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cuit
cuit
French
Etymology
From Latin coctus, perfect passive participle of coquō (“cook, ripen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɥi/
Adjective
cuit m (feminine singular cuite, masculine plural cuits, feminine plural cuites)
Related terms
Verb
cuit
Luiseño
Alternative forms
- kwit (Juaneño)
Noun
cuit
- (Luiseño) male-bodied person who lives as a woman and practices feminine activities {and may marry a man), traditionally regarded as strong and hence as particularly desirable as a wife, especially for a chief
See also
References
- Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men (2010, ISBN 0292777957)
Norman
Etymology
From Latin coctus, perfect passive participle of coquō (“cook, ripen”).
Verb
cuit
- past participle of cuire
Adjective
cuit m
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kʷesdis (compare Welsh peth (“thing”), Breton pezh (“piece”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kudʲ/
Noun
cuit f
- part, portion, share
- property, possession, means
- partiality, love for a person
- portion of food, (evening) meal
Inflection
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- cuitigid (“share, partake, participate”)
Descendants
Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cuit | chuit | cuit pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |