butong

See also: bùtóng

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətuŋ (“large bamboo”). Compare Cebuano butong and Malay betung.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧tong
• IPA^(key): /buˈtoŋ/ [buˈtoŋ]

Noun

butóng

1. bamboo (small)

   Synonyms: kawayan, kalap

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butun. Compare Malay butung.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧tong
• IPA^(key): /buˈtoŋ/ [buˈtoŋ]

Noun

butóng

1. fish poison tree (Barringtonia asiatica)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧tong
• IPA^(key): /ˈbutoŋ/ [ˈbu.toŋ]

Noun

bútong

1. act of pulling out (as a card from a deck or a piece of paper on a notebook)

   Synonym: bulnot

Derived terms

• butongon
• magbutong

 

See also

• baton
• bikyaw
• bugnot
• dahik
• gabot
• hugkot
• hulbot
• tanggal
• tangkas

 

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧tong
• IPA^(key): /buˈtoŋ/ [bʊˈt̪oŋ]

Noun

butong

1. a coconut fruit that is older than a sagbay luwag
2. the meat of this fruit
3. Gigantochloa levis; a species of bamboo

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətuŋ (“large bamboo”).

Noun

butóng

1. bamboo