Malayalam

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Etymology

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Unknown. Cognate with Paniya -ഉത്തു.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ഉത്തു (-uttu) (dialectal)

  1. (Malamuthan) past tense marker
    ഊതു (ūtu, blow) + ‎-ഉത്തു (-uttu) → ‎ഊതുത്തോ (ūtuttō, blew)

References

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  • S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013) Tribal Languages of Kerala[1], Language in India