buta

See also: butą and бута

English

Noun

buta (plural butas)

1. Alternative form of boteh

Anagrams

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

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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.

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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)

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Balinese

Romanization

buta

1. Romanization of ᬩᬸᬢ (“blind”).
2. Romanization of ᬪᬹᬢ (“giant, wicked spirit”).

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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

 

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Blagar

Numeral

buta

1. four

References

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

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French

Verb

buta

1. third-person singular past historic of buter

Anagrams

• tuba

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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)

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Higaonon

Etymology

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

Adjective

buta

1. blind; sightless

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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

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Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbutɒ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bu‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Adjective

buta (comparative butább, superlative legbutább)

1. stupid, silly, foolish, dumb

   Synonyms: ostoba, csacsi, balga, botor, (the latter three are literary in style) oktondi

   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 [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ta/
• Hyphenation: bu‧ta
• Rhymes: -ta, -a

Etymology 1

From Malay buta (“blind”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

buta

1. blind
2. (figurative) not knowing.

Derived terms

Derived Terms

• kebutaan
• membuta
• membutakan

 

Compound Terms

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

 

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦧꦸꦠ (buta, “giant”), from Old Javanese bhūta, from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, “demon”).

Noun

buta

1. giant

Alternative forms

• bota (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

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.

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Iriga Bicolano

Etymology

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

Adjective

buta

1. blind; sightless

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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

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Japanese

Romanization

buta

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶた
2. Rōmaji transcription of ブタ

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Javanese

Romanization

buta

1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦠ.

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Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

Verb

-búta

1. to ask

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Libon Bikol

Etymology

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

Adjective

butá

1. blind; sightless

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Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /butə/
• IPA^(key): /buta/
• Rhymes: -utə, -tə, -ə

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.

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Masbate Sorsogon

Etymology

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

Adjective

buta

1. blind; sightless

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Masbatenyo

Etymology

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

Adjective

butá

1. blind; sightless

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Miraya Bikol

Etymology

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

Adjective

butá

1. blind; sightless

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Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

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

Adjective

butá

1. blind; sightless

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Old Frisian

Conjunction

būta

1. unless

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese botar.

Verb

buta

1. to put, to place
2. to lay, to lay down

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Phuthi

Etymology

From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

Verb

-búta

1. to ask

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: bu‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal of Proto-Slavic *butěti, probably from imitative Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (“to inflate, to grow”), see also English pout, Swedish puta (“to pout”). Akin to French bouder.

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

adjective

• 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

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Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

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

Adjective

butá

1. blind; sightless

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Swazi

Etymology

From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

Verb

-búta

1. to ask

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Tatar

Noun

buta

1. young of a camel

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Tausug

Etymology

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

Adjective

buta

1. blind

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Waray Sorsogon

Etymology

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

Adjective

buta

1. blind; sightless

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Waray-Waray

Etymology

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

Adjective

butá

1. blind

Noun

butá

1. blind

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West Albay Bikol

Etymology

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

Adjective

butá

1. blind; sightless