tutu

Meanings

Noun

• A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
• Any of the genus Coriaria (genus) of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand.

Verb

• to fiddle or mess around with something.

Origin

• Borrowed from French tutu, from cucu, playful reduplication of cul.
• Borrowed from Maori.
• From Maori tutū.