Utu vs Usu - What's the difference?
utu | usu |
(New Zealand) Recompense, payback; revenge.
* 2008 , Christina Thompson, Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All , Bloomsbury 2009, p. 129:
* 2011 , Andrew Alderson, New Zealand Herald , 19 Sep 2011:
As a noun utu
is recompense, payback; revenge.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.As an abbreviation usu is
usual, usually.utu
English
Noun
- Utu demanded that both favors and grievances be repaid in kind, but it was the grievances, naturally, that caused the most trouble.
- The match had been touted as a chance for utu after the 1999 and 2007 All Blacks World Cup defeats.