butu

See also: būtu and būtų

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from Akan butu (“to overturn, to stoop down”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʊtʊ/
Hyphenation: bu‧tu

Noun

butu (plural butu dem, quantified butu)

An uncouth and stupid person; a boor; a low-class person.^[2]
Synonyms: tegareg, virago, zutupek

Di new neighbour dem a some real butu. Mawnin', noon, an' night dem haffi blas' dem music an' mek up bere noise lakka dancehall dem deh.
The new neighbours are truly low-class people. They blast their music and create a commotion all day as if they were in a discotheque.
- [2006, Ras Dennis Jabari Reynolds, Jabari: Authentic Jamaican Dictionary of the Jamic Language‎^[1] (in English), →ISBN, page 22:
  “butoo; butu (bü-tü): n. - a dummy; someone who is regarded as foolish, backward or loutish […] ”]

References

^ F. G. Cassidy, R. B. Le Page (2002) Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, The University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 86
^ Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 125

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *butuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butuq, from Proto-Austronesian *buCuq. Cognate to Cebuano buto (“testicle (dialectal); female genitalia (vulgar)”) and Malay butuh (“penis”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbutuʔ/ [ˈbuː.tuʔ]
Hyphenation: bu‧tu

Noun

bútû

(vulgar) male genitalia; penis
Synonym: kalalaki

Maguindanao

Noun

butu

(anatomy) scrotum

Sicilian

Noun

butu

vote

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch boete.

Noun

butu

fine, punishment

Verb

butu

to pay by way of punishment
to fine

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog boto, from Spanish voto, from Latin vōtum.

Pronunciation

(Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /butu/ [bʊˈt̪u]
Rhymes: -u
Syllabification: bu‧tu

Noun

butu (Sulat Sūg spelling بُتُ)

(Philippines) vote
Synonym: undi' (Malaysia)

Derived terms

bimutu
biyubutu
biyubutuhan
biyutu
biyutuhan
bumutu
butuha
butuhan
butuhun
magbubutu
magbutu
pagbutu

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbu.tu]

Noun

butu

a market

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbu.tu]

Verb

butu

(transitive) to press

Conjugation

Conjugation of *butu*
		singular	plural
		singular	inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tobutu	fobutu	mibutu
2nd person		nobutu	nibutu
3rd person	masculine	obutu	ibutu yobutu (archaic)
	feminine	mobutu
	neuter	ibutu

References

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

[1] F. G. Cassidy, R. B. Le Page (2002) Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, The University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 86

[2] Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 125

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