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mutu
mutu
See also: Mut'u
Finnish
(index mu)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mu‧tu
- Rhymes: -utu
- IPA(key): [ˈmutu]
Etymology 1
Noun
mutu
- Eurasian common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
Declension
Inflection of mutu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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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
- Poor reasoning or knowledge based on common beliefs as opposed to actual knowledge.
Synonyms
Anagrams
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Indonesian putus, Fijian mudu).
Verb
mutu
- to cease
Derived terms
- mutunga