kutu

/ ˈkuːtuː /

noun

1. Also called: cootie. slang,  a body louse See louse

Word History and Origins

Origin of kutu¹

Māori

Example Sentences

That name got more votes than Baako or Kutu, the other choices.

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Back to Article Click to Print Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 For Rohingya in Bangladesh, No Place is Home By Misha Hussain / Kutu Palong Hundreds of children flock at the site of a stranger in the Kutu Palong makeshift camp in southeastern Bangladesh, near the border with Burma.

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Leaving Kutu Palong, the children are still smiling, the chorus of 'hellos' replaced with 'goodbyes.'

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Last week General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, 46, who took over in 1972, met a similar fate.

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Nether-world, names of: Aralû, 557; Ekur, 558; Shuâlu, 558; Kigallu, 562; Irkalla, 563; Kutu or Cuthah, 563; epithets for n.,

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