A REPUTATION EARNED. Part of the reason for the misconception about German engineering is that German automakers did, at one time, earn it. When Consumer Reports started its Long-Term Reliability Tests and Initial Quality Index tests way back in 1972, German brands like Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz came out on top.
The term hokku continues to be used in its original sense, as the opening verse of a linked poem.
Kuttu may refer to: 1  Kuttu flour, a buckwheat or grass seed flour. 2  Chakyar koothu, the south Indian performance art. 3  Kuttu, a western islet in Chuuk State.