cabut

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəˈβut]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəˈbut]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈbut]
• Rhymes: -ut

From cap (“head”) +‎ -ut.

cabut (feminine cabuda, masculine plural cabuts, feminine plural cabudes)

1. big-headed (having a large head)

   Synonym: capgròs

2. (Valencia) stubborn

   Synonym: tossut

cabut m (plural cabuts)

1. swallowtail sea perch (Anthias anthias)

   Synonyms: forcadella, abella

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cabut (feminine cabuda, masculine plural cabuts, feminine plural cabudes)

1. past participle of cabre

• “cabut”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cabut”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “cabut” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cabut” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Malay cabut, from Proto-Malayic *cabut from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *cabut (“pull out with force”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃabut/ [ˈt͡ʃa.bʊt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -abut
• Syllabification: ca‧but

cabut (active mencabut, passive dicabut)

1. (transitive) to pull out, pull off, unplug

   Mereka sedang mencabut poster dari dinding.

   They are pulling the poster off the wall.

2. (transitive) to draw (to conduct or select a lottery or similar)

   Aku cabut nomor dua belas.

   I drew number twelve.

3. (transitive) to retract, revoke, withdraw

   Izin mengemudinya sempat dicabut karena kelalaiannya.

   His driving license was revoked due to his negligence.

4. (intransitive, slang) to leave

   Gue mau cabut dulu, ya.

   I want to leave first, okay?

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*cabut”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• “cabut” 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.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *cabut (“pull out with force”).

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃabot/ [ˈt͡ʃa.bot̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -abot, -ot

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃabut/ [ˈt͡ʃa.but̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -abut, -ut
• Hyphenation: ca‧but

cabut (Jawi spelling چابوت)

1. to pull
2. (slang) to leave

• Indonesian: cabut
• North Moluccan Malay: cabu

• “cabut” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.