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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
butun m
- tobacco
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay butun, from Classical Malay بوتون (butun), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbutun/,
- Hyphenation: bu‧tun
Noun
butun (first-person possessive butunku, second-person possessive butunmu, third-person possessive butunnya)
- sea poison tree (Barringtonia asiatica)
Further reading
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butun.
Pronunciation
Noun
butun (Jawi spelling بوتون, plural butun-butun, informal 1st possessive butunku, 2nd possessive butunmu, 3rd possessive butunnya)
- sea poison tree (Barringtonia asiatica)
- Synonyms: putat laut, pertun
Descendants
Further reading
- Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.
Middle English
Noun
butun
- Alternative form of botoun
Uzbek
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bütün, a derivation of *büt- (“to end, accomplish; to create, build; to heal; to grow, ripen”), whence also Azerbaijani bütöv (“whole”).
Determiner
butun (Cyrillic spelling бутун)
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