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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]

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

Fourth declension

Bare forms

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativebutabutaí
Vocativea bhutaa bhutaí
Genitivebutabutaí
Dativebutabutaí

Forms with the definite article

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativean butana butaí
Genitivean bhutana mbutaí
Dativeleis an mbuta

don bhuta

leis na butaí

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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