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See also: butà, butą, búta, bûta, -buta, ˈbuta, and ɓūtà
Languages (38)
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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بته (butta); see boteh.

Noun

buta (plural butas)

  1. Alternative form of boteh

Anagrams

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta

  1. blind; sightless

References

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈta/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta

Noun

butá f 

  1. (mythology) lycanthropy

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Balinese

Romanization

buta

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬸᬢ (“blind”).
  2. Romanization of ᬪᬹᬢ (“giant, wicked spirit”).

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈbuta/

Adjective

buta

  1. blind; sightless

Derived terms

Blagar

Numeral

buta

  1. four

References

French

Verb

buta

  1. third-person singular past historic of buter

Anagrams

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

būtā̀ f (plural būtōcī, possessed form būtàr̃)

  1. jug or ewer for holding water
  2. kettle, teapot
  3. gourd

References

  • Paul Newman, A Hausa–English Dictionary (2007)

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta

  1. blind; sightless

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind

Noun

butá

  1. blind

Etymology 2

Adjective

butâ

  1. charged; full; replenished

Verb

bútà

  1. to charge or replenish

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.[1]

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, butt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

Adjective

buta (comparative butább, superlative legbutább)

  1. stupid, silly, foolish, dumb
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buta
    Antonyms: okos, eszes, értelmes, intelligens

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative buta buták
accusative butát butákat
dative butának butáknak
instrumental butával butákkal
causal-final butáért butákért
translative butává butákká
terminative butáig butákig
essive-formal butaként butákként
essive-modal — —
inessive butában butákban
superessive bután butákon
adessive butánál butáknál
illative butába butákba
sublative butára butákra
allative butához butákhoz
elative butából butákból
delative butáról butákról
ablative butától butáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		butáé butáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		butáéi butákéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ buta in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • buta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • buta in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Iban

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *buta(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /bu.taʔ/

Adjective

buta

  1. blind

Etymology 2

From English butter

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /bu.ta/

Noun

buta

  1. butter

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay buta (“blind”), from Proto-Malayic *buta(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta

  1. blind
    1. unable to see, or only partially able to see
    2. (figurative) fail to recognize, acknowledge or perceive
    3. (figurative) without any prior knowledge
Derived terms
Affixed tetms
Compound Terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦸꦠ (buta, “giant”), from Old Javanese bhūta, from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, “demon”). Doublet of bota.

Noun

buta

  1. (uncommon, dialectal) giant
    Synonym: raksasa
Alternative forms

Further reading

Iriga Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta

  1. blind; sightless

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

buta m (genitive singular buta, nominative plural butaí)

  1. butt (of wine, etc.); cask

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

buta m (genitive singular buta, nominative plural butaí)

  1. butt; thick end, stock
  2. (geography) butte
  3. stocky person
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

buta m (genitive singular buta, nominative plural butaí)

  1. Alternative form of babhta (“boot, something given to equalize an exchange; thing exchanged; addition”)

Declension

Declension of buta (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative buta butaí
vocative a bhuta a bhutaí
genitive buta butaí
dative buta butaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an buta na butaí
genitive an bhuta na mbutaí
dative leis an mbuta
don bhuta 		leis na butaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of buta
radical lenition eclipsis
buta bhuta mbuta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Japanese

Romanization

buta

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶた
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ブタ

Javanese

Romanization

buta

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦠ.

Kituba

Noun

buta

  1. weapon

Verb

buta

  1. to give birth
  2. to produce

Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

Verb

-búta

  1. to ask

Libon Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind; sightless

Lingala

Verb

buta

  1. to climb

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *buta(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Pronunciation

Adjective

buta (Jawi spelling بوتا)

  1. blind

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: buta

References

Masbate Sorsogon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta

  1. blind; sightless

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind; sightless

Miraya Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind; sightless

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind; sightless

Old Frisian

Conjunction

būta

  1. unless

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese botar.

Verb

buta

  1. to put, to place
  2. to lay, to lay down

Phuthi

Etymology

From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

Verb

-búta

  1. to ask

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bucić.[1]

Noun

buta f

  1. arrogance, haughtiness
    Synonyms: arogancja, hardość, wyniosłość
Declension
Declension of buta
singular
nominative buta
genitive buty
dative bucie
accusative butę
instrumental butą
locative bucie
vocative buto
adjectives

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

buta m inan

  1. genitive singular of but

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “98-102”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 98-102

Further reading

  • buta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • buta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind; sightless

Sundanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.ta/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮒ)

  1. blind
    1. unable to see
    2. (figurative) fail to recognize, acknowledge or perceive
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦸꦠ (buta, “giant”), from Old Javanese bhūta, from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, “demon”).

Noun

buta (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮒ)

  1. giant

Further reading

Swazi

Etymology

From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

Verb

-búta

  1. to ask

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tatar

Noun

buta

  1. young of a camel

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /buta/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: bu‧ta

Adjective

buta (Sulat Sūg spelling بُتَ)

  1. blind

Waray Sorsogon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta

  1. blind; sightless

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind

Noun

butá

  1. blind

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

butá

  1. blind; sightless
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