lutut

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Contraction of ulu + tuhut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lutut/
• Hyphenation: lu‧tut

Noun

lutut

1. (anatomy) knee

Synonyms

• tuhut

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lutut.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lutut (first-person possessive lututku, second-person possessive lututmu, third-person possessive lututnya)

1. (anatomy) knee

Derived terms

• berlutut
• melutut

Kavalan

Noun

lutut

1. (anatomy) clitoris

Malay

Etymology

Contraction of ulu + tuhut.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /lutot/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /lutʊt/
• Rhymes: -utot, -tot, -ot

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• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

lutut (Jawi spelling لوتوت, plural lutut-lutut, informal 1st possessive lututku, 2nd possessive lututmu, 3rd possessive lututnya)

1. (anatomy) knee (joint in the middle of the leg and area around it)

   Synonyms: tuhut, telut

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• melutut [agent focus] (meN-)
• berlutut [stative / habitual] (beR-)

• telut (by metathesis)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “لوتت loetoet”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 122
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “لوتت lutot”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 619
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “lutut”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 81
• "lutut" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

Further reading

• “lutut” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.