# kuto
## Aklanon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, compare Malay kutu.

### Noun

kuto
* louse

## Asi
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

### Noun

kuto
* louse (insect)

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuto/ [ˈku.to]
* Hyphenation: ku‧to

### Noun

kúto (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜆᜓ)
* louse (insect)
    Synonym: kuspad (angry register)

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ku‧to
* IPA: /ˈkuto/ [ˈku.t̪o]

### Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

#### Noun

kuto
* crackling or creaking sound

#### Verb

kuto
* to crackle or creak
* to crack the joints or knuckles

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

#### Noun

kuto
* head louse
* adult form of a head louse
* parasite, especially mites, lice, ticks and fleas

### Anagrams

* kuot, tuko, tuok, ukot, utok

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Borrowed from either Tagalog kuto or Hiligaynon kuto.

### Noun

kuto
* head louse

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkuto]

### Participle

kuto
* neuter singular passive participle of kout

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

### Noun

kuto
* louse (insect)

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from French cotte, German Kutte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuto/

### Noun

kuto (plural kuti)
* (historical) coat, long coat of a peasant

#### Derived terms

* mashkuto (“coat of mail”)

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuto/ [ˈku.to]
* Hyphenation: ku‧to

### Noun

kuto
* louse (insect)

#### See also

* lisa

## Javanese
### Noun

kuto
* Nonstandard spelling of kutha.

## Masbatenyo
### Noun

kuto
* head louse (insect)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀓𑀼𑀢𑁄 (Brahmi script)
* कुतो (Devanagari script)
* কুতো (Bengali script)
* කුතො (Sinhalese script)
* ကုတော or ၵုတေႃ (Burmese script)
* กุโต (Thai script)
* ᨠᩩᨲᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ກຸໂຕ (Lao script)
* កុតោ (Khmer script)
* 𑄇𑄪𑄖𑄮 (Chakma script)

### Adverb

kuto
* whence

## Pangasinan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

### Noun

kuto
* head louse

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈku.tɔ/
* Rhymes: -utɔ
* Syllabification: ku‧to

### Verb

kuto
* impersonal past of kuć

## Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

### Noun

kuto
* louse (insect)

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* coto, cuto — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCux. Compare Malay kutu.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈkuto/ [ˈkuː.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -uto
* Syllabification: ku‧to

#### Noun

kuto (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆᜓ)
* louse (insect)

##### Derived terms

* hingutan
* hinguto
* hingutuhan
* hingutuhin
* kutong-aso
* kutong-lupa
* kutong-tubig
* kutuhan
* kutuhin
* maghingutuhan
* magpahinguto
* manghinguto
* paghihinguto
* pahinguto
* pahingutuhan

##### See also

* kato
* kuyumad
* muoy

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kuˈtoʔ/ [kʊˈt̪oʔ]
* Rhymes: -oʔ
* Syllabification: ku‧to

#### Noun

kutô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆᜓ)
* sound of bursting bubbles (as created by the stomach or rice being cooked)
* swarm; crowd; throng; swarming; crowding
    Synonym: kutitap
* sound produced by the swarming of many tiny insects together
    Synonym: kulo
* teeming or swarming movements (of small ants, worms, etc.)
    Synonyms: kutitap, kulisaw, kuyaw

### References

* “kuto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 94: “COTO. pp. piojo que se cria en la cabeza.”
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 94: “COTÓ. pc. ruido de tripas, ó de la morisqueta que se cuece.”
* Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano‎ (in Spanish), page 33: “Cúto. piojo.”

### Anagrams

* tuko

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

### Noun

kuto
* louse (insect)