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Utu

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Ulster Teachers' Union. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A Sumerian deity, the son of the moon god Nanna and the goddess Ningal.
  3. 3
    Initialism of United Transportation Union. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of University of Turku. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Compensation for a wrong suffered; reciprocal exchange or payment; (loosely), payback, revenge. New-Zealand, uncountable

    "Utu determined that relations among individuals, and between families, communities and tribes, were governed by mutual obligation and an implicit keeping of social accounts […]."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Māori utu.

Etymology 2

From Sumerian 𒀭𒌓 (ᵈutu, “Utu”).

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