buto-butonesan
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Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Partial reduplication of butones + -an. Compare Bikol Central boto-botonesan.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˌtobutoˈnesan/ [bʊˌto.bʊ.toˈnɛ.sɐn]
- Rhymes: -esan
- Syllabification: bu‧to-bu‧to‧ne‧san
Noun[edit]
butó-butonésan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜓᜊᜓᜆᜓᜈᜒᜐᜈ᜔)
- asthma-plant (Euphorbia hirta)
- Synonyms: tawa-tawa, gatas-gatas, golandrina, saikan
- nutgrass (Cyperus rotundus)
- Synonym: mutha
- knobweed (Hyptis capitata)
- Synonyms: kambali, kombar-kombaran, linga-lingahan, turukan
- east indian globe thistle (Sphaeranthus africanus)
- Synonym: sambong-gala
- Alternative form of butones-butonesan
Further reading[edit]
- “buto-butonesan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018