utuutu

Maori edit

Etymology edit

Reduplication of utu (“to repay”)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈu.tu.u.tu/, [ˈʉ.tʉ.ʉ.tʉ]

Noun edit

utuutu

(a number of) repayments

Derived terms edit

tau utuutu/tauutuutu (“alternating speaking procedure”)

Verb edit

utuutu (passive utuutua or utuutuhia)

to fill a container (with liquid) a number of times

References edit

“utuutu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

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