tuota

• teta (Ragusan)

From Latin tata. Compare Romanian tată.

tuota m

1. (Vegliot) father, dad

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuo̯tɑ/, [ˈt̪uo̞̯t̪ɑ]
• Rhymes: -uotɑ
• Syllabification^(key): tuo‧ta

tuota

1. (demonstrative) partitive singular of tuo

   Katso tuota!

   Look at that!

See tuo.

From the partitive singular of tuo (etymology 1). Demonstrative pronouns developing into words used to fill pauses is found across the world's languages: examples include Russian это (eto) (from э́тот (étot)), Spanish este and Japanese あのう (anō) (from あの (ano)).

tuota

1. filled pause; well, uhh (especially at the beginning of an utterance)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuo̯tɑˣ/, [ˈt̪uo̞̯t̪ɑ(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uotɑ
• Syllabification^(key): tuo‧ta

tuota

1. present active indicative connegative of tuottaa
2. second-person singular present imperative of tuottaa
3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of tuottaa

• autot, tauot