compensation or reward
revenge or retribution
payment, price, or money
Māori
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Saulque, vice chairwoman for the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute tribe, draws a parallel between ousting the horses and the historic persecution of her people by the government.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
Donte Utu, a three-star prospect from Punahou HS, the famed Honolulu power, pledged to the Cardinal on Monday.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024
There, however, he is imprisoned, only to be freed when the young warrior Utu opens a hole to the surface and carries Enkidu back out on a lofting breeze.
From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2019
Others like Utu Abe Malae, chairman of the Republican Party in American Samoa, said that he would never support Trump, though he was not ready to commit to Cruz.
From Time • Apr. 24, 2016
It may well be that Shamash was the name given to the god at Sippar, whereas at Ur he may have been known as Utu.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
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