buti

• bute

From Late Latin buttis, probably of Ancient Greek origin. Compare Romanian bute.

buti f (plural buts)

1. barrel, cask

• butar
• butin
• butinel

• Hyphenation: bu‧ti

buti

1. (pathology) smallpox

butî

1. cracked or split

butî

1. cataract

butí

1. frolic or play

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq, compare Malay putih.

buti

1. white

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Borrowed from English boot.

buti class V (plural mabuti class VI)

1. boot (type of shoe)
2. boot (UK), trunk (US) (part of a car)

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

buti class V (plural mabuti class VI)

1. a vessel with a mast

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

buti class IX (plural buti class X)

1. a traditional dance in which the dancers are in a circle with one in the middle

Borrowed from Sanskrit भूति (bhūti, “well-being; adornment”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbuti/ [ˈbuː.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -uti
• Syllabification: bu‧ti

buti (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒ)

1. goodness; kindness

   Synonyms: bait, kabaitan

2. recovery from illness

   Synonyms: pagbuti, galing, paggaling

3. improvement; betterment

   Synonyms: unlad, pag-unlad

4. (obsolete) chickenpox, measles
5. (obsolete) beauty
6. (obsolete) decoration, ornament

• “buti”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “buti”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 26: “Adornar) Buti (pp) a alguna persona”
  • page 107: “Bella) Buti (pp) coſta hermoſa”
  • page 176: “Componer) Buti (pp) novia o dançantes”
  • page 177: “Componerſe) Buti (pp) de veſtidos y joyas”
  • page 282: “Engalanarſe) Buti (pp) con veſtidos y joyas”
  • page 351: “Hermoſo) Buti (pp) de qualquiera hermoſura”
  • page 391: “Lindo) Buti (pp) y de buen pareçer”
  • page 528: “Requebrar) Buti (pp) a alguna dama”
  • page 599: “Veſtir) Buti (pp) Imajen dançantes o para comedia en galanan dolos”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 278

buti

1. to squeeze, to press

buti

1. plural of buto