yute

English

Etymology

From youth.

Noun

yute (plural yutes)

1. (Jamaica, MLE, MTE, derogatory, slang) A youth, a young person, often a young black person.
   • 2021, Norf Face, “Baitest Sound”:

     you know I got something for a paigon yute (skang)
     Hmm, I'm very important
     So I never beg endorsement

   • 2024, Ceechynaa, Peggy

     I got an Asian yute from West tryna pick me up in a Lambo truck

Derived terms

• wasteyute

Indonesian

Etymology

From Bengali ঝুট (jhuṭ), possibly via Dutch jute.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈjutə/ [ˈju.t̪ə]
• Rhymes: -utə
• Syllabification: yu‧te

Noun

yutê (plural yute-yute)

1. jute

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝute/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝute/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.t̪e] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃute/ [ˈʃu.t̪e] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒute/ [ˈʒu.t̪e] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ute
• Syllabification: yu‧te

Noun

yute m (plural yutes)

1. jute

Derived terms

• yute chino

Further reading

• “yute”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024