toto

noun

to·​to

ˈtōˌtō

plural -s

: a young one : baby, child

asked the chief if there was a small boy, a toto, who would like to enter my service

—R. S. B. Baker

especially : the young of an animal

saw two more rhinos … a mother and a half-grown toto

—Natural History

Word History

Etymology

of Bantu origin; akin to Swahili mtoto child

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