Romani edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit वृत्ति (vṛtti).

Noun edit

butǐ f (nominative plural butǎ)

  1. (International Standard)
    1. work
    2. matter

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vr̥tti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 699
  • Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “bućí”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 37
  • Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “butí”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 39
  • Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
  • Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e but/ǐ, -ǎ- ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 97
  • Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “but/ǐ, -ǎ”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 147