• Hyphenation:bu‧tang
• IPA^(key):/buˈtaŋ/ [bʊˈt̪aŋ]

From Proto-Bisayan*butaŋ. CompareHiligaynonbutang,Waray-Waraybutang.

butang

1. that which is considered toexist as a separateentity,object,quality orconcept
2. apossession; something that is owned
3. an individual object or distinct entity

butang

1. to put something down
2. toplace; toput (an object or person) in a specific location

• kabtangan
• butangi
• butangi katutoy

From the verb. Comparebutangan.

butang

1. abeating; the action by which someone is beaten

For quotations using this term, seeCitations:butang.

• IPA^(key):/buˈtaŋ/

butang

1. item,matter,stuff,thing
2. place

This word is used for anything that exists as well as anything that is perceived to exist.

butang

1. toplace an object, usually on a surface

IPA^(key):/butea̯ŋ/

butang

1. to commitadultery

FromMalaybutang, fromPortuguesebotão.Doublet ofbotang.

• IPA^(key):[ˈbutaŋ]
• Hyphenation:bu‧tang

butang (pluralbutang-butang)

1. button: a knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener

• “butang” inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/buˈtaŋ/[bʊˈt̪aŋ]
• Rhymes:-aŋ
• Syllabification:bu‧tang

FromCebuanobutang(“to place”). Comparebutangan.

butáng (Baybayin spellingᜊᜓᜆᜅ᜔)

1. act ofbeating orhitting aperson mercilessly(as of a thug)

• bugbog
• gulpi

Borrowed fromCebuanobutang(“thing”).

butáng (Baybayin spellingᜊᜓᜆᜅ᜔)

1. (physics)matter

   Synonym:materya

• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969)Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc.,→LCCN,→OL

butang

1. Alternative form ofbudang.

• Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.