butu

See also: būtu and būtų

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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 (in English), →ISBN, page 22:
      “butoo; butu (bü-tü): n. - a dummy; someone who is regarded as foolish, backward or loutish […] ”]

See also
  • boogooyaga
  • waste man

References
  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

Etymology

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

Noun

bútû

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

Maguindanao

Noun

butu

  1. (anatomy) scrotum

Sicilian

Noun

butu

  1. vote

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch boete.

Noun

butu

  1. fine, punishment

Verb

butu

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

Ternate

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbu.tu]

Noun

butu

  1. a market

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbu.tu]

Verb

butu

  1. (transitive) to press
Conjugation
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
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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