kuto

See also: kuto-

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, compare Malay kutu.

Noun

kuto

1. louse

Asi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Noun

kuto

1. louse (insect)

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuto/ [ˈku.to]
• Hyphenation: ku‧to

Noun

kúto (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜆᜓ)

1. louse (insect)

   Synonym: kuspad (angry register)

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈkuto/ [ˈku.t̪o]

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

kuto

1. crackling or creaking sound

Verb

kuto

1. to crackle or creak
2. to crack the joints or knuckles

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Noun

kuto

1. head louse
2. adult form of a head louse
3. parasite, especially mites, lice, ticks and fleas

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kuto.

Anagrams

• kuot, tuko, tuok, ukot, utok

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from either Tagalog kuto or Hiligaynon kuto.

Noun

kuto

1. head louse

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuto]

Participle

kuto

1. neuter singular passive participle of kout

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Noun

kuto

1. louse (insect)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French cotte, German Kutte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuto/

Noun

kuto (plural kuti)

1. (historical) coat, long coat of a peasant

Derived terms

• mashkuto (“coat of mail”)

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuto/ [ˈku.to]
• Hyphenation: ku‧to

Noun

kuto

1. louse (insect)

See also

• lisa

 

Javanese

Noun

kuto

1. Nonstandard spelling of kutha.

Masbatenyo

Noun

kuto

1. head louse (insect)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀼𑀢𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• कुतो (Devanagari script)
• কুতো (Bengali script)
• කුතො (Sinhalese script)
• ကုတော or ၵုတေႃ (Burmese script)
• กุโต (Thai script)
• ᨠᩩᨲᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຸໂຕ (Lao script)
• កុតោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄪𑄖𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adverb

kuto

1. whence

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Noun

kuto

1. head louse

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -utɔ
• Syllabification: ku‧to

Verb

kuto

1. impersonal past of kuć

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Noun

kuto

1. louse (insect)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• coto, cuto — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCux. Compare Malay kutu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkuto/ [ˈkuː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -uto
• Syllabification: ku‧to

Noun

kuto (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆᜓ)

1. louse (insect)

Derived terms

• hingutan
• hinguto
• hingutuhan
• hingutuhin
• kutong-aso
• kutong-lupa
• kutong-tubig
• kutuhan
• kutuhin
• maghingutuhan
• magpahinguto
• manghinguto
• paghihinguto
• pahinguto
• pahingutuhan

 

See also

• kato
• kuyumad
• muoy

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈtoʔ/ [kʊˈt̪oʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: ku‧to

Noun

kutô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆᜓ)

1. sound of bursting bubbles (as created by the stomach or rice being cooked)
2. swarm; crowd; throng; swarming; crowding

   Synonym: kutitap

3. sound produced by the swarming of many tiny insects together

   Synonym: kulo

4. teeming or swarming movements (of small ants, worms, etc.)

   Synonyms: kutitap, kulisaw, kuyaw

References

• “kuto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 94: “COTO. pp. piojo que se cria en la cabeza.”
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 94: “COTÓ. pc. ruido de tripas, ó de la morisqueta que se cuece.”
• Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano‎^[3] (in Spanish), page 33: “Cúto. piojo.”

Anagrams

• tuko

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Noun

kuto

1. louse (insect)