butun

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbytː.yn/

butun m

1. tobacco

From Malay butun, from Classical Malay بوتون (butun), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butun.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.tun/, [ˈbu.t̪ʊn]
• Hyphenation: bu‧tun

butun (plural butun-butun)

1. sea poison tree (Barringtonia asiatica)

• “butun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• butung, buntun

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butun.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbutun/ [ˈbu.t̪un]
• Rhymes: -utun, -tun, -un
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ˈbu.tʊn, -ton, -to̞n]

butun (Jawi spelling بوتون, plural butun-butun)

1. sea poison tree (Barringtonia asiatica)

   Synonyms: putat laut, pertun

• Indonesian: butun

• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

butun

1. alternative form of botoun

From Proto-Turkic *bütün, a derivation of *büt- (“to end, accomplish; to create, build; to heal; to grow, ripen”), whence also Azerbaijani bütöv (“whole”).

• IPA^(key): /bʊ.tʊn/, [bʊ̈.t̪ʰʊ̈n]
• Hyphenation: bu‧tun

butun

1. all

   Butun dunyo proletarlari, birlashingiz!

   Workers of the world, unite!