kutun

Basque

Etymology

From Arabic كُتُب (kutub), plural of كِتَاب (kitāb, “letter, book, piece of writing”).[1] Semantically, the "amulet" sense comes from the practice of carrying texts in a cloth pendant, with the other senses developing later from it.[2] Doublet of gutun (“letter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kutun/ [ku.t̪ũn]
  • Rhymes: -utun, -un
  • Hyphenation: ku‧tun

Adjective

kutun (comparative kutunago, superlative kutunen, excessive kutunegi)

  1. dear, darling
  2. favorite, preferred (referring to children)

Declension

Declension of kutun (adjective C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive kutun kutuna kutunak kutunok
ergative kutunek kutunak kutunek kutunok
dative kutuni kutunari kutunei kutunoi
genitive kutunen kutunaren kutunen kutunon
comitative kutunekin kutunarekin kutunekin kutunokin
causative kutunengatik kutunarengatik kutunengatik kutunongatik
benefactive kutunentzat kutunarentzat kutunentzat kutunontzat
instrumental kutunez kutunaz kutunez kutunotaz
innesive anim. kutunengan kutunarengan kutunengan kutunongan
inan. kutunetan kutunean kutunetan kutunotan
locative anim. — — — —
inan. kutunetako kutuneko kutunetako kutunotako
allative anim. kutunengana kutunarengana kutunengana kutunongana
inan. kutunetara kutunera kutunetara kutunotara
terminative anim. kutunenganaino kutunarenganaino kutunenganaino kutunonganaino
inan. kutunetaraino kutuneraino kutunetaraino kutunotaraino
directive anim. kutunenganantz kutunarenganantz kutunenganantz kutunonganantz
inan. kutunetarantz kutunerantz kutunetarantz kutunotarantz
destinative anim. kutunenganako kutunarenganako kutunenganako kutunonganako
inan. kutunetarako kutunerako kutunetarako kutunotarako
ablative anim. kutunengandik kutunarengandik kutunengandik kutunongandik
inan. kutunetatik kutunetik kutunetatik kutunotatik
partitive kutunik — — —
prolative kutuntzat — — —

Noun

kutun inan or anim

  1. (inanimate) amulet
  2. (inanimate, Christianity) scapular
  3. (inanimate) pincushion
  4. (animate) dear, darling
  5. (animate) favorite, preferred child

Declension

Declension of kutun (anim/inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive kutun kutuna kutunak kutunok
ergative kutunek kutunak kutunek kutunok
dative kutuni kutunari kutunei kutunoi
genitive kutunen kutunaren kutunen kutunon
comitative kutunekin kutunarekin kutunekin kutunokin
causative kutunengatik kutunarengatik kutunengatik kutunongatik
benefactive kutunentzat kutunarentzat kutunentzat kutunontzat
instrumental kutunez kutunaz kutunez kutunotaz
innesive anim. kutunengan kutunarengan kutunengan kutunongan
inan. kutunetan kutunean kutunetan kutunotan
locative anim. — — — —
inan. kutunetako kutuneko kutunetako kutunotako
allative anim. kutunengana kutunarengana kutunengana kutunongana
inan. kutunetara kutunera kutunetara kutunotara
terminative anim. kutunenganaino kutunarenganaino kutunenganaino kutunonganaino
inan. kutunetaraino kutuneraino kutunetaraino kutunotaraino
directive anim. kutunenganantz kutunarenganantz kutunenganantz kutunonganantz
inan. kutunetarantz kutunerantz kutunetarantz kutunotarantz
destinative anim. kutunenganako kutunarenganako kutunenganako kutunonganako
inan. kutunetarako kutunerako kutunetarako kutunotarako
ablative anim. kutunengandik kutunarengandik kutunengandik kutunongandik
inan. kutunetatik kutunetik kutunetatik kutunotatik
partitive kutunik — — —
prolative kutuntzat — — —

Derived terms

  • kuttun (“dear, darling”)
  • kutunkeria (“favoritism”)
  • kutunki (“with love, dearly”)
  • kutuntasun (“intimacy”)

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “gutun”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 214
  2. ^ Luis Michelena (1964), Sobre el pasado de la lengua vasca, San Sebastián: Auñamendi, page 128

Further reading

  • “kutun”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “kutun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Finnish

Noun

kutun

  1. genitive singular of kuttu

Anagrams

Turkish

Noun

kutun

  1. second-person singular possessive of kutu
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