buta

See also: butà, butą, búta, bûta, -buta, ˈbuta, and ɓūtà

Languages (37)

English

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

buta (plural butas)

1. Alternative form of boteh

Anagrams

• buat, Ṭūbā, tabu, Taub, abut, tuba, Tuba, batu, Batu

Acehnese

Etymology

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

Adjective

buta

1. blind; sightless

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈta/ [bʊˈtʌ]
• 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)‎^[1], 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/ [ˈbu.ta]

Adjective

buta

1. blind; sightless

Derived terms

• buta-buta
• butahon
• mabuta
• magbuta
• makabuta
• pagkabuta

 

Blagar

Numeral

buta

1. four

References

• Stokhof (1975)
• The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List

French

Verb

buta

1. third-person singular past historic of buter

Anagrams

• tuba

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /búː.tàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [búː.tàː]

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.

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbutɒ]

• 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

• butaság
• butácska
• bután
• butáskodik
• butít
• butul
• butus

 

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 (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

• butakan
• kebutaan
• membuta

 

Compound Terms

• buta aksara
• buta ayam
• buta bahasa
• buta hati
• buta hukum
• buta huruf
• buta kayu
• buta malam
• buta politik
• buta siang

 

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

• bota

Further reading

• “buta” 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.

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

• muta

Derived terms

• buta féasóige (“short beard”)

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buta	bhuta	mbuta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /butə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /buta/
• Rhymes: -utə, -tə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a
• Rhymes: -ta

Adjective

buta (Jawi spelling بوتا)

1. blind

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pembuta [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• kebutaan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• buta-buta [reduplication] (redup)
• sebuta [comparability] (se-)
• kebutaan [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
• butakan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• butai [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
• membutakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• membutai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• dibuta [patient focus] (di-)
• dibutakan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• dibutai [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• terbuta [agentless action] (teR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• sebuta-buta

Descendants

• Indonesian: buta

References

• "buta" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “buta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: bu‧ta
• Homophone: Buta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bucić.

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

Related terms

adjectives

• butny

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

buta m inan

1. genitive singular of but

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

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/ [bʊˈt̪a]
• 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