ptui

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [p͡tʼʰ], [p͡tʼʰə̥]
(spoken) IPA^(key): /p(ə)ˈtuː.i/

Interjection

ptui

The sound of spitting.
- 1974, Irving Howe; Eliezer Greenberg, Yiddish stories, old and new:
  I wake up and spit three times against the evil eye. Ptui, ptui, ptui. A dream. And fall asleep.
- 1991, Anne Siew Kim Lim, Face to face: the street children of Bukit Ho Swee:
  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.

Translations

sound of spitting

Finnish: pthyi
French: ptui (fr)
Greek: φτου (el) (ftou)

Anagrams

Tupi, puit, tipu

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