lutut

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Contraction of ulu + tuhut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lutut/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧tut

Noun

lutut

  1. (anatomy) knee

Synonyms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lutut.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lutut (first-person possessive lututku, second-person possessive lututmu, third-person possessive lututnya)

  1. (anatomy) knee

Derived terms

  • berlutut
  • melutut

Kavalan

Noun

lutut

  1. (anatomy) clitoris

Malay

Etymology

Contraction of ulu + tuhut.

Pronunciation

Noun

lutut (Jawi spelling لوتوت, plural lutut-lutut, informal 1st possessive lututku, 2nd possessive lututmu, 3rd possessive lututnya)

  1. (anatomy) knee (joint in the middle of the leg and area around it)
    Synonyms: tuhut, telut

Derived terms

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “لوتت loetoet”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 122
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “لوتت lutot”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 619
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “lutut”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 81
  • "lutut" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

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