cuto

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀘𑀼𑀢𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• चुतो (Devanagari script)
• চুতো (Bengali script)
• චුතො (Sinhalese script)
• စုတော or ၸုတေႃ (Burmese script)
• จุโต (Thai script)
• ᨧᩩᨲᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈຸໂຕ (Lao script)
• ចុតោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄪𑄖𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adjective

cuto

1. nominative singular masculine of cuta, which is past participle of cavati (“to die away from a world”)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Pipil kutu (“short, dismembered”) cf. Pipil mākutu (“one-armed, with an arm missing”), related to Classical Nahuatl cotoctic (“dismembered”), macotoctic (“dismembered of one arm”), quechcotoctic (“decapitated”).

The DRAE states it is borrowed from a Nahuatl cutuche (“cut”), but this is perhaps a spurious Nahuatl word, not found in Lyle Campbell's Pipil Nawat lexicon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuto/ [ˈku.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -uto
• Syllabification: cu‧to

Adjective

cuto (feminine cuta, masculine plural cutos, feminine plural cutas) (colloquial)

1. (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) missing an arm or forearm; one-armed, or one-forearmed

   Synonym: amputado unilateral

   Mi segunda hija me nació cuta.

   My second daughter was born missing an arm.

   Quedó cuto después del accidente.

   He lost his arm after the accident.

2. (El Salvador, of clothes, especially pants) short

   Synonym: corto

   Esos pantalones te quedan cutos.

   Those pants are too short for you.

Further reading

• “cuto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
• “cuto” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010