urut

Borrowed from Malay urut (“massage”).

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /uɹʊt̚ /

urut (plural uruts) (rarely countable, frequently used attributively)

1. A traditional Malay massage which involves soft-tissue manipulation of the whole body to alleviate different types of conditions and ailments.
   • 1978 November 1, Judith Holmberg, New Nation, page 10:

     And if anyone in the Malay community has a sprain, a fractured or dislocated limb, or is plain tired, he or she immediately arranges for an urut.

   • 2000 March 19, The New Paper, page 42:

     Me, I’m off for an urut session medicinal therapy for a bad back problem.

   • 2014, National Heritage Board:

     Since moving to Singapore in 1994, Ibu Tutik’s work as an Urut Lady has helped her support her family in Singapore as well as in Surabaya.

Borrowed from Late Old Swedish orghor (compare Swedish orgel).

• IPA^(key): /ˈurut/, [ˈurut̪]
• Rhymes: -urut
• Syllabification^(key): u‧rut

urut pl

1. organ (musical instrument)

• “urut”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

• Ruut

Inherited from Malay urut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quʀut.

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.rut/, [ˈu.rʊt̪̚]
• Hyphenation: u‧rut

urut

1. to massage

   Synonyms: pijat, pijit

• “urut” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quʀut.

• IPA^(key): /ˈurut/ [ˈu.rut̪]

urut (Jawi spelling اوروت)

1. to massage

• Indonesian: urut
• → English: urut

• “urut” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

urut

1. to shave (hair off a head)