tuhut

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tuət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuhud, from Proto-Austronesian *tuduS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuhut/
• Hyphenation: tu‧hut

Noun

tuhut

1. (anatomy) knee

Synonyms

• lutut

Hyponyms

• kepala tuhut (“kneecap”)

References

• Marshall, H. B. (1921 April) “A Vocabulary of Brunei Malay”, in Journal of The Straits Branch of The Royal Asiatic Society‎^[1], volume 83, page 74

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tuət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuhud, from Proto-Austronesian *tuduS.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /tuhot/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /tuhʊt/
• Rhymes: -uhot, -hot, -ot

Noun

tuhut (Jawi spelling توهوت, plural tuhut-tuhut, informal 1st possessive tuhutku, 2nd possessive tuhutmu, 3rd possessive tuhutnya)

1. (anatomy, dialectal) knee

   Synonyms: lutut, telut

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tuhut”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 608

• "tuhut" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

Further reading

• “tuhut” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.