bút

See also: Appendix:Variations of "but"

Hungarian

Etymology

+‎ -t

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbuːt]
  • Hyphenation: bút

Noun

bút

  1. accusative singular of

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Compare bốt.

Adjective

bút

  1. (of foods) stale
    khẩu bútstale rice
    pẻng bútstale bread

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese bút. Doublet of pít.

Noun

(Classifier: mạc) bút

  1. penholder
    bút chừnpencil
    bút lếchpenholder (made of iron)
    bút khuônquill pen
    pác bútpen's nib
    Âu mạc bút lài xư.
    Use a pen to write letters.

Etymology 3

Verb

bút

  1. to twirl an object inside a hole or a tube
    Synonyms: bứt, vặt, boi
    bút khỉ xuto pick one's nose

References

  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[1] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from (writing brush, pen). Its relationship with viết (to write) is dubious.

Diachronically, this is an early loan that came to be accepted as Sino-Vietnamese, predating the loaning of Sino-Korean 필(筆) (pil) and Sino-Japanese (hitsu).

Cognate with Korean (but), a vernacular loan borrowed at around the same time.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓut̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓʊk̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓʊk͡p̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cây, cái, chiếc) bút • (, )

  1. any piece of equipment used for writing with one's hand, except chalk
    Synonym: viết
  2. (figurative, writing, journalism) someone who writes for a living, such as a professional writer, editorialist or journalist
    Ông là một trong những cây bút gạo cội của văn học Việt.
    He was one of the seasoned penmen of Vietnamese literature.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tai Dam: ꪚꪴꪒ