butang

• Hyphenation: bu‧tang
• IPA^(key): /buˈtaŋ/, [bʊˈt̪aŋ]

From Proto-Bisayan *butaŋ. Compare Hiligaynon butang, Waray-Waray butang.

butang

1. that which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept
2. a possession; something that is owned
3. an individual object or distinct entity

butang

1. to put something down
2. to place; to put (an object or person) in a specific location

• kabtangan
• butangi
• butangi katutoy

From the verb. Compare butangan.

butang

1. a beating; the action by which someone is beaten

For quotations using this term, see Citations:butang.

• IPA^(key): /buˈtaŋ/

butang

1. item, matter, stuff, thing
2. place

This word is used for anything that exists as well as anything that is perceived to exist.

butang

1. to place an object, usually on a surface

IPA^(key): /butea̯ŋ/

butang

1. to commit adultery

From Malay butang, from Portuguese botão. Doublet of botang.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbutaŋ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧tang

butang (first-person possessive butangku, second-person possessive butangmu, third-person possessive butangnya)

1. button: a knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.

• “butang” 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.

• IPA^(key): /buˈtaŋ/, [bʊˈtaŋ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧tang

From Cebuano butang (“to place”). Compare butangan.

butáng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜅ᜔)

1. act of beating or hitting a person mercilessly (as of a thug)

• bugbog
• gulpi

Borrowed from Cebuano butang (“thing”).

butáng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜅ᜔)

1. (physics) matter

   Synonym: materya

• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

butang

1. Alternative form of budang.

• Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.