ꦧꦸꦠꦸꦃ

Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, there are some possibility.

from Old Javanese wutuh (“whole, intact”).
from Old Javanese butuh (“in trouble, in difficulties, embarrassed”) (compare to Javanese ꦲꦸꦛꦸꦃ (uthuh, “to persist; shameless, brazen, to have a nerve”), Old Javanese tutuh (“blame, reproof, reprimand, reproach”)).
from Old Javanese botoh (“to bet, wager; gambler”), toh (“stake”).

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Verb

ꦧꦸꦠꦸꦃ (butuh)

to need
ꦲꦏꦸꦧꦸꦠꦸꦃꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ꧉ ― Aku butuh kowe. ― I need you.

Derived terms

ꦏꦧꦸꦠꦸꦲꦤ꧀ (kabutuhan)
ꦏꦼꦧꦸꦠꦸꦃ (kebutuh)
ꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦠꦸꦲꦏꦺ (mbutuhaké)

Descendants

→ Indonesian: butuh
→ Sundanese: ᮘᮥᮒᮥᮂ (butuh)

Further reading

The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “butuh”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

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