tuutua
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tutudak, from baby or children's talk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuːtuɑˣ/, [ˈt̪uːt̪uɑ̝(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -uːtuɑ
- Syllabification(key): tuu‧tu‧a
- Hyphenation(key): tuu‧tua
Verb
tuutua (childish)
- (intransitive) to sleep
Conjugation
Only the infinitive forms are used, particularly 3rd infinitive in inessive tuutumassa (“in sleep”) and illative tuutumaan (“to sleep”).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tuutua”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023