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Yes. The word tutu is a Scrabble US word. The word tutu is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word tutu is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

TUTU,

3-letter words (2 found)

TUT,UTU,

2-letter words (1 found)

UT,

You can make 4 words from tutu according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of tutu

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Definitions and meaning of tutu

tutu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tutu, from cucu (“bum, bottom”), playful reduplication of cul (“arse”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtutu/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtuːtuː/
  • Rhymes: -uːtuː

Noun

tutu (plural tutus)

  1. A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
    The ballet dancer representing the swan wore a white tutu.
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori tutu.

Pronunciation

  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): [ˈtʉːˌtʉː]

Noun

tutu (plural tutus)

  1. (New Zealand) Any of certain members of genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand, including Coriaria arborea and Coriaria pottsiana, used by the Maori to make a sweetener, but toxic when not properly prepared.
    Synonyms: toot plant, tupakihi
Derived terms
  • tutin

Etymology 3

From Maori tutū (“mischievous, disobedient”).

Pronunciation

  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈtʊtʉː/

Verb

tutu (third-person singular simple present tutus, present participle tutuing, simple past and past participle tutued)

  1. (New Zealand, childish) to fiddle or mess around with something.

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tutu/ [t̪u.t̪u]
  • Rhymes: -utu
  • Hyphenation: tu‧tu

Noun

tutu inan

  1. pipe, tube
    Synonym: hodi

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • "tutu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “tutu” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Chuukese

Verb

tutu

  1. to shower

Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

tutu

  1. bird

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtutu]

Pronoun

tutu

  1. feminine accusative singular of tuten

Finnish

Etymology 1

From French tutu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtutu/, [ˈt̪ut̪u]
  • Rhymes: -utu
  • Syllabification(key): tu‧tu

Noun

tutu

  1. tutu (garment)
Declension

Further reading

  • “tutu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtutuˣ/, [ˈt̪ut̪u(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -utu
  • Syllabification(key): tu‧tu

Verb

tutu

  1. inflection of tutua:
    1. indicative present connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

Anagrams

  • tuut

French

Etymology

Alteration of cucu, which is itself a reduplicated form of cul (“butt, bum, arse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ty.ty/

Noun

tutu m (plural tutus)

  1. tutu

Further reading

  • “tutu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /túː.tù/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [túː.tɪ̀]

Noun

tūtù m (possessed form tūtùn)

  1. (childish or humorous) poop

Kapampangan

Etymology

Compare Tagalog totoo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʊˈtuʔ/, [tʊˈtuʔ]
  • Hyphenation: tu‧tu

Noun

tutû

  1. truth

Adjective

tutû

  1. true

Derived terms

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

tutu m (plural tutus)

  1. tutu (ballet skirt)
  2. (slang) money
    • 1971, "Donald, Meu Sobrinho", O Pato Donald #1000 (English text: 1952, "The Hypno-Gun", Walt Disney's Comics #145)

Rapa Nui

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

tutu

  1. burn

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tutu.

Noun

tutu n (plural tutuuri)

  1. tutu

Declension

Sechura

Alternative forms

  • xoto (Spruce's orthography)

Noun

tutu

  1. water

References

  • Matthias Urban, El vocabulario sechurano de Richard Spruce, in Lexis volume XXXIX (2) 2015, citing Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón

Swedish

Noun

tutu c

  1. tutu

Declension

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtu.tu]

Verb

tutu

  1. (transitive) to pound
  2. (transitive) to mash
  3. (transitive) to punch (with one's fist)

Conjugation

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Thao

Noun

tutu

  1. (anatomy) breast

Tiruray

Noun

tutu

  1. (anatomy) breast

Tsou

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tutu

  1. (anatomy) pupil

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • titù (Ekiti)
  • tutùn (Eastern Akoko)

Etymology

From a partial reduplication of tù (“to be cold”). Compare with Olukumi tutùn, Itsekiri tùn. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *-tũ̀, ultimately from Proto-Edekiri *-tũ̀.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tū.tù/

Verb

tutù or tútù

  1. to be cold or cool
    Antonyms: gbóná, móoru
  2. to be moist; to be wet
    Antonym: gbẹ

Adjective

tútù

  1. cold, cool, raw
  2. wet, moist

Usage notes

  • Akinkugbe explains that the form with a mid-tone "u" is said to represent a "verbal form," while the one with the high tone "ú" represent an adjectival form. Thus the noun forms with the prefix ò- are nominalized forms of the verb meaning or the adjectival meaning, but are used synonymously.

Derived terms

  • òtútù (“coldness”); òtutù
  • ẹ̀rọ amóhuntutù (“refrigerator”)

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *tútù, from a Mixe-Zoquean language, from Proto-Mixe-Zoque *toto.

Noun

tutu

  1. paper
  2. document
  3. book

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

tutu

  1. (intransitive) whistle

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

tutu

  1. together
Derived terms
  • stutu

References

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎[3] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 81–82

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