butete

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butiti. Compare Kapampangan butiti, Maranao botiti & Sangir butiti.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /buˈteteʔ/ [bʊˈt̪ɛː.t̪ɛʔ] (“tadpole; big-bellied person”, noun; “big-bellied”, adjective)
      • Rhymes: -eteʔ
    • IPA(key): /buˈtete/ [bʊˈt̪ɛː.t̪ɛ] (“pufferfish”, noun)
      • Rhymes: -ete
  • Syllabification: bu‧te‧te

Noun

butetè (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

  1. tadpole
    Synonyms: ulo-ulo, butilaw
  2. (figurative) big-bellied person
    Synonym: buteteng-laot

Noun

butete (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

  1. pufferfish
    1. lunartail puffer (Lagocephalus lunaris)
    2. spiny spiderflower (Cleome spinosa)

Adjective

butetè (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

  1. (figurative) big-bellied; with a big stomach (of a person)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “butete”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*butiti”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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