utu
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Is utu a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) No
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends No
What is the meaning of utu?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (New Zealand) Compensation for a wrong suffered; reciprocal exchange or payment; (loosely), payback, revenge.Examples: "Utu determined that relations among individuals, and between families, communities and tribes, were governed by mutual obligation and an implicit keeping of social accounts […]."; "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."New-Zealanduncountable
name (English)
1. (mythology) A Sumerian deity, the son of the moon god Nanna and the goddess Ningal.
Definition source: Wiktionary