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noun [AN] Animate utirut
[utiɾ̥ut]* 
otter
(animal)
 Amazon
 ⤷ Not dialect specific
  ⤷ Neutral
Etymology
From Proto-Amazon *'uta'u (to swim) + *-irut (animal agent)
A common folk etymology suggests that it comes from tirut (swift bird) and hu- (relating to water), the explanation being given in the form of the story of how the otter was created which states that a swift (or swallow depending on the storyteller) fell into a river whilst drinking but was saved by Haaqi’a the god of rivers and water by being transformed into the first otter
Derived from:
-irut-er (agentive)AFF
* Pronunciation of this word was estimated based on phonology/orthography
↺ 2 June 2018, 15:21

Inflection of 'utirut' (2 tables)
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 otter (animal)noun'axij haqi
Homonyms (0)
No known homonyms.
Conlang translations
Natural translations
Erzya (Эрзянь)пачалапа
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