bute
English edit
Etymology edit
From its middle syllable.
Noun edit
bute (uncountable)
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Verb edit
bute
- inflection of buter:
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Middle English edit
Noun edit
bute
- (Northern) Alternative form of bote (“boot”)
Middle Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
- büte
Etymology edit
Possibly borrowed from Middle Dutch *buute, *buete, from Old Dutch *būti, from Frankish *būti (“exchange; allotment; spoils”), perhaps borrowed from Gaulish *boudi, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“profit, gains; victory”).
Noun edit
bûte f
Related terms edit
- bûten (“to barter; to divide up; to plunder”)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin buttis, probably of Ancient Greek origin.
Noun edit
bute f (plural buți)
- (rare, regional) barrel, cask; contents of a barrel
- pillar that supports the structure of a tunnel, such as in a mine
Declension edit
Declension of bute
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Tetelcingo Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
bute (plural butejte)
References edit
- Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 16, 111
- Tuggy, David (2004) “Spanish Borrowings in Mösiehuali̱”, in SIL Mexico[2]
Volapük edit
Noun edit
bute
- ^ Newerkla, Stefan Michael (2011) “bít, bíta”, in Sprachkontakte Deutsch – Tschechisch – Slowakisch: Wörterbuch der deutschen Lehnwörter im Tschechischen und Slowakischen: historische Entwicklung, Beleglage, bisherige und neue Deutungen (Schriften über Sprachen und Texte; 7) (in German), 2nd edition, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 155