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mutu

mutu

See also: Mut'u

Basque

Adjective

mutu

  1. dumb
  2. mute

Finnish

(index mu)

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mu‧tu
  • Rhymes: -utu
  • IPA(key): [ˈmutu]

Etymology 1

Noun

mutu

  1. Eurasian common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
Declension
Inflection of mutu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative mutu mutut
genitive mutun mutujen
partitive mutua mutuja
illative mutuun mutuihin
singular plural
nominative mutu mutut
accusative nom. mutu mutut
gen. mutun
genitive mutun mutujen
partitive mutua mutuja
inessive mutussa mutuissa
elative mutusta mutuista
illative mutuun mutuihin
adessive mutulla mutuilla
ablative mutulta mutuilta
allative mutulle mutuille
essive mutuna mutuina
translative mutuksi mutuiksi
instructive mutuin
abessive mututta mutuitta
comitative mutuineen

Etymology 2

Contraction of musta tuntuu (I feel, think, methinks), or from German Vermutung (guess).

Noun

mutu

  1. Poor reasoning or knowledge based on common beliefs as opposed to actual knowledge.
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Latvian

Noun

mutu f

  1. genitive plural form of mute

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Indonesian putus, Fijian mudu).

Verb

mutu

  1. to cease

Derived terms

  • mutunga

Novial

Pronoun

mutu

  1. (reciprocal) each other

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin mūtus.

Adjective

mutu m (feminine singular muta, plural muti)

  1. mute

Inflection

Masculine Feminine
Singular mutu muta
Plural muti muti