kutun

Basque

Etymology

From Arabic كُتُب (kutub), plural of كِتَاب (kitāb, “letter, book, piece of writing”). Semantically, the "amulet" sense comes from the practice of carrying texts in a cloth pendant, with the other senses developing later from it. Doublet of gutun (“letter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kutun/, [ku.t̪ũn]

Adjective

kutun (comparative kutunago, superlative kutunen, excessive kutunegi)

1. dear, darling
2. favorite, preferred (referring to children)

Declension

Declension of kutun (adjective, ending in consonant)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		kutun	kutuna	kutunak
ergative		kutunek	kutunak	kutunek
dative		kutuni	kutunari	kutunei
genitive		kutunen	kutunaren	kutunen
comitative		kutunekin	kutunarekin	kutunekin
causative		kutunengatik	kutunarengatik	kutunengatik
benefactive		kutunentzat	kutunarentzat	kutunentzat
instrumental		kutunez	kutunaz	kutunez
inessive	anim	kutunengan	kutunarengan	kutunengan
	inan	kutunetan	kutunean	kutunetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	kutunetako	kutuneko	kutunetako
allative	anim	kutunengana	kutunarengana	kutunengana
	inan	kutunetara	kutunera	kutunetara
terminative	anim	kutunenganaino	kutunarenganaino	kutunenganaino
	inan	kutunetaraino	kutuneraino	kutunetaraino
directive	anim	kutunenganantz	kutunarenganantz	kutunenganantz
	inan	kutunetarantz	kutunerantz	kutunetarantz
destinative	anim	kutunenganako	kutunarenganako	kutunenganako
	inan	kutunetarako	kutunerako	kutunetarako
ablative	anim	kutunengandik	kutunarengandik	kutunengandik
	inan	kutunetatik	kutunetik	kutunetatik
partitive		kutunik	—	—
prolative		kutuntzat	—	—

Noun

kutun inan or anim

1. (inanimate) amulet
2. (inanimate, Christianity) scapular
3. (inanimate) pincushion
4. (animate) dear, darling
5. (animate) favorite, preferred child

Declension

Declension of kutun (animate and inanimate, ending in consonant)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		kutun	kutuna	kutunak
ergative		kutunek	kutunak	kutunek
dative		kutuni	kutunari	kutunei
genitive		kutunen	kutunaren	kutunen
comitative		kutunekin	kutunarekin	kutunekin
causative		kutunengatik	kutunarengatik	kutunengatik
benefactive		kutunentzat	kutunarentzat	kutunentzat
instrumental		kutunez	kutunaz	kutunez
inessive	anim	kutunengan	kutunarengan	kutunengan
	inan	kutunetan	kutunean	kutunetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	kutunetako	kutuneko	kutunetako
allative	anim	kutunengana	kutunarengana	kutunengana
	inan	kutunetara	kutunera	kutunetara
terminative	anim	kutunenganaino	kutunarenganaino	kutunenganaino
	inan	kutunetaraino	kutuneraino	kutunetaraino
directive	anim	kutunenganantz	kutunarenganantz	kutunenganantz
	inan	kutunetarantz	kutunerantz	kutunetarantz
destinative	anim	kutunenganako	kutunarenganako	kutunenganako
	inan	kutunetarako	kutunerako	kutunetarako
ablative	anim	kutunengandik	kutunarengandik	kutunengandik
	inan	kutunetatik	kutunetik	kutunetatik
partitive		kutunik	—	—
prolative		kutuntzat	—	—

Derived terms

• kuttun (“dear, darling”)
• kutunkeria (“favoritism”)
• kutunki (“with love, dearly”)
• kutuntasun (“intimacy”)

Further reading

• “kutun”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “kutun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Finnish

Noun

kutun

1. genitive singular of kuttu

Anagrams

• nukut, tukun, tunku

Turkish

Noun

kutun

1. second-person singular possessive of kutu