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luto

Pronunciation: /ˈlutoʔ/

“luto” is a Tagalog word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

  1. cooking
  2. cuisine; style of cooking
  3. cooked food
  4. cheating; rigging (of a game, competition, election, etc.)
  5. frameup
  6. mourning
  7. mourning clothes (usually black)
  8. purchase of tuba wine

adjective

  1. cooked (of food)
  2. rigged (of a game, competition, election, etc.)
  3. cooked (as opposed to uncooked)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lutuq. Compare Ilocano luto, Mayoyao Ifugao lutu, Central Bikol luto, Cebuano luto, Tausug lutu', and Ngaju luntoh. The slang senses are ellipses of lutong makaw.

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