utru

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese outro. Cognate with Kabuverdianu otu.

Pronoun

utru

  1. other

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʉːtrʉː/

Etymology 1

From u- (“un”) +‎ tru (“faithful”).

Adjective

utru (singular and plural utru)

  1. unfaithful
    Antonym: tru

Etymology 2

From u- (“un-”) +‎ tru (“faith”). In some senses, it might be a calque of German Unglaube.

Noun

utru f (definite singular utrua, uncountable)

  1. suspicion
  2. (rare) lack of (especially religious) belief

See also

References

Sicilian

Etymology 1

From Latin uter.

Alternative forms

Noun

utra f (plural utri)

  1. bag made of hide

Etymology 2

Noun

utra f (plural utri)

  1. alternative form of ùteru (“uterus”)
    sfunnari l'utru
    to hit one's belly

References

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “utru”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4443
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “utru”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 907
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