butete

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• botete

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butiti. Compare Kapampangan butiti, Maranao botiti & Sangir butiti.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /buˈteteʔ/ [bʊˈt̪ɛː.t̪ɛʔ] (“tadpole; big-bellied person”, noun; “big-bellied”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -eteʔ
  • IPA^(key): /buˈtete/ [bʊˈt̪ɛː.t̪ɛ] (“pufferfish”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: bu‧te‧te

Noun

butetè (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

1. tadpole

   Synonyms: ulo-ulo, butilaw

2. (figurative) big-bellied person

   Synonym: buteteng-laot

Noun

butete (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

1. pufferfish
   1. lunartail puffer (Lagocephalus lunaris)
   2. spiny spiderflower (Cleome spinosa)

Adjective

butetè (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

1. (figurative) big-bellied; with a big stomach (of a person)

Derived terms

• buteteng-laot

See also

• buyunin
• pusunin

Further reading

• “butete”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*butiti”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI