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Definition of 'utu'English
Noun
(New Zealand) Recompense, payback; revenge.
* 2008 , Christina Thompson, Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All , Bloomsbury 2009, p. 129:
- Utu demanded that both favors and grievances be repaid in kind, but it was the grievances, naturally, that caused the most trouble.
* 2011 , Andrew Alderson, New Zealand Herald , 19 Sep 2011:
- The match had been touted as a chance for utu after the 1999 and 2007 All Blacks World Cup defeats.
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