butil
Catalan
Etymology
From butíric + -il.
Pronunciation
Noun
butil m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “butil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “butil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “butil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /buˈt͡ʃiw/ [buˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈtil/ [buˈtiɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈti.li/
Noun
butil m (plural butis)
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butir (“grain, kernel”). Compare Malay butir.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbutil/ [ˈbuː.t̪ɪl]
- Rhymes: -util
- Syllabification: bu‧til
Noun
butil (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜎ᜔)
- grain; kernel; seed
- small particle (of salt, sand, etc.)
- Synonym: (dialectal) bigi
- grains; cereals
- Synonym: grano
- drop (of tears, sweat, etc.)
- Synonym: patak
- bead (of a necklace, rosary, etc.)
- pill
- Synonyms: pilduras, bulitas
Derived terms
- butil-butil
- butilin
- kabutil
- kuntilbutil
- pagkabutil
- pagkakabutil
Further reading
- “butil”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018