gutuie
Romanian
Etymology
From gutui (“quince tree”), or less likely a Vulgar Latin root cotōnea, taken as a feminine singular from the plural of Latin cotōneum, ultimately from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion). Compare Italian cotogna, Sicilian cutugna; compare Latin māla cotōnea < mālum cotōneum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuˈtu.je/
Noun
gutuie f (plural gutui)
- quince (fruit)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | gutuie | gutuia | gutui | gutuile | |
| genitive-dative | gutui | gutuii | gutui | gutuilor | |
| vocative | gutuie, gutuio | gutuilor | |||