# tutu
## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tutu, from cucu (“bum, bottom”), playful reduplication of cul (“arse”).

#### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈtutu/
* (UK) IPA: /ˈtuːtuː/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːtuː

#### Noun

tutu (plural tutus)
* A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
    The ballet dancer representing the swan wore a white tutu.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori tutu.

#### Pronunciation

* (New Zealand) IPA: [ˈtʉːˌtʉː]

#### Noun

tutu (plural tutus)
* (New Zealand) Any of certain members of genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand, including Coriaria arborea and Coriaria pottsiana, used by the Maori to make a sweetener, but toxic when not properly prepared.
    Synonyms: toot plant, tupakihi

##### Derived terms

* tutin

### Etymology 3

From Maori tutū (“mischievous, disobedient”).

#### Pronunciation

* (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈtʊtʉː/

#### Verb

tutu (third-person singular simple present tutus, present participle tutuing, simple past and past participle tutued)
* (New Zealand, childish) to fiddle or mess around with something.
** 2016 July 14, “New Plymouth sign maker invests in enormous flatbed printer”, in Stuff‎:"There were seven dudes here for a week just showing me how to use it and I just wanted them to leave so I could start tutuing with it."

## Basque
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tutu/ [t̪u.t̪u]
* Rhymes: -utu
* Hyphenation: tu‧tu

### Noun

tutu inan
* pipe, tube
    Synonym: hodi

#### Derived terms

* tutueria

### Further reading

* “tutu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
* “tutu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Chuukese
### Verb

tutu
* to shower

## Coatepec Nahuatl
### Noun

tutu
* bird

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtutu]

### Pronoun

tutu
* feminine accusative singular of tuten

## Finnish
### Etymology 1

From French tutu.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtutu/, [ˈt̪ut̪u]
* Rhymes: -utu
* Hyphenation: tu‧tu

#### Noun

tutu
* tutu (garment)

##### Declension

Possessive forms of tutu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tutuni
tutuni
accusative
nom.
tutuni
tutuni
gen.
tutuni
genitive
tutuni
tutujeni
partitive
tutuani
tutujani
inessive
tutussani
tutuissani
elative
tutustani
tutuistani
illative
tutuuni
tutuihini
adessive
tutullani
tutuillani
ablative
tutultani
tutuiltani
allative
tutulleni
tutuilleni
essive
tutunani
tutuinani
translative
tutukseni
tutuikseni
abessive
tututtani
tutuittani
instructive
comitative
—tutuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tutusi
tutusi
accusative
nom.
tutusi
tutusi
gen.
tutusi
genitive
tutusi
tutujesi
partitive
tutuasi
tutujasi
inessive
tutussasi
tutuissasi
elative
tutustasi
tutuistasi
illative
tutuusi
tutuihisi
adessive
tutullasi
tutuillasi
ablative
tutultasi
tutuiltasi
allative
tutullesi
tutuillesi
essive
tutunasi
tutuinasi
translative
tutuksesi
tutuiksesi
abessive
tututtasi
tutuittasi
instructive
comitative
—tutuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tutumme
tutumme
accusative
nom.
tutumme
tutumme
gen.
tutumme
genitive
tutumme
tutujemme
partitive
tutuamme
tutujamme
inessive
tutussamme
tutuissamme
elative
tutustamme
tutuistamme
illative
tutuumme
tutuihimme
adessive
tutullamme
tutuillamme
ablative
tutultamme
tutuiltamme
allative
tutullemme
tutuillemme
essive
tutunamme
tutuinamme
translative
tutuksemme
tutuiksemme
abessive
tututtamme
tutuittamme
instructive
comitative
—tutuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tutunne
tutunne
accusative
nom.
tutunne
tutunne
gen.
tutunne
genitive
tutunne
tutujenne
partitive
tutuanne
tutujanne
inessive
tutussanne
tutuissanne
elative
tutustanne
tutuistanne
illative
tutuunne
tutuihinne
adessive
tutullanne
tutuillanne
ablative
tutultanne
tutuiltanne
allative
tutullenne
tutuillenne
essive
tutunanne
tutuinanne
translative
tutuksenne
tutuiksenne
abessive
tututtanne
tutuittanne
instructive
comitative
—tutuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tutunsa
tutunsa
accusative
nom.
tutunsa
tutunsa
gen.
tutunsa
genitive
tutunsa
tutujensa
partitive
tutuaan tutuansa
tutujaan tutujansa
inessive
tutussaan tutussansa
tutuissaan tutuissansa
elative
tutustaan tutustansa
tutuistaan tutuistansa
illative
tutuunsa
tutuihinsa
adessive
tutullaan tutullansa
tutuillaan tutuillansa
ablative
tutultaan tutultansa
tutuiltaan tutuiltansa
allative
tutulleen tutullensa
tutuilleen tutuillensa
essive
tutunaan tutunansa
tutuinaan tutuinansa
translative
tutukseen tutuksensa
tutuikseen tutuiksensa
abessive
tututtaan tututtansa
tutuittaan tutuittansa
instructive
comitative
—tutuineen tutuinensa :

#### Further reading

* “tutu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtutuˣ/, [ˈt̪ut̪u(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -utu
* Hyphenation: tu‧tu

#### Verb

tutu
* inflection of tutua:
** indicative present connegative
** second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

### Anagrams

* tuut

## French
### Etymology

Alteration of cucu, which is itself a reduplicated form of cul (“butt, bum, arse”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ty.ty/

### Noun

tutu m (plural tutus)
* tutu

### Further reading

* “tutu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /túː.tù/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [túː.tɪ̀]

### Noun

tūtù m (possessed form tūtùn)
* (childish or humorous) poop

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu (“true; real”). Compare Tagalog totoo and Cebuano tuo (“to believe”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʊˈtuʔ/ [tʊˈtuʔ]
* Hyphenation: tu‧tu

### Noun

tutû
* truth

### Adjective

tutû
* true

#### Derived terms

* katutuan
* mikatutu
* mipaltutu
* tituan

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /tuˈtu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tuˈtu/
* 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!

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

tutu
* burn

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French tutu.

### Noun

tutu n (plural tutuuri)
* tutu

#### Declension
## Sechura
### Alternative forms

* xoto (Spruce's orthography)

### Noun

tutu
* water

### References

* Matthias Urban, El vocabulario sechurano de Richard Spruce, in Lexis volume XXXIX (2) 2015, citing Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón

## Sranan Tongo
### Alternative forms

* toetoe (Dutch-based spelling)

### Etymology

Unknown. Probably imitative.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu.tu/

### Noun

tutu
* horn (bone outgrowth on the head of some mammals)
* horn (musical instrument)
* horn (of a car)

### References

* Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “tutu”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

## Swedish
### Noun

tutu c
* tutu

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | tutu | tutus |
| singular | definite | tutun | tutuns |
| plural | indefinite | tutuer | tutuers |
| plural | definite | tutuerna | tutuernas |

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtu.tu]

### Verb

tutu
* (transitive) to pound
* (transitive) to mash
* (transitive) to punch (with one's fist)

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Thao
### Noun

tutu
* (anatomy) breast

## Tiruray
### Noun

tutu
* (anatomy) breast

## Tsou
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

tutu
* (anatomy) pupil

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* titù (Ekiti)
* tutùn (Eastern Akoko)

### Etymology

From a partial reduplication of tù (“to be cold”). Compare with Olukumi tutùn, Itsekiri tùn. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *-tũ̀, ultimately from Proto-Edekiri *-tũ̀.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tū.tù/

### Verb

tutù or tútù
* to be cold or cool
    Antonyms: gbóná, móoru
* to be moist; to be wet
    Antonym: gbẹ

### Adjective

tútù
* cold, cool, raw
* wet, moist

#### Usage notes

* Akinkugbe explains that the form with a mid-tone "u" is said to represent a "verbal form," while the one with the high tone "ú" represent an adjectival form. Thus the noun forms with the prefix ò- are nominalized forms of the verb meaning or the adjectival meaning, but are used synonymously.

#### Derived terms

* òtútù (“coldness”); òtutù
* ẹ̀rọ amóhuntutù (“refrigerator”)

## Yosondúa Mixtec
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *tútù, from a Mixe-Zoquean language, from Proto-Mixe-Zoque *toto.

#### Noun

tutu
* paper
* document
* book

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Verb

tutu
* (intransitive) whistle

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Adjective

tutu
* together

##### Derived terms

* stutu

### References

* Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 81–82