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Utu vs Putu - What's the difference?

utu | putu |

As nouns the difference between utu and putu

is that utu is recompense, payback; revenge while putu is a form of porridge made from maize meal.

As an initialism UTU

is the Ulster teacher's union.

As a proper noun Utu

is a Sumerian deity, in Sumerian mythology, Utu is the son of the moon god Nanna and the goddess Ningal.

utu

English

Noun

  • (New Zealand) Recompense, payback; revenge.
  • * 2008 , Christina Thompson, Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All , Bloomsbury 2009, p. 129:
    • Utu demanded that both favors and grievances be repaid in kind, but it was the grievances, naturally, that caused the most trouble.
  • * 2011 , Andrew Alderson, New Zealand Herald , 19 Sep 2011:
    • The match had been touted as a chance for utu after the 1999 and 2007 All Blacks World Cup defeats.
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    putu

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (South Africa) A form of porridge made from maize meal

    • Derived terms

    * putu pap