bituin

From Proto-Philippine *bituqən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən. Compare Kapampangan batuin, Bikol Central bituon, Cebuano bituon, Tausug bituun, and Malay bintang. Possibly related to etymology 2.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /bituˈʔin/ [bɪ.tʊˈʔin]
    • Rhymes: -in
    • Homophone: Bituín
  • IPA^(key): /biˈtuʔin/ [bɪˈtu.ʔɪn] (now uncommon)
    • Rhymes: -uʔin
  • IPA^(key): /bituˈin/ [bɪˈtwin] (colloquial)
• Syllabification: bi‧tu‧in

bituín or bituin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈ᜔)

1. star

   Synonyms: estrelya, astro, tala

2. (chiefly acting, figurative) star; celebrity

   Synonym: tala

• bitoin, bitoyn — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• botiin, butiyn — obsolete, metathesis, Spanish-based orthography
• bitowin — obsolete
• butiin — obsolete, metathesis
• bituwin — common
• bitwin — colloquial

• buntala

From bito (“dot; mark”) +‎ -in.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˈtuʔin/ [bɪˈtu.ʔɪn]
• Rhymes: -uʔin
• Syllabification: bi‧tu‧in

bituin (complete binito, progressive binibito, contemplative bibituin, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. to be marked off; to be demarcated

   Bituin mo yari.

   Mark this off.

• bitoin, bitoyn — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

• “bituin” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “bituin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 137.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 314: “Bitoyn (pp) L. del çielo”