Meaning of utu | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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.”

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