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Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butiti. Cognate to Kapampangan butiti.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /buˈteteʔ/ (“tadpole; big-bellied person”, noun; “big-bellied”, adjective)
- IPA(key): /buˈtete/ (“pufferfish”, noun)
- Syllabification: bu‧te‧te
Noun
butetè (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜆᜒ)
- tadpole
- Synonyms: ulo-ulo, butilaw
- (figurative) big-bellied person
- Synonym: buteteng-laot
Noun
butete (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜆᜒ)
- pufferfish
- lunartail puffer (Lagocephalus lunaris)
- spiny spiderflower (Cleome spinosa)
Adjective
butetè (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜆᜒ)
- (figurative) big-bellied; with a big stomach (of a person)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “butete”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*butiti”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI