butang

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧tang
  • IPA(key): /buˈtaŋ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bisayan *butaŋ. Compare Hiligaynon butang, Waray-Waray butang.

Noun

butang

  1. that which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept
  2. a possession; something that is owned
  3. an individual object or distinct entity

Verb

butang

  1. to put something down
  2. to place; to put (an object or person) in a specific location

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the verb. Compare butangan.

Noun

butang

  1. a beating; the action by which someone is beaten

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:butang.

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

Noun

butang

  1. item, matter, stuff, thing
  2. place

Usage notes

This word is used for anything that exists as well as anything that is perceived to exist.

Verb

butang

  1. to place an object, usually on a surface

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /butea̯ŋ/

Verb

butang

  1. to commit adultery

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay butang, from Portuguese botão. Doublet of botang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: bu‧tang

Noun

butang (uncountable)

  1. button: a knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.

Further reading

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Cebuano butang (“to place”). Compare butangan.

Noun

butáng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜅ᜔)

  1. act of beating or hitting a person mercilessly (as of a thug)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Cebuano butang (“thing”).

Noun

butáng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜅ᜔)

  1. (physics) matter
    Synonym: materya

References

  • del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

Yagara

Noun

butang

  1. Alternative form of budang.

References

  • Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.
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