butse
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Possibly from Hokkien 麻糍 (môa-chî) or a similar cognate. Compare Cebuano butsi (“jian dui”), Tagalog matse (“mache”), Cebuano masi (“masi”), Kapampangan motsi (“moche”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈt͡ʃe/ [bʊˈt͡ʃɛ], (colloquial) /buˈt͡ʃi/ [bʊˈt͡ʃi]
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: but‧se
Noun
butsé (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)
- jian dui; sesame ball
- Synonym: butse-butse
- 2008, Laura L. Samson, Jovenal D. Velasco, Philippine Educational Theater Association, A Continuing Narrative on Philippine Theater: The Story of PETA: Philippine Educational Theater Association, page 45:
- Para namang butsi pala 'yon na may asukal. Ano ba ito, butsi lang ito. Of course, the chocolate was good.
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Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /buˈt͡ʃe/ [bʊˈt͡ʃɛ]
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: but‧se
- IPA(key): /buˈt͡ʃi/ [bʊˈt͡ʃi] (colloquial)
- IPA(key): /buˈt͡ʃe/ [bʊˈt͡ʃɛ]
Noun
butsé (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)
- (anatomy) crop; craw (of fowl)
- (slang, figurative, euphemistic) anger
- Synonym: galit
- 2018, Cristina de Leon, Ang Lihim Ng Kahapon, page 94:
- Sumasabog ang mga butsi ninyo sa pagrereklamo na natanggal kayo sa trabaho pero hindi man lang ninyo naisip na kahit na ano'ng kumpanya ang pagtrabahuhan ninyo, kung magnanakaw naman kayo ay talagang tatanggalin kayo.
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