butong

See also: bùtóng

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətuŋ (“large bamboo”). Compare Cebuano butong and Malay betung.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧tong
  • IPA(key): /buˈtoŋ/ [buˈtoŋ]

Noun

butóng

  1. bamboo (small)
    Synonyms: kawayan, kalap

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butun. Compare Malay butung.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧tong
  • IPA(key): /buˈtoŋ/ [buˈtoŋ]

Noun

butóng

  1. fish poison tree (Barringtonia asiatica)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧tong
  • IPA(key): /ˈbutoŋ/ [ˈbu.toŋ]

Noun

bútong

  1. act of pulling out (as a card from a deck or a piece of paper on a notebook)
    Synonym: bulnot
Derived terms
  • butongon
  • magbutong

See also

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧tong
  • IPA(key): /buˈtoŋ/ [bʊˈt̪oŋ]

Noun

butong

  1. a coconut fruit that is older than a sagbay luwag
  2. the meat of this fruit
  3. Gigantochloa levis; a species of bamboo

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətuŋ (“large bamboo”).

Noun

butóng

  1. bamboo
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