butete
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Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butiti. Cognate to Kapampangan butiti.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Syllabification: bu‧te‧te
Noun[edit]
butetè (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜆᜒ)
- tadpole
- (figurative) big-bellied person
- Synonym: buteteng-laot
Noun[edit]
butete (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜆᜒ)
- pufferfish
- lunartail puffer (Lagocephalus lunaris)
- spiny spiderflower (Cleome spinosa)
Adjective[edit]
butetè (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜆᜒ)
- (figurative) big-bellied; with a big stomach (of a person)
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Categories:
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/eteʔ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/eteʔ/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ete
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ete/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog adjectives
- tl:Baby animals
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