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ptui

[p͡tʰ]

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colloquial/p(ə)ˈtuː.i/

ptui interjection: the sound of spitting.

Interjection

  1. The sound of spitting.
    • I wake up and spit three times against the evil eye. Ptui, ptui, ptui. A dream. And fall asleep.1974, Irving Howe, Eliezer Greenberg, Yiddish stories, old and new
    • She would go 'Ptui! Ptui! Ptui!' and seem to reinforce her curses (in a language as colourful as that of the boys') by stamping on her own spittle.1991, Anne Siew Kim Lim, Face to face: the street children of Bukit Ho Swee

ptui meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian

ptui in Tamil

sound of spitting
தூ tū

ptui in Arabic

sound of spitting
اتفو

ptui in Indonesian

sound of spitting
cuih

Forms of ptui

alternative formpitooey
alternative formptew
alternative formptooey
alternative formptooie

Origin of ptui

Imitative. But there is also the Ancient Greek πτύω, to spit, which is in Mark 7:33

Questions about ptui

What does ptui mean?
Ptui means the sound of spitting.
What is ptui in Tamil?
Ptui in Tamil is தூ (tū). See Ptui meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ptui?
Ptui is an interjection.
How do you pronounce ptui?
Ptui is pronounced [p͡tʰ].

Words near ptui in the dictionary

  1. PTSDers
  2. PTSS
  3. PTT
  4. PTTs
  5. PTU
  6. ptui
  7. PTUs
  8. PTV
  9. PTVs
  10. PTW
  11. PTWC

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