buotbuot

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• buot2 — text messaging

Etymology

Reduplication of buot (“have one's way”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buʔutˈbuʔot/ [bʊ.ʔʊt̪ˈbu.ʔot̪]
• Hyphenation: bu‧ot‧bu‧ot

Verb

buotbuot (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜂᜆ᜔ᜊᜓᜂᜆ᜔)

1. to impose one's will where one doesn't have the right or is not allowed to do so

   Hari diay ka para magbuotbuot?

   Are you royalty to have the guts to impose your will?

2. to take it upon oneself; do without authority; do without following instructions

   Synonym: pataka

   Nganong nagbuotbuot kag palit ana?

   Why did you take it on yourself to buy that?

3. (colloquial) to make things up; to invent, forge, devise falsely

   Synonym: pataka

   Wala ko nagbuotbuot. ― I am not making things up.

Derived terms

• mabuotbuoton