The word "Tumut" is a proper noun and refers to a town in New South Wales, Australia. The word is pronounced as /ˈtuːmət/ in IPA phonetic transcription. The first sound /t/ is a voiceless alveolar plosive, followed by a long vowel /uː/, then pronounced with a schwa sound /ə/ and ends with a voiceless alveolar plosive /t/. The spelling of the word Tumut follows the traditional English spelling convention, where the vowels U and O are often used interchangeably to represent the same sound, as in words like "hut" and "hot."