kutun

Basque

Etymology

From Arabic كُتُب (kutub), plural of كِتَاب (kitāb, “letter, book, piece of writing”).[1] Semantically, the "amulet" sense comes from the practice of carrying texts in a cloth pendant, with the other senses developing later from it.[2] Doublet of gutun (“letter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kutun/ [ku.t̪ũn]
  • Rhymes: -utun, -un
  • Hyphenation: ku‧tun

Adjective

kutun (comparative kutunago, superlative kutunen, excessive kutunegi)

  1. dear, darling
  2. favorite, preferred (referring to children)

Declension

Declension of kutun (adjective, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive kutun kutuna kutunak
ergative kutunek kutunak kutunek
dative kutuni kutunari kutunei
genitive kutunen kutunaren kutunen
comitative kutunekin kutunarekin kutunekin
causative kutunengatik kutunarengatik kutunengatik
benefactive kutunentzat kutunarentzat kutunentzat
instrumental kutunez kutunaz kutunez
inessive anim kutunengan kutunarengan kutunengan
inan kutunetan kutunean kutunetan
locative anim — — —
inan kutunetako kutuneko kutunetako
allative anim kutunengana kutunarengana kutunengana
inan kutunetara kutunera kutunetara
terminative anim kutunenganaino kutunarenganaino kutunenganaino
inan kutunetaraino kutuneraino kutunetaraino
directive anim kutunenganantz kutunarenganantz kutunenganantz
inan kutunetarantz kutunerantz kutunetarantz
destinative anim kutunenganako kutunarenganako kutunenganako
inan kutunetarako kutunerako kutunetarako
ablative anim kutunengandik kutunarengandik kutunengandik
inan kutunetatik kutunetik kutunetatik
partitive kutunik — —
prolative kutuntzat — —

Noun

kutun inan or anim

  1. (inanimate) amulet
  2. (inanimate, Christianity) scapular
  3. (inanimate) pincushion
  4. (animate) dear, darling
  5. (animate) favorite, preferred child

Declension

Declension of kutun (animate and inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive kutun kutuna kutunak
ergative kutunek kutunak kutunek
dative kutuni kutunari kutunei
genitive kutunen kutunaren kutunen
comitative kutunekin kutunarekin kutunekin
causative kutunengatik kutunarengatik kutunengatik
benefactive kutunentzat kutunarentzat kutunentzat
instrumental kutunez kutunaz kutunez
inessive anim kutunengan kutunarengan kutunengan
inan kutunetan kutunean kutunetan
locative anim — — —
inan kutunetako kutuneko kutunetako
allative anim kutunengana kutunarengana kutunengana
inan kutunetara kutunera kutunetara
terminative anim kutunenganaino kutunarenganaino kutunenganaino
inan kutunetaraino kutuneraino kutunetaraino
directive anim kutunenganantz kutunarenganantz kutunenganantz
inan kutunetarantz kutunerantz kutunetarantz
destinative anim kutunenganako kutunarenganako kutunenganako
inan kutunetarako kutunerako kutunetarako
ablative anim kutunengandik kutunarengandik kutunengandik
inan kutunetatik kutunetik kutunetatik
partitive kutunik — —
prolative kutuntzat — —

Derived terms

  • kuttun (“dear, darling”)
  • kutunkeria (“favoritism”)
  • kutunki (“with love, dearly”)
  • kutuntasun (“intimacy”)

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “gutun”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 214
  2. ^ Luis Michelena (1964) Sobre el pasado de la lengua vasca, San Sebastián: Auñamendi, page 128

Further reading

  • “kutun”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “kutun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Finnish

Noun

kutun

  1. genitive singular of kuttu

Anagrams

Turkish

Noun

kutun

  1. second-person singular possessive of kutu
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