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puto

/ˈpuːtoʊ/

puto noun: a rice cake made of boiled or steamed rice.

puto: a rice cake made of boiled or steamed rice
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Noun

puto (plural putos or puto)

  1. (Philippines) A rice cake made of boiled or steamed rice.

Forms of puto

pluralputos
pluralputo

Origin of puto

From Tagalog puto (and other Philippine languages), from Malay putu as in Malay kuih putu (“Kue putu”), from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “a Tamil dish”).

Questions about puto

What does puto mean?
Puto means a rice cake made of boiled or steamed rice.
What part of speech is puto?
Puto is a noun.
How do you pronounce puto?
Puto is pronounced /ˈpuːtoʊ/.
What is the plural of puto?
The plural of puto is putos.

Words near puto in the dictionary

  1. Putnamian
  2. Putney
  3. Putnis
  4. putnisite
  5. Putnoe
  6. puto
  7. putoff
  8. putoffs
  9. putoid
  10. putoids
  11. putois

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