tuutua

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tutudak, from baby or children's talk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuːtuɑˣ/, [ˈt̪uːt̪uɑ̝(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -uːtuɑ
  • Syllabification(key): tuu‧tu‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): tuu‧tua

Verb

tuutua (childish)

  1. (intransitive) to sleep

Conjugation

Only the infinitive forms are used, particularly the thid infinitive in the inessive (tuutumassa (“in sleep”)) and illative (tuutumaan (“to sleep”)).

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