Tuttu, Tuṭṭu: 1 definition
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Tuttu means something in Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusTuṭṭu (ತುಟ್ಟು):—
1) [verb] to set apart for a certain purpose; to intend.
2) [verb] to declare solemnly (something).
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Tuttu (ತುತ್ತು):—
1) [verb] to take (food) in morsels and swallow.
2) [verb] to destroy completely.
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Tuttu (ತುತ್ತು):—
1) [noun] that quantity of food which one can hold in one’s palm or put into one’s mouth at one time; a morsel.
2) [noun] food in gen. (esp. as a basic human requirement).
3) [noun] a thing that a person can get or achieve.
4) [noun] a condition (usu. an unpleasant one) that one has to undergo or endure inevitably.
5) [noun] ತುತ್ತಾಗು [tuttagu] tuttāgu to become food for; to become a victim; 2. to be subject to; ತುತ್ತಿನ ಚೀಲ [tuttina cila] tuttina cīla (fig.) the stomach; 2. (fig.) one’s regular requirement of food; ತುತ್ತು ಕದ್ದವ ಎತ್ತು ಕದಿಯದೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟಾನೆಯೇ [tuttu kaddava ettu kadiyade bittaneye]? tuttu kaddava ettu kadiyade biṭṭāneye? (prov.) he that will steal an egg, will steal an ox too.
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Tuttu (ತುತ್ತು):—[noun] = ತುತ್ಥ [tuttha].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Tuttugeyyu, Tuttugol, Tuttugollu, Tuttugul, Tuttukkammal, Tuttukkattai, Tuttukkkaran, Tuttukkol, Tuttumantam, Tuttumarru, Tuttuppotu, Tutturabenda, Tutturam, Tutturi, Tutturi-hu, Tutturu, Tutturubenda, Tuttuwa.
Ends with (+53): A-karaipatuttu, Aka-valaipatuttu, Alavupatuttu, Amututtu, Appurappatuttu, Atippatuttu, Atpatuttu, Atuttatuttu, Ayatuttu, Centutpatuttu, Cirppatuttu, Cittappatuttu, Corpatuttu, Curappatuttu, Cutanappatuttu, Ellaippatuttu, Erpatuttu, Etuttu, Hajarppatuttu, Hudututtu.
Full-text: Tuttukkattai, Tuttukkammal, Tuttumantam, Palantuttu, Nattatutti, Tuttumarru, Tuttuppotu, Pattuttuttu, Tuttukkol, Kaituttu, Numgu, Turru.
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Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3 (by Henry Parker)
Story 53 - The Pots Of Oil < [Part II (b) - Stories of the Tom-tom Beaters]
Story 6 - The Millet Trader < [Part I - Stories told by the Cultivating Caste and Vaeddas]
Filigree and Sovereignty of Human Bonds – A < [April – June, 2005]