butu

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See also: būtu and būtų

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from Akan butu (to overturn, to stoop down).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʊtʊ/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧tu

Noun

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butu (plural butu dem, quantified butu)

  1. An uncouth and stupid person; a boor; a low-class person.[2]
    Synonyms: tegareg, virago, zutupek
    Di new neighbour dem a some real butu. Mawnin', noon, an' night dem haffi blas' dem music an' mek up bere noise lakka dancehall dem deh.
    The new neighbours are truly low-class people. They blast their music and create a commotion all day as if they were in a discotheque.
    • [2006, Ras Dennis Jabari Reynolds, Jabari: Authentic Jamaican Dictionary of the Jamic Language[1] (in English), →ISBN, page 22:
      “butoo; butu (bü-tü): n. - a dummy; someone who is regarded as foolish, backward or loutish [] ]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ F. G. Cassidy, R. B. Le Page (2002) Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, The University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 86
  2. ^ Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 125

Kapampangan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *butuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butuq, from Proto-Austronesian *buCuq. Cognate to Cebuano buto (testicle (dialectal); female genitalia (vulgar)) and Malay butuh (penis)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbutuʔ/ [ˈbuː.tuʔ]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧tu

Noun

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bútû

  1. (vulgar) male genitalia; penis
    Synonym: kalalaki

Maguindanao

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Noun

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butu

  1. (anatomy) scrotum

Sicilian

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Noun

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butu

  1. vote

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From Dutch boete.

Noun

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butu

  1. fine, punishment

Verb

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butu

  1. to pay by way of punishment
  2. to fine

Ternate

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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butu

  1. a market

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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butu

  1. (transitive) to press
Conjugation
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Conjugation of butu
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobutu fobutu mibutu
2nd nobutu nibutu
3rd Masculine obutu ibutu, yobutu
Feminine mobutu
Neuter ibutu
- archaic

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh