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Contents English[edit] Etymology[edit] Noun[edit] Anagrams[edit] Acehnese[edit] Etymology[edit] Adjective[edit] References[edit] Afar[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Noun[edit] Balinese[edit] Romanization[edit] Bikol Central[edit] Etymology[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Adjective[edit] Blagar[edit] Numeral[edit] References[edit] French[edit] Verb[edit] Anagrams[edit] Hausa[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Noun[edit] References[edit] Higaonon[edit] Etymology[edit] Adjective[edit] Hiligaynon[edit] Etymology 1[edit] Etymology 2[edit] Hungarian[edit] Etymology[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Adjective[edit] References[edit] Further reading[edit] Iban[edit] Etymology 1[edit] Etymology 2[edit] Indonesian[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Etymology 1[edit] Etymology 2[edit] Further reading[edit] Iriga Bicolano[edit] Etymology[edit] Adjective[edit] Irish[edit] Etymology 1[edit] Etymology 2[edit] Etymology 3[edit] Declension[edit] Mutation[edit] References[edit] Japanese[edit] Romanization[edit] Javanese[edit] Romanization[edit] Kituba[edit] Noun[edit] Verb[edit] Lala (South Africa)[edit] Etymology[edit] Verb[edit] Libon Bikol[edit] Etymology[edit] Adjective[edit] Lingala[edit] Verb[edit] Malay[edit] Etymology[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Adjective[edit] References[edit] Masbate Sorsogon[edit] Etymology[edit] Adjective[edit] Masbatenyo[edit] Etymology[edit] Adjective[edit] Miraya Bikol[edit] Etymology[edit] Adjective[edit] Northern Catanduanes Bicolano[edit] Etymology[edit] Adjective[edit] Old Frisian[edit] Conjunction[edit] Papiamentu[edit] Etymology[edit] Verb[edit] Phuthi[edit] Etymology[edit] Verb[edit] Polish[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Etymology 1[edit] Etymology 2[edit] References[edit] Further reading[edit] Southern Catanduanes Bicolano[edit] Etymology[edit] Adjective[edit] Swazi[edit] Etymology[edit] Verb[edit] Tatar[edit] Noun[edit] Tausug[edit] Etymology[edit] Adjective[edit] Waray Sorsogon[edit] Etymology[edit] Adjective[edit] Waray-Waray[edit] Etymology[edit] Adjective[edit] Noun[edit] West Albay Bikol[edit] Etymology[edit] Adjective[edit]

See also: butà, butą, búta, bûta, -buta, ˈbuta, and ɓūtà

Contents

  • 1 English
    • 1.1 Etymology
    • 1.2 Noun
    • 1.3 Anagrams
  • 2 Acehnese
    • 2.1 Etymology
    • 2.2 Adjective
    • 2.3 References
  • 3 Afar
    • 3.1 Pronunciation
    • 3.2 Noun
      • 3.2.1 References
  • 4 Balinese
    • 4.1 Romanization
  • 5 Bikol Central
    • 5.1 Etymology
    • 5.2 Pronunciation
    • 5.3 Adjective
      • 5.3.1 Derived terms
  • 6 Blagar
    • 6.1 Numeral
    • 6.2 References
  • 7 French
    • 7.1 Verb
    • 7.2 Anagrams
  • 8 Hausa
    • 8.1 Pronunciation
    • 8.2 Noun
    • 8.3 References
  • 9 Higaonon
    • 9.1 Etymology
    • 9.2 Adjective
  • 10 Hiligaynon
    • 10.1 Etymology 1
      • 10.1.1 Adjective
      • 10.1.2 Noun
    • 10.2 Etymology 2
      • 10.2.1 Adjective
      • 10.2.2 Verb
  • 11 Hungarian
    • 11.1 Etymology
    • 11.2 Pronunciation
    • 11.3 Adjective
      • 11.3.1 Declension
      • 11.3.2 Derived terms
    • 11.4 References
    • 11.5 Further reading
  • 12 Iban
    • 12.1 Etymology 1
      • 12.1.1 Pronunciation
      • 12.1.2 Adjective
    • 12.2 Etymology 2
      • 12.2.1 Pronunciation
      • 12.2.2 Noun
  • 13 Indonesian
    • 13.1 Pronunciation
    • 13.2 Etymology 1
      • 13.2.1 Adjective
        • 13.2.1.1 Derived terms
    • 13.3 Etymology 2
      • 13.3.1 Noun
        • 13.3.1.1 Alternative forms
    • 13.4 Further reading
  • 14 Iriga Bicolano
    • 14.1 Etymology
    • 14.2 Adjective
  • 15 Irish
    • 15.1 Etymology 1
      • 15.1.1 Noun
    • 15.2 Etymology 2
      • 15.2.1 Noun
        • 15.2.1.1 Alternative forms
        • 15.2.1.2 Derived terms
    • 15.3 Etymology 3
      • 15.3.1 Noun
    • 15.4 Declension
    • 15.5 Mutation
    • 15.6 References
  • 16 Japanese
    • 16.1 Romanization
  • 17 Javanese
    • 17.1 Romanization
  • 18 Kituba
    • 18.1 Noun
    • 18.2 Verb
  • 19 Lala (South Africa)
    • 19.1 Etymology
    • 19.2 Verb
  • 20 Libon Bikol
    • 20.1 Etymology
    • 20.2 Adjective
  • 21 Lingala
    • 21.1 Verb
  • 22 Malay
    • 22.1 Etymology
    • 22.2 Pronunciation
    • 22.3 Adjective
      • 22.3.1 Derived terms
      • 22.3.2 Descendants
    • 22.4 References
  • 23 Masbate Sorsogon
    • 23.1 Etymology
    • 23.2 Adjective
  • 24 Masbatenyo
    • 24.1 Etymology
    • 24.2 Adjective
  • 25 Miraya Bikol
    • 25.1 Etymology
    • 25.2 Adjective
  • 26 Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
    • 26.1 Etymology
    • 26.2 Adjective
  • 27 Old Frisian
    • 27.1 Conjunction
  • 28 Papiamentu
    • 28.1 Etymology
    • 28.2 Verb
  • 29 Phuthi
    • 29.1 Etymology
    • 29.2 Verb
      • 29.2.1 Inflection
  • 30 Polish
    • 30.1 Pronunciation
    • 30.2 Etymology 1
      • 30.2.1 Noun
        • 30.2.1.1 Declension
        • 30.2.1.2 Related terms
    • 30.3 Etymology 2
      • 30.3.1 Noun
    • 30.4 References
    • 30.5 Further reading
  • 31 Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
    • 31.1 Etymology
    • 31.2 Adjective
  • 32 Swazi
    • 32.1 Etymology
    • 32.2 Verb
      • 32.2.1 Inflection
  • 33 Tatar
    • 33.1 Noun
  • 34 Tausug
    • 34.1 Etymology
    • 34.2 Adjective
  • 35 Waray Sorsogon
    • 35.1 Etymology
    • 35.2 Adjective
  • 36 Waray-Waray
    • 36.1 Etymology
    • 36.2 Adjective
    • 36.3 Noun
  • 37 West Albay Bikol
    • 37.1 Etymology
    • 37.2 Adjective

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian بته (butta); see boteh.

Noun[edit]

buta (plural butas)

  1. Alternative form of boteh

Anagrams[edit]

Acehnese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective[edit]

buta

  1. blind; sightless

References[edit]

Afar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /buˈta/, [bʊˈtʌ]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta

Noun[edit]

butáf

  1. (mythology) lycanthropy

References[edit]

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Balinese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

buta

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬸᬢ (“blind”).
  2. Romanization of ᬪᬹᬢ (“giant, wicked spirit”).

Bikol Central[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈbuta/, [ˈbu.ta]

Adjective[edit]

buta

  1. blind; sightless

Derived terms[edit]

Blagar[edit]

Numeral[edit]

buta

  1. four

References[edit]

French[edit]

Verb[edit]

buta

  1. third-person singular past historic of buter

Anagrams[edit]

Hausa[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /búː.tàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [búː.tàː]

Noun[edit]

būtā̀f (plural būtōcī, possessed form būtàr̃)

  1. jug or ewer for holding water
  2. kettle, teapot
  3. gourd

References[edit]

  • Paul Newman, A Hausa–English Dictionary (2007)

Higaonon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective[edit]

buta

  1. blind; sightless

Hiligaynon[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective[edit]

butá

  1. blind

Noun[edit]

butá

  1. blind

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

butâ

  1. charged; full; replenished

Verb[edit]

bútà

  1. to charge or replenish

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Of unknown origin.[1]

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, butt”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

buta (comparative butább, superlative legbutább)

  1. stupid, silly, foolish, dumb
    Synonyms: ostoba, csacsi, balga, botor, (the latter three are literary in style) oktondi
    Antonyms: okos, eszes, értelmes, intelligens

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singularplural
nominativebutabuták
accusativebutátbutákat
dativebutánakbutáknak
instrumentalbutávalbutákkal
causal-finalbutáértbutákért
translativebutávábutákká
terminativebutáigbutákig
essive-formalbutakéntbutákként
essive-modal——
inessivebutábanbutákban
superessivebutánbutákon
adessivebutánálbutáknál
illativebutábabutákba
sublativebutárabutákra
allativebutáhozbutákhoz
elativebutábólbutákból
delativebutárólbutákról
ablativebutátólbutáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		butáébutáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		butáéibutákéi

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ buta in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2ndedition.)

Further reading[edit]

  • buta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifthed., 1992: →ISBN
  • buta in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Iban[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /bu.taʔ/

Adjective[edit]

buta

  1. blind

Etymology 2[edit]

From English butter

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /bu.ta/

Noun[edit]

buta

  1. butter

Indonesian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Malay buta (“blind”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective[edit]

buta

  1. blind
  2. (figurative) not knowing.
Derived terms[edit]

Derived Terms

Compound Terms

Etymology 2[edit]

From Javanese ꦧꦸꦠ (buta, “giant”), from Old Javanese bhūta, from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, “demon”).

Noun[edit]

buta

  1. giant
Alternative forms[edit]
  • bota (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading[edit]

Iriga Bicolano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective[edit]

buta

  1. blind; sightless

Irish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

butam (genitive singular buta, nominative plural butaí)

  1. butt (of wine, etc.); cask

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

butam (genitive singular buta, nominative plural butaí)

  1. butt; thick end, stock
  2. (geography) butte
  3. stocky person
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

butam (genitive singular buta, nominative plural butaí)

  1. Alternative form of babhta (“boot, something given to equalize an exchange; thing exchanged; addition”)

Declension[edit]

Declension of buta

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
butabhutambuta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

buta

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶた
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ブタ

Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

buta

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦠ.

Kituba[edit]

Noun[edit]

buta

  1. weapon

Verb[edit]

buta

  1. to give birth
  2. to produce

Lala (South Africa)[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

Verb[edit]

-búta

  1. to ask

Libon Bikol[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective[edit]

butá

  1. blind; sightless

Lingala[edit]

Verb[edit]

buta

  1. to climb

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *buta, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

buta (Jawi spelling بوتا)

  1. blind

Derived terms[edit]

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: buta

References[edit]

Masbate Sorsogon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective[edit]

buta

  1. blind; sightless

Masbatenyo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective[edit]

butá

  1. blind; sightless

Miraya Bikol[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective[edit]

butá

  1. blind; sightless

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective[edit]

butá

  1. blind; sightless

Old Frisian[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

būta

  1. unless

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese botar.

Verb[edit]

buta

  1. to put, to place
  2. to lay, to lay down

Phuthi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

Verb[edit]

-búta

  1. to ask

Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Deverbal from bucić.[1]

Noun[edit]

butaf

  1. arrogance, haughtiness
    Synonyms: arogancja, hardość, wyniosłość
Declension[edit]

Declension of buta

singular
nominativebuta
genitivebuty
dativebucie
accusativebutę
instrumentalbutą
locativebucie
vocativebuto
Related terms[edit]

adjectives

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

butaminan

  1. genitive singular of but

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “98-102”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page98-102

Further reading[edit]

  • buta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • buta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective[edit]

butá

  1. blind; sightless

Swazi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

Verb[edit]

-búta

  1. to ask

Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tatar[edit]

Noun[edit]

buta

  1. young of a camel

Tausug[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective[edit]

buta

  1. blind

Waray Sorsogon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective[edit]

buta

  1. blind; sightless

Waray-Waray[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective[edit]

butá

  1. blind

Noun[edit]

butá

  1. blind

West Albay Bikol[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective[edit]

butá

  1. blind; sightless
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