bituin

See also: Bituin

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *bituqən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən. Compare Bikol Central bituon, Cebuano bituon, Kapampangan batuin, and Malay bintang. Possibly related to etymology 2.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /bituˈʔin/, [bɪ.tʊˈʔin]
  • IPA^(key): /biˈtuʔin/, [bɪˈtu.ʔɪn] (now uncommon)
  • IPA^(key): /bitˈwin/, [bɪtˈwin] (colloquial)
• Rhymes: -in, (now uncommon) -uʔin
• Homophone: Bituin

Noun

bituín or bituin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈ᜔)

1. star

   Synonyms: estrelya, astro, tala

2. (chiefly acting, figurative) star; celebrity

   Synonym: tala

Alternative forms

• bitoin, bitoyn — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• botiin, butiyn — obsolete, metathesis, Spanish-based orthography
• bitowin — obsolete
• butiin — obsolete, metathesis
• bituwin — common
• bitwin — colloquial

Derived terms

• bituinan
• bituing-alpas
• bituing-dagat
• bituing-may-sumbol
• isdang-bituin
• kabituinan
• Landas na Bituin
• mabituin
• magpabituin
• nagbituin
• Pulong-Bituin
• taeng-bituin

 

See also

• buntala

Etymology 2

From bito (“dot; mark”) +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˈtuʔin/, [bɪˈtu.ʔɪn]
• Rhymes: -uʔin
• Syllabification: bi‧tu‧in

Verb

bituin (complete binito, progressive binibito, contemplative bibituin, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. to be marked off; to be demarcated

   Bituin mo yari.

   Mark this off.

Alternative forms

• bitoin, bitoyn — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Further reading

• “bituin” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “bituin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 137.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[4], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 314: “Bitoyn (pp) L. del çielo”