"ptui" meaning in All languages combined

See ptui on Wiktionary

Interjection [English]

IPA: [p͡tʰ], [p͡tʰə̥], /p(ə)ˈtuː.i/ [colloquial] Forms: pitooey [alternative], ptew [alternative], ptooey [alternative], ptooie [alternative]
Etymology: Imitative. But there is also the Ancient Greek πτύω, to spit, which is in Mark 7:33 Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative
  1. The sound of spitting. Related terms: hawk tuah Translations (sound of spitting): اتفو (Arabic), (pēi) (Chinese Mandarin), pthyi (Finnish), ptui (French), φτου (ftou) (Greek), טפו (tfu) (Hebrew), טפי (tfi) (Hebrew), cuih (Indonesian), ぺっと (petto) (Japanese), tfu (Polish), тьфу (tʹfu) (Russian), தூ (tū) (Tamil)

Alternative forms

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