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ptui

  • [p͡tʰ]
  • [p͡tʰə̥]
  • /p(ə)ˈtuː.i/ colloquial

Where it comes from

Imitative. But there is also the Ancient Greek πτύω, to spit, which is in Mark 7:33

interjection pitooey · ptew · ptooey · ptooie

  1. The sound of spitting. I wake up and spit three times against the evil eye. Ptui, ptui, ptui. A dream. And fall asleep.

Translations

Every language

intj sound of spitting

한국어퉤 twe
日本語ぺっと petto
中文呸 pēi
Françaisptui
Ελληνικάφτου ftou
Русскийтьфу tʹfu
العربيةاتفو
עבריתטפו tfu, טפי tfi

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MLA

"ptui." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ptui. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

ptui. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ptui

Chicago

"ptui." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ptui.

BibTeX
@misc{ptui_2026,
  title = {ptui},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ptui},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}