houtou

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English

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Etymology

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Imitative, from its note.

Noun

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houtou (plural houtous)

  1. A South American motmot.
    • 1839, Charles Waterton, Wanderings in South America:
      The houtou shuns the society of man: the plantations and cultivated parts are too much disturbed to engage it to settle there []

Tokelauan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *se-o-u-tou.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [hʲo.u.ˈto.u]
  • Hyphenation: ho‧u‧to‧u

Determiner

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houtou

  1. (inalienable, indefinite) your

See also

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References

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 320