🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
どぅっとぅ : duttu | define meaning
duttu
Pronunciation: [duttu]
Definition
Noun
- Very; extremely; exceedingly
- どぅっとぅたかさん【どぅっとぅ高さん】
duttu takasan
"It is very dear" (adapted from Chamberlain, 1895) - ちゅーやどぅっとぅあちくなとーやびん【今日やどぅっとぅ暑く成とーやびん】
chuu-ya duttu achiku natooyabin
"It has got very hot today" (adapted from Chamberlain, 1895)
- どぅっとぅたかさん【どぅっとぅ高さん】
- (With a negative verb) Not at all; at all; whatsoever
- うれーどぅっとぅわからん【うれーどぅっとぅ分からん】
uree duttu wakaran
"I (sic) don't understand that at all" (adapted from Chamberlain, 1895)
- うれーどぅっとぅわからん【うれーどぅっとぅ分からん】
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese ずっと zutto "by far, much; continuously" and it variant ずーっと zuutto.
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Essay in Aid of a Grammar and Dictionary of the Luchuan Language (1895), by Basil Hall Chamberlain, records "A sort of superlative is obtained by prefixing duttu or dūdu, 'very,' 'quite,' hence with a negative verb 'not at all'".
Notes
Variant: どぅーどぅ duudu.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kana | どぅっとぅ |
| New Okinawa Moji | 嬨っ婢 |
| Romanization | duttu |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [duttu] |
意味：はなはだ【甚だ】、とても・とっても【迚も】
どぅっとぅ
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, September 27). どぅっとぅ : duttu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, October 12, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/9196/duttu/.