bubut

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbubut/ [ˈbu.bʊt̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -ubut
  • Syllabification: bu‧but

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦸꦧꦸꦠ꧀ (bubut).

Noun

bubut (plural bubut-bubut)

  1. lathe

Verb

bubut

  1. to operate a lathe
  2. to shape with a lathe
Derived terms
  • bubutan
  • dibubut
  • dibubuti
  • membubut
  • membubuti
  • pembubut

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay bubut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butbut (owl).

Noun

bubut (plural bubut-bubut)

  1. coucal (any bird of the genus Centropus in the cuckoo family Cuculidae)
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

Inherited from Malay bubut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butbut, from Proto-Austronesian *buCbuC (pull up, pluck).

Verb

bubut

  1. to pluck, to pull out, to extract
Derived terms
  • dibubut
  • membubut
  • pembubut
  • terbubut

Etymology 4

Inherited from Malay bubut (throat halyard).

Noun

bubut (plural bubut-bubut)

  1. (nautical) stay; brace
Derived terms
  • layar bubutan

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbubut/ [ˈbu.but̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -ubut, -but, -ut
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ˈbu.bʊt, -bot, -bo̞t]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butbut (owl).

Noun

bubut (Jawi spelling بوبوت, plural bubut-bubut)

  1. coucal; crow pheasant
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Indonesian: bubut

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butbut, from Proto-Austronesian *buCbuC.

Verb

bubut (Jawi spelling بوبوت)

  1. to pull out (hair, grass, beard, etc.)
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

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

Noun

bubut (Jawi spelling بوبوت, plural bubut-bubut)

  1. (nautical) throat halyard; brace; stay
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

Tiruray

Noun

bubut

  1. (anatomy) buttocks