated cassava

Turkish

Noun

putu

1. accusative singular of put