buta

See also: butà, butą, búta, bûta, -buta, ˈbuta, and ɓūtà

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بته (butta); see boteh.

Noun

buta (plural butas)

  1. Alternative form of boteh.

Anagrams

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta

  1. blind; sightless

References

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈta/ [bʊˈtʌ]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta

Noun

butá f 

  1. (mythology) lycanthropy

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Balinese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /butə/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta (Balinese script ᬩᬸᬢ)

  1. blind

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Javanese bhūta, from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, demon).

Adjective

buta (Balinese script ᬪᬹᬢ)

  1. wicked spirit

Further reading

  • buta” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈbuta/ [ˈbu.ta]

Adjective

buta

  1. blind; sightless

Derived terms

Blagar

Numeral

buta

  1. four

References

French

Verb

buta

  1. third-person singular past historic of buter

Anagrams

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /búː.tàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [búː.tàː]

Noun

būtā̀ f (plural būtōcī, possessed form būtàr̃)

  1. jug or ewer for holding water
  2. kettle, teapot
  3. gourd

References

  • Paul Newman, A Hausa–English Dictionary (2007)

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta

  1. blind; sightless

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind

Noun

butá

  1. blind

Etymology 2

Adjective

butâ

  1. charged; full; replenished

Verb

bútà

  1. to charge or replenish

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.[1]

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (end, butt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbutɒ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

Adjective

buta (comparative butább, superlative legbutább)

  1. stupid, silly, foolish, dumb
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buta
    Antonyms: okos, eszes, értelmes, intelligens

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative buta buták
accusative butát butákat
dative butának butáknak
instrumental butával butákkal
causal-final butáért butákért
translative butává butákká
terminative butáig butákig
essive-formal butaként butákként
essive-modal
inessive butában butákban
superessive bután butákon
adessive butánál butáknál
illative butába butákba
sublative butára butákra
allative butához butákhoz
elative butából butákból
delative butáról butákról
ablative butától butáktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
butáé butáké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
butáéi butákéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ buta in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • buta in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • buta in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Iban

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *buta(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.taʔ/

Adjective

buta

  1. blind

Etymology 2

From English butter

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.ta/

Noun

buta

  1. butter

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay buta (blind), from Proto-Malayic *buta(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta

  1. blind
    1. unable to see, or only partially able to see
    2. (figurative) fail to recognize, acknowledge or perceive
    3. (figurative) without any prior knowledge
Synonyms
Derived terms
Affixed tetms
  • butakan
  • kebutaan
  • membuta
Compound Terms
  • buta aksara
  • buta ayam
  • buta bahasa
  • buta hati
  • buta hukum
  • buta huruf
  • buta kayu
  • buta malam
  • buta politik
  • buta siang

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦸꦠ (buta, giant), from Old Javanese bhūta, from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, demon). Doublet of bota.

Noun

buta

  1. (uncommon, dialectal) giant
    Synonym: raksasa
Alternative forms

Further reading

Iriga Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta

  1. blind; sightless

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

buta m (genitive singular buta, nominative plural butaí)

  1. butt (of wine, etc.); cask

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

buta m (genitive singular buta, nominative plural butaí)

  1. butt; thick end, stock
  2. (geography) butte
  3. stocky person
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • buta féasóige (short beard)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

buta m (genitive singular buta, nominative plural butaí)

  1. alternative form of babhta (boot, something given to equalize an exchange; thing exchanged; addition)

Declension

Declension of buta (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative buta butaí
vocative a bhuta a bhutaí
genitive buta butaí
dative buta butaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an buta na butaí
genitive an bhuta na mbutaí
dative leis an mbuta
don bhuta
leis na butaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of buta
radical lenition eclipsis
buta bhuta mbuta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Japanese

Romanization

buta

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶた
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ブタ

Javanese

Romanization

buta

  1. romanization of ꦧꦸꦠ

Kituba

Noun

buta

  1. weapon

Verb

buta

  1. to give birth
  2. to produce

Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

Verb

-búta

  1. to ask

Libon Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind; sightless

Lingala

Verb

buta

  1. to climb

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *buta(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /butə/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /buta/
  • Rhymes: -utə, -tə,
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Rhymes: -ta

Adjective

buta (Jawi spelling بوتا)

  1. blind

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: buta

References

Masbate Sorsogon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta

  1. blind; sightless

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind; sightless

Miraya Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind; sightless

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind; sightless

Old Frisian

Conjunction

būta

  1. unless

Old Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from bucić. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /buta/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /buta/

Noun

buta f

  1. (attested in Greater Poland, Masovia) pride, haughtiness, arrogance, conceitedness
    • 1874-1891 [XV med.], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności[2], [3], [4], volume XXIV, page 360:
      Butha vel picha presumpcio
      [Buta vel pycha presumpcio]
    • 1880-1894 [XV ex.], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności[5], volume I, Gniezno, Warsaw, page 144:
      Podnyeszyenya albo bvthy vystrzegacz szya
      [Podniesienia albo buty wystrzegać się]
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 62r:
      Iactantia id est arrogantia werffung oder berumung buthą chelplyvoscz
      [Iactantia id est arrogantia werffung oder berumung buta chełpliwość]

Descendants

References

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “buta”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • Mańczak, Witold (2017) “buta”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “buta”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “buta”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
  • K. Nitsch, editor (1954), “buta”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 179
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “buta”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  • Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “buta”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese botar.

Verb

buta

  1. to put, to place
  2. to lay, to lay down

Phuthi

Etymology

From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

Verb

-búta

  1. to ask

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.ta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uta
  • Syllabification: bu‧ta
  • Homophone: Buta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish buta. By surface analysis, deverbal from bucić.

Noun

buta f

  1. pride, haughtiness, arrogance, conceitedness
    Synonyms: arogancja, hardość, wyniosłość
Declension
adjectives

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

buta m inan

  1. genitive singular of but

Further reading

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind; sightless

Sundanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.ta/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮒ)

  1. blind
    1. unable to see
    2. (figurative) fail to recognize, acknowledge or perceive
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦸꦠ (buta, giant), from Old Javanese bhūta, from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, demon).

Noun

buta (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮒ)

  1. giant

Further reading

Swazi

Etymology

From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

Verb

-búta

  1. to ask

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tatar

Noun

buta

  1. young of a camel

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /buta/ [bʊˈt̪a]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: bu‧ta

Adjective

buta (Sulat Sūg spelling بُتَ)

  1. blind

Waray Sorsogon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta

  1. blind; sightless

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind

Noun

butá

  1. blind

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind; sightless