tuhut

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tuət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuhud, from Proto-Austronesian *tuduS.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuhut/
  • Hyphenation: tu‧hut

Noun

tuhut

  1. (anatomy) knee

Synonyms

Hyponyms

References

  • Marshall, H. B. (April 1921) “A Vocabulary of Brunei Malay”, in Journal of The Straits Branch of The Royal Asiatic Society[1], volume 83, page 74

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tuət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuhud, from Proto-Austronesian *tuduS.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuhot/ [ˈt̪u.hot̪̚] (Johor-Selangor)
  • IPA(key): /ˈtuhut/ [ˈt̪u.hut̪̚] (Riau-Lingga)
  • Rhymes: -uhot, -hot, -ot
  • Hyphenation: tu‧hut

Noun

tuhut (Jawi spelling توهوت, plural tuhut-tuhut)

  1. (anatomy, dialectal) knee
    Synonyms: lutut, telut

References

  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tuhut”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 608

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