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kutu

kutu noun: a body louse.

Noun

kutu (plural kutus)

  1. (New Zealand) A body louse.
    • 'Yes,' Kuikui continued, 'all the cow shit from the milking, and we don't want Blondie's kutus floating in our water.'2014, Witi Ihimaera, Maori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood

Proper noun capitalized: Kutu

Kutu

  1. a Bantu language of Tanzania

Forms of kutu

pluralkutus

Origin of kutu

Borrowed from Māori kutu.

Questions about kutu

What does kutu mean?
Kutu means a body louse.
What part of speech is kutu?
Kutu can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of kutu?
The plural of kutu is kutus.

Words near kutu in the dictionary

  1. kuttabs
  2. Kuttanad
  3. kuttar
  4. kuttars
  5. Kutthung
  6. kutu
  7. Kutub al-Sittah
  8. Kutulamare
  9. Kutulu
  10. kutum
  11. kutums

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