buthuan

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === bothoan, botohan, bot-ohan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling butuhan, but-uhan === Etymology === From metathesis of but-uhan (“bony; seedy”), from but-o (earlier variant of buto (“bone; seed”)) +‎ -han. Doublet of butuhan and butuan. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /butˈhuʔan/ [bʊt̪ˈhuː.ʔɐn̪] Rhymes: -uʔan IPA(key): /buthuˈʔan/ [bʊt̪.hʊˈʔan̪] (obsolete) Syllabification: but‧hu‧an === Noun === buthuan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜑᜓᜀᜈ᜔) (obsolete) alternative form of butuan any fruit that has a lot of seeds ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Adjective === buthuan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜑᜓᜀᜈ᜔) (obsolete) alternative form of butuhan (figurative) strong Synonyms: matibay, malakas, matatag lalaking buthuan ― strong man (figurative) undercooked; underdone (such as of rice) Synonyms: bantilaw, alibutdan, butuhan === Further reading === Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.