butu

See also: būtu and būtų

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

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

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

Noun

butu (plural: butu dem or butus dem, quantified: butu)

  1. An uncouth and stupid person; a boor; a low-class person.[2]
    Synonyms: tegareg, virago, zutupek
    • [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 […] ”]
    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.

See also
  • boogooyaga
  • waste man

References
  1. F.G. Cassidy and R.B. Le Page, Dictionary of Jamaican English (2nd Edition), 2002 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1967 by Cambridge University Press), ISBN 9789766401276, page 86
  2. Richard Allsopp, editor, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, 1996 (2003 printing), →ISBN, page 125

Kapampangan

Noun

butu

  1. penis

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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