Where does “muttu” come from?

muttu (Makasar) comes from Tamil முத்து — bead, seed, rice, castor bean, tears; anything beadlike.

muttu (Makasar): a pearl used exclusively in literary stories translated from Malay, often paired with raʼna (ratna)

Definitions

  1. a pearl used exclusively in literary stories translated from Malay, often paired with raʼna (ratna)

Ancestry of “muttu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilமுத்துbead, seed, rice, castor bean, tears; anything beadlike
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