# buta
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بته (butta); see boteh.

### Noun

buta (plural butas)
* Alternative form of boteh

### Anagrams

* buat, Ṭūbā, tabu, Taub, abut, tuba, Tuba, batu, Batu

## Acehnese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Adjective

buta
* blind; sightless

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buˈta/ [bʊˈtʌ]
* Hyphenation: bu‧ta

### Noun

butá f
* (mythology) lycanthropy

#### References

* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Balinese
### Romanization

buta
* Romanization of ᬩᬸᬢ (“blind”).
* Romanization of ᬪᬹᬢ (“giant, wicked spirit”).

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: bu‧ta
* IPA: /ˈbuta/ [ˈbu.ta]

### Adjective

buta
* blind; sightless

#### Derived terms

* buta-buta
* butahon
* mabuta
* magbuta
* makabuta
* pagkabuta

## Blagar
### Numeral

buta
* four

### References

* Stokhof (1975)
* The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List

## French
### Verb

buta
* third-person singular past historic of buter

### Anagrams

* tuba

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /búː.tàː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [búː.tàː]

### Noun

būtā̀ f (plural būtōcī, possessed form būtàr̃)
* jug or ewer for holding water
* kettle, teapot
* gourd

### References

* Paul Newman, A Hausa–English Dictionary (2007)

## Higaonon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Adjective

buta
* blind; sightless

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

#### Adjective

butá
* blind

#### Noun

butá
* blind

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

butâ
* charged; full; replenished

#### Verb

bútà
* to charge or replenish

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Of unknown origin.
Perhaps ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, butt”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbutɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bu‧ta
* Rhymes: -tɒ

### Adjective

buta (comparative butább, superlative legbutább)
* stupid, silly, foolish, dumb
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buta
    Antonyms: okos, eszes, értelmes, intelligens

#### Derived terms

* butaság
* butácska
* bután
* butáskodik
* butít
* butul
* butus

### References

* ↑ buta in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* buta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* buta in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Iban
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *buta(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /bu.taʔ/

#### Adjective

buta
* blind

### Etymology 2

From English butter

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /bu.ta/

#### Noun

buta
* butter

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbu.ta/
* Rhymes: -ta
* Hyphenation: bu‧ta

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay buta (“blind”), from Proto-Malayic *buta(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

#### Adjective

buta
* blind
** unable to see, or only partially able to see
** (figurative) fail to recognize, acknowledge or perceive
** (figurative) without any prior knowledge

##### Derived terms

* butakan
* kebutaan
* membuta
* buta aksara
* buta ayam
* buta bahasa
* buta hati
* buta hukum
* buta huruf
* buta kayu
* buta malam
* buta politik
* buta siang

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦸꦠ (buta, “giant”), from Old Javanese bhūta, from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, “demon”). Doublet of bota.

#### Noun

buta
* (uncommon, dialectal) giant
    Synonym: raksasa

##### Alternative forms

* bota

### Further reading

* “buta” 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.

## Iriga Bicolano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Adjective

buta
* blind; sightless

## Irish
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

buta m (genitive singular buta, nominative plural butaí)
* butt (of wine, etc.); cask

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

buta m (genitive singular buta, nominative plural butaí)
* butt; thick end, stock
* (geography) butte
* stocky person

##### Alternative forms

* muta

##### Derived terms

* buta féasóige (“short beard”)

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

buta m (genitive singular buta, nominative plural butaí)
* Alternative form of babhta (“boot, something given to equalize an exchange; thing exchanged; addition”)

### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
buta
butaí
vocative
a bhuta
a bhutaí
genitive
buta
butaí
dative
buta
butaí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an buta
na butaí
genitive
an bhuta
na mbutaí
dative
leis an mbuta don bhuta
leis na butaí :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Japanese
### Romanization

buta
* Rōmaji transcription of ぶた
* Rōmaji transcription of ブタ

## Javanese
### Romanization

buta
* Romanization of ꦧꦸꦠ.

## Kituba
### Noun

buta
* weapon

### Verb

buta
* to give birth
* to produce

## Lala (South Africa)
### Etymology

From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

### Verb

-búta
* to ask

## Libon Bikol
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Adjective

butá
* blind; sightless

## Lingala
### Verb

buta
* to climb

## Malay
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *buta(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /butə/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /buta/
* Rhymes: -utə, -tə, -ə
* Rhymes: -a
* Rhymes: -ta

### Adjective

buta (Jawi spelling بوتا)
* blind

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* pembuta [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* kebutaan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
* buta-buta [reduplication] (redup)
* sebuta [comparability] (se-)
* kebutaan [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
* butakan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
* butai [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
* membutakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* membutai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
* dibuta [patient focus] (di-)
* dibutakan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
* dibutai [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
* terbuta [agentless action] (teR-)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* sebuta-buta

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: buta

### References

* "buta" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
* “buta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Masbate Sorsogon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Adjective

buta
* blind; sightless

## Masbatenyo
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Adjective

butá
* blind; sightless

## Miraya Bikol
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Adjective

butá
* blind; sightless

## Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Adjective

butá
* blind; sightless

## Old Frisian
### Conjunction

būta
* unless

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese botar.

### Verb

buta
* to put, to place
* to lay, to lay down

## Phuthi
### Etymology

From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

### Verb

-búta
* to ask

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbu.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uta
* Syllabification: bu‧ta
* Homophone: Buta

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from bucić.

#### Noun

buta f
* arrogance, haughtiness
    Synonyms: arogancja, hardość, wyniosłość

##### Related terms

* butny

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

buta m inan
* genitive singular of but

### References

* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “98-102”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 98-102

### Further reading

* buta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* buta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Adjective

butá
* blind; sightless

## Sundanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbu.ta/
* Hyphenation: bu‧ta
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

#### Adjective

buta (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮒ)
* blind
** unable to see
** (figurative) fail to recognize, acknowledge or perceive

##### Derived terms

* poék mongkléng buta rajin
* tunggul buta

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦸꦠ (buta, “giant”), from Old Javanese bhūta, from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, “demon”).

#### Noun

buta (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮒ)
* giant

### Further reading

* Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

## Swazi
### Etymology

From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

### Verb

-búta
* to ask

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Tatar
### Noun

buta
* young of a camel

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /buta/ [bʊˈt̪a]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: bu‧ta

### Adjective

buta (Sulat Sūg spelling بُتَ)
* blind

## Waray Sorsogon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Adjective

buta
* blind; sightless

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Adjective

butá
* blind

### Noun

butá
* blind

## West Albay Bikol
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Adjective

butá
* blind; sightless