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mutu
mutu
See also: Mut'u
Finnish
(index mu)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mu‧tu
 - Rhymes: -utu
 - IPA(key): [ˈmutu]
 
Etymology 1
Noun
mutu
- Eurasian common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
 
Declension
| Inflection of mutu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mutu | mutut | |
| genitive | mutun | mutujen | |
| partitive | mutua | mutuja | |
| illative | mutuun | mutuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mutu | mutut | |
| accusative | nom. | mutu | mutut | 
| gen. | mutun | ||
| genitive | mutun | mutujen | |
| partitive | mutua | mutuja | |
| inessive | mutussa | mutuissa | |
| elative | mutusta | mutuista | |
| illative | mutuun | mutuihin | |
| adessive | mutulla | mutuilla | |
| ablative | mutulta | mutuilta | |
| allative | mutulle | mutuille | |
| essive | mutuna | mutuina | |
| translative | mutuksi | mutuiksi | |
| instructive | — | mutuin | |
| abessive | mututta | mutuitta | |
| comitative | — | mutuineen | |
Etymology 2
Contraction of musta tuntuu (I feel, think, methinks), or from German Vermutung (“guess”).
Noun
mutu
- Poor reasoning or knowledge based on common beliefs as opposed to actual knowledge.
 
Synonyms
Anagrams
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Indonesian putus, Fijian mudu).
Verb
mutu
- to cease
 
Derived terms
- mutunga