puttun
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hindi पलटन (palṭan, “regiment”), itself from English platoon.
Noun[edit]
puttun (plural puttuns)
References[edit]
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Inupiaq[edit]
Noun[edit]
puttun (dual puttutik, plural puttutit)
- piercing tool
- Aŋutit atuġaġigaat puttun suliuqamiŋ.
- Men use a piercing tool when making things.
- Aŋutit atuġaġigaat puttun suliuqamiŋ.