ڪتو

Sindhi

Etymology

The root *kutta is present in almost all Hindustani languages. Compare Punjabi ਕੁੱਤਾ (kuttā) / کتا, Hindustani कुत्ता (kuttā) / کتا, and Gujarati કૂતરું (kūtrũ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kʊt̪o]

Noun

ڪُتو • (kuto) m (Devanagari कुतो)

dog
- c. 1689 – 1752, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Shah Jo Risalo Sasui: Mazoori.1.3:
  جاڳاياسِ زَنبُورَ، ڪُتي قَرِيبَنِ جي،
  بَھِي بَھُڪِي اُٿِئو، گِهڏِي مَنجهان گهُورَ،
  سَڀَ لاھِيندو سُورَ گِرِي ھِنَ غَرِيبِ تان.
  jāg̠āyāsi zãbūra, kute qarībani je,
  bahī bahukī uthio, ghiḏī mãjhā̃ ghūra,
  sabha lāhī̃do sūra girī hina ġarībi tā̃.
  2012 translation by Amena Khamisani
  Beloved's dog like a wasp awakened me,
  It barked, rose and shook its frame,
  By its barking it will remove my distress.

References

Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “ڪُتو”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ