juttu

Estonian

Noun

juttu

  1. partitive singular of jutt
  2. illative singular of jutt

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *juttu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *jukta- (“to speak, to tell”) +‎ -u. Cognate with ёвтамс (jovtams, “to say, to tell a story”) and Erzya ёвкс (jovks, “tale”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjutːu/, [ˈjut̪ːu]
  • Rhymes: -utːu
  • Syllabification(key): jut‧tu

Noun

juttu

  1. talk (conversation, especially an abundant one)
    Synonyms: juttelu, keskustelu
    1. tale, anecdote
      Synonyms: tarina, kasku, kertomus
      Kerro se sama juttu, jonka kerroit eilen.
      Tell (us/me) the same tale you told yesterday.
    2. story (lie)
      Kuulin sinusta omituisen jutun.
      I heard a weird story about you.
    3. item (story in a newspaper)
      Synonyms: kirjoitus, lehtiteksti
      Hyponyms: artikkeli, henkilökuva, reportaasi
      Luitko meistä kertovan jutun?
      Did you read the story about us?
  2. thing, business, matter
    Synonyms: asia, homma, (colloquial) jutska
    On yksi juttu vielä...
    There's one more thing/matter...
    Me teemme yhdessä kaikenlaisia juttuja.
    We do all kinds of things together.
    1. (informal) thing, object, item (vaguely designated material object)
      Synonym: esine
    2. (informal) bag, cup of tea, cup of joe (whatever suits or interests one)
      Acid house ei ole minun juttuni, pidän perinteisemmästä musiikista.
      Acid house is not my bag, I prefer more traditional music.
    3. event, case (occurrence of social or personal importance)
      Synonyms: tapahtuma, tapaus, sattuma
  3. affair (that which is done or is to be done)
    Synonyms: homma, (dated) afääri
    1. affair, dating (romantic courtship)
      Heidän juttunsa päättyi eroon.
      Their affair ended in separation.
  4. case (legal proceeding)
    Synonym: oikeusjuttu
    1. lawsuit

Declension
Inflection of juttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation)
nominative juttu jutut
genitive jutun juttujen
partitive juttua juttuja
illative juttuun juttuihin
singular plural
nominative juttu jutut
accusative nom. juttu jutut
gen. jutun
genitive jutun juttujen
partitive juttua juttuja
inessive jutussa jutuissa
elative jutusta jutuista
illative juttuun juttuihin
adessive jutulla jutuilla
ablative jutulta jutuilta
allative jutulle jutuille
essive juttuna juttuina
translative jutuksi jutuiksi
instructive — jutuin
abessive jututta jutuitta
comitative — juttuineen
Possessive forms of juttu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person juttuni juttumme
2nd person juttusi juttunne
3rd person juttunsa

Derived terms
Derived terms

Anagrams

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *juttu.

Pronunciation
  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈʝutːu/, [ˈʝutːu]
  • Rhymes: -utːu
  • Hyphenation: jut‧tu

Noun

juttu

  1. talk, conversation
  2. rumor
  3. story

Inflection
Declension of juttu (type II/võrkko, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative juttu jutud
genitive jutu juttuje, juttujõ, juttui
partitive juttua juttuitõ, juttui
illative juttu, juttusõ juttuje, juttujõ, juttuisõ
inessive jutuz juttuiz
elative jutussõ juttuissõ
allative jutulõ juttuilõ
adessive jutullõ juttuillõ
ablative jutultõ juttuiltõ
translative jutussi juttuissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References
  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “juttu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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