wuta

Ami

Noun

wuta

  1. water

References
  • Darrell T. Tryon, Daly family languages, Australia (1974)

Hausa

Etymology

An old borrowing in West Chadic from an unknown source; compare Bole wuti, Mangas wur, Miship wus, Goemai wus, Beele huji, Kirfi wúʃī, Galambu wūːʃīː, Gera wūːsì, Deno ūʃíː.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wú.táː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wʊ́.táː]

Noun

wutā f (possessed form wutar̃)

  1. fire
  2. electricity

Javanese
Other scripts
Carakan ꦮꦸꦠ
Roman wuta

Etymology

From Old Javanese wuta, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa (“blind; blindliness”).

Adjective

wuta

  1. blind
    Synonym: tunanétra

Further reading
  • “[ wuta]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].

Manda (Australia)

Noun

wuta

  1. water

References
  • Darrell T. Tryon, Daly family languages, Australia (1974)

Maranungku

Noun

wuta

  1. water

References
  • Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970)

Maridan

Noun

wuta

  1. water

References
  • Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970)

Maridjabin

Noun

wuta

  1. water

References
  • Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970)

Marimanindji

Noun

wuta

  1. water

References
  • Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970)

Maringarr

Noun

wuta

  1. water

References
  • Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970)

Marriammu

Noun

wuta

  1. water

References
  • Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970)

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, compare Malay buta.

Adjective

wuta

  1. blind
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