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juttu

Pronunciation: /ˈjutːu/

“juttu” is a Finnish word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

  1. tale, anecdote
  2. story (lie)
  3. item (story in a newspaper)
  4. thing, business, matter
  5. thing, object, item (vaguely designated material object)
  6. bag, cup of tea, cup of joe (whatever suits or interests one)
  7. event, case (occurrence of social or personal importance)
  8. affair (that which is done or is to be done)
  9. affair, dating (romantic courtship)
  10. case (legal proceeding)
  11. lawsuit

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *juttu (compare Estonian jutt), from Proto-Uralic *jupta- (“to speak, to tell”) + -u (compare Erzya ёвтамс (jovtams, “to say, to tell a story”), Nganasan дебтудя (djebtudja)).

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