ꦧꦸꦠꦸꦃ
Javanese edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, there are some possibility.
- from Old Javanese wutuh (“whole, intact”).
- from Old Javanese butuh (“in trouble, in difficulties, embarrassed”) (compare to Javanese ꦲꦸꦛꦸꦃ (uthuh, “to persist; shameless, brazen, to have a nerve”), Old Javanese tutuh (“blame, reproof, reprimand, reproach”)).
- from Old Javanese botoh (“to bet, wager; gambler”), toh (“stake”).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
ꦧꦸꦠꦸꦃ (butuh)
- to need
- ꦲꦏꦸꦧꦸꦠꦸꦃꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ꧉ ― Aku butuh kowe. ― I need you.
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Further reading edit
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “butuh”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN