butang

• Hyphenation: bu‧tang
• IPA^(key): /buˈtaŋ/ [bʊˈt̪aŋ]

From Proto-Bisayan *butaŋ. Compare Hiligaynon butang, Waray-Waray butang.

butang

1. that which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept
2. a possession; something that is owned
3. an individual object or distinct entity

butang

1. to put something down
2. to place; to put (an object or person) in a specific location

• kabtangan
• butangi
• butangi katutoy

From the verb. Compare butangan.

butang

1. a beating; the action by which someone is beaten

For quotations using this term, see Citations:butang.

• IPA^(key): /buˈtaŋ/

butang

1. item, matter, stuff, thing
2. place

This word is used for anything that exists as well as anything that is perceived to exist.

butang

1. to place an object, usually on a surface

• IPA^(key): /butea̯ŋ/

butang

1. to commit adultery

From Malay butang, from Portuguese botão. Doublet of botang.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbutaŋ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧tang

butang (plural butang-butang)

1. button: a knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener

• “butang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Portuguese botão.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbutaŋ/ [ˈbu.t̪aŋ]
• Rhymes: -utaŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: bu‧tang

butang (Jawi spelling بوتڠ, plural butang-butang)

1. button
   1. knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener of clothes

      Synonym: kancing

   2. mechanical device to press with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.

      Synonyms: punat, tombol

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بوتڠ boetang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 63
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بوتڠ butang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 125
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “butang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 172

• “butang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈtaŋ/ [bʊˈt̪aŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: bu‧tang

From Cebuano butang (“to place”). Compare butangan.

butáng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜅ᜔)

1. act of beating or hitting a person mercilessly (as of a thug)

• bugbog
• gulpi

Borrowed from Cebuano butang (“thing”).

butáng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜅ᜔) (physics, neologism)

1. matter

   Synonym: materya

• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

butang

1. alternative form of budang

• Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.