yute

English

Etymology

From youth.

Noun

yute (plural yutes)

1. (Jamaica, MLE, MTE, derogatory, slang) A youth, a young person, often a young black person.
   • 2021, Norf Face (lyrics and music), “Baitest Sound”:

     you know I got something for a paigon yute (skang)
     Hmm, I'm very important
     So I never beg endorsement

Derived terms

• wasteyute

Indonesian

Noun

yute (first-person possessive yuteku, second-person possessive yutemu, third-person possessive yutenya)

1. jute

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝute/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝute/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃute/ [ˈʃu.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒute/ [ˈʒu.t̪e]

• Rhymes: -ute
• Syllabification: yu‧te

Noun

yute m (plural yutes)

1. jute

Derived terms

• yute chino

 

Further reading

• “yute”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014