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butu

See also: būtu and būtų

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from Akan butu (“to overturn, to stoop down”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʊtʊ/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧tu

Noun

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butu (plural butu dem, quantified butu)

  1. An uncouth and stupid person; a boor; a low-class person.[2]
    Synonyms: tegareg, virago, zutupek
    Di new neighbour dem a some real butu. Mawnin', noon, an' night dem haffi blas' dem music an' mek up bere noise lakka dancehall dem deh.
    The new neighbours are truly low-class people. They blast their music and create a commotion all day as if they were in a discotheque.
    • [2006, Ras Dennis Jabari Reynolds, Jabari: Authentic Jamaican Dictionary of the Jamic Language‎[1] (in English), →ISBN, page 22:
      “butoo; butu (bü-tü): n. - a dummy; someone who is regarded as foolish, backward or loutish […] ”]

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References

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  1. ^ F. G. Cassidy, R. B. Le Page (2002) Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, The University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 86
  2. ^ Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 125

Kapampangan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *butuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butuq, from Proto-Austronesian *buCuq. Cognate to Cebuano buto (“testicle (dialectal); female genitalia (vulgar)”) and Malay butuh (“penis”)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbutuʔ/ [ˈbuː.tuʔ]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧tu

Noun

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bútû

  1. (vulgar) male genitalia; penis
    Synonym: kalalaki

Maguindanao

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Noun

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butu

  1. (anatomy) scrotum

Sicilian

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Noun

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butu

  1. vote

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From Dutch boete.

Noun

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butu

  1. fine, punishment

Verb

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butu

  1. to pay by way of punishment
  2. to fine

Tausug

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog boto, from Spanish voto, from Latin vōtum.

Pronunciation

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  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /butu/ [bʊˈt̪u]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: bu‧tu

Noun

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butu (Sulat Sūg spelling بُتُ)

  1. (Philippines) vote
    Synonym: undi' (Malaysia)

Derived terms

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Ternate

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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butu

  1. a market

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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butu

  1. (transitive) to press
Conjugation
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Conjugation of butu
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tobutu fobutu mibutu
2nd person nobutu nibutu
3rd
person 		masculine obutu ibutu
yobutu (archaic)
feminine mobutu
neuter ibutu

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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