buto-butonesan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• buto-butonis
• butu-butunisan

Etymology

Partial reduplication of butones +‎ -an. Compare Bikol Central boto-botonesan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˌto butoˈnesan/ [bʊˌt̪o bʊ.t̪oˈn̪ɛː.sɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -esan
• Syllabification: bu‧to-bu‧to‧ne‧san

Noun

butó-butonesan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜓᜊᜓᜆᜓᜈᜒᜐᜈ᜔)

1. asthma-plant (Euphorbia hirta)

   Synonyms: tawa-tawa, gatas-gatas, golandrina, saikan

2. nutgrass (Cyperus rotundus)

   Synonym: mutha

3. knobweed (Hyptis capitata)

   Synonyms: kambali, kombar-kombaran, linga-lingahan, turukan

4. east Indian globe thistle (Sphaeranthus africanus)

   Synonym: sambong-gala

5. Alternative form of butones-butonesan

Further reading

• “buto-butonesan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018