# putu
## English
### Etymology

From Afrikaans putu, or its source, Zulu uphuthu.

### Pronunciation

* (General South African) IPA: /ˈpʊtʊ/, /ˈpuːtʊ/
* (UK) IPA: /ˈpuːtuː/

### Noun

putu (uncountable)
* (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
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *putu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈputu/, [ˈput̪u]
* Rhymes: -utu
* Hyphenation: pu‧tu

### Noun

putu (dialectal, Satakunta, Tavastia, South Ostrobothnia)
* dust, dirt

#### Declension

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: /putu/, [pʊ.tʊ]

### Noun

putu (plural putut)
* hole

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “putu“ in iserasuaat.gl

## Hopi
### Adjective

putu
* heavy (possessing great weight)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

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

### Further reading

* “putu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kari'na
### Etymology

Compare Trió putu, Wayampi putu.

### Pronunciation

* (Venezuela) IPA: [puttu]
* (West Suriname) IPA: [puːtu]
* (East Suriname) IPA: [puʔtu]

### Noun

putu (possessed puturu)
* 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: /ˈputu/

### Noun

putu
* accusative singular of puta
* instrumental singular of puta

## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈputu/ [ˈpu.t̪u]
* Rhymes: -tu, -u
* Hyphenation: pu‧tu

### Noun

putu (informal 1st possessive putuku, 2nd possessive putumu, 3rd possessive putunya) (cooking)
* A type of kuih made from mung bean crushed with sugar.
    Synonym: putu kacang
* 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)

### Further reading

* “putu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [puˈtu]

### Verb

putu
* third-person singular simple perfect indicative of putea

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

putu m
* dative/locative singular of put

### Noun

putu (Cyrillic spelling путу)
* dative/locative singular of puto

### Noun

putu (Cyrillic spelling путу)
* accusative singular of puta

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “puttu”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

putu (Sulat Sūg spelling فُتُ)
* a confection made by steaming grated cassava

## Turkish
### Noun

putu
* accusative singular of put