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cuto.

missing an arm or forearm; one-armed, or one-forearmed

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkuto/[ˈku.t̪o]
  1. missing an arm or forearm; one-armed, or one-forearmed

    El-Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras · colloquial
    Mi segunda hija me nació cuta.
    Quedó cuto después del accidente.
  2. short

    El-Salvador · colloquial
    Esos pantalones te quedan cutos.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Pipil kutu (“short, dismembered”) cf. Pipil mākutu (“one-armed, with an arm missing”), related to Classical Nahuatl cotoctic (“dismembered”), macotoctic (“dismembered of one arm”), quechcotoctic (“decapitated”). The DRAE states it is borrowed from a Nahuatl cutuche (“cut”), but this is perhaps a spurious Nahuatl word, not found in Lyle Campbell's Pipil Nawat lexicon.

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