butisa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• botisa — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish botija, from Late Latin butticula. Doublet of botelya and botiha.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈtisa/ [bʊˈt̪iː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: bu‧ti‧sa

Noun

butisa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜐ) (obsolete)

1. Castilian earthen jug for wine or oil

   Iyang alak iliwat mo sa butisa.

   Make that wine in the jug.

References

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 118: “Botija) Botiſa [(pp)] C. de caſtilla para vino o açiete”