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From Late Latin buttis, probably of Ancient Greek origin. Compare Romanian bute.

buti f (plural buts)

  1. barrel, cask

buti

  1. (pathology) smallpox

butî

  1. cracked or split

butî

  1. cataract

butí

  1. to frolic or play

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq, compare Malay putih.

buti

  1. white

buti

  1. (ambitransitive) to fall

From Proto-Philippine *buti.

buti

  1. (pathology) smallpox

Borrowed from English boot.

buti class V (plural mabuti class VI)

  1. boot (type of shoe)
  2. boot (UK), trunk (US) (part of a car)

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

buti class V (plural mabuti class VI)

  1. a vessel with a mast

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

buti class IX (plural **buti class X)

  1. a traditional dance in which the dancers are in a circle with one in the middle

Borrowed from Sanskrit भूति (bhūti, “well-being; adornment”).

buti (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒ)

  1. goodness; kindness
    Synonyms: bait, kabaitan
  2. recovery from illness
    Synonyms: pagbuti, galing, paggaling
  3. improvement; betterment
    Synonyms: unlad, pag-unlad
  4. (obsolete) chickenpox, measles
  5. (obsolete) beauty
  6. (obsolete) decoration, ornament

buti

  1. to squeeze, to press

buti

  1. plural of buto

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