butta

See also: Butta, buttà, and Buttà

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /butˈta/, [bʊtʰˈtʌ]
• Hyphenation: but‧ta

Noun

buttá f 

1. group

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 74

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by.ta/
• Homophones: buttas, buttât

Verb

butta

1. third-person singular past historic of butter

Anagrams

• battu, butât, tubât

Italian

Verb

butta

1. inflection of buttare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		بُتّه

Pronunciation

• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [bʊta]
• (Talxâbî) IPA^(key): [bʊtta]

Noun

butta (definite accusative buttañ, plural buttalar)

1. Alternative form of bûta (“shrub, bush”)

Declension

Declension of butta

	singular	plural
nominative	butta	buttalar
genitive	buttañ	buttalarııñ
dative	buttaqa	buttalarqa
definite accusative	buttañ	buttaları
locative	buttaça	buttalarça
ablative	buttada	buttalarda
instrumental	buttala	buttalarla
equative	buttavâra	buttalarvâra

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1971) Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀtaq. Compare Binukid bugta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbutːa]

Noun

butta (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨈ)

1. land
2. soil

Swedish

Verb

butta (present buttar, preterite buttade, supine buttat, imperative butta)

1. (regional, often childish) Synonym of knuffa

   Mamma, Nisse buttas!

   Mom, Nisse is pushing me!

Usage notes

• Usually of somewhat lighter pushing, for example in crowded conditions.
• Common in Hälsingland for example.

Conjugation

Conjugation of butta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	butta		buttas
Supine	buttat		buttats
Imperative	butta		—
Imper. plural1	butten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	buttar	buttade	buttas	buttades
Ind. plural1	butta	buttade	buttas	buttades
Subjunctive2	butte	buttade	buttes	buttades
	Participles
Present participle	buttande
Past participle	buttad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• butta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• butta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• butta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Familjeliv – Butta - är det ett dialektord?