butuh

butuh

1. Romanization of ᬩᬸᬢᬸᬄ

From Proto-Malayic *butuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butuq, from Proto-Austronesian *buCuq.

• IPA^(key): /bu.tʊh/

butuh

1. penis

• boetoeh (superseded)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbutʊh]
• Rhymes: -tʊh, -ʊh, -h
• Hyphenation: bu‧tuh

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦸꦠꦸꦃ (butuh, “to need”) (either via Sundanese ᮘᮥᮒᮥᮂ (butuh, “to need”) or directly).

butuh

1. to need

   Aku butuh kamu. ― I need you.

   • 2018 November 1, “Lulusan Teknik Butuh Sertifikat Insinyur [Engineering Graduates Need Engineer Certificate]”, in Suara Merdeka‎, archived from the original on 4 December 2018:

     Bagus Irawan menambahkan di era serbacanggih ini lulusan teknik memang butuh memperkuat keahlian. Sebab, zaman sudah jauh berubah yang ditandai kehadiran aplikasi robotik, kecerdasan buatan, otomatisasi program digital hingga teknologi data.

     Bagus Irawan added that in this sophisticated era, engineering graduates really need to strengthen their expertise. This is because times have changed a lot, marked by the presence of robotic applications, artificial intelligence, digital program automation to data technology.

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay butuh and etymology 2.

• perlu (less common)

Inherited from Malay butuh, from Proto-Malayic *butuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butuq (“testicle”), from Proto-Austronesian *buCuq.

butuh (first-person possessive butuhku, second-person possessive butuhmu, third-person possessive butuhnya)

1. (vulgar, now dialectal) penis

   Synonyms: penis, zakar

   Aidit butuh.

   Aidit's a dickhead.

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

• tubuh

butuh

1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦠꦸꦃ

butuh

1. (transitive) to pull out

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 199

• (Sambas, colloquial Malaysia) butoh
• (colloquial) uto
• (colloquial) buto

From Proto-Malayic *butuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butuq, from Proto-Austronesian *buCuq.

• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bu.toh/
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /bu.tʊh/
• Rhymes: -utoh, -toh, -oh
• Rhymes: -uh

butuh (Jawi spelling بوتوه, plural butuh-butuh, informal 1st possessive butuhku, 2nd possessive butuhmu, 3rd possessive butuhnya)

1. (vulgar) penis
   • [2006 February 24, Badruddin Othman, “Bimbang penggunaan bahasa Melayu terhakis [Worried usage of Malay language is eroded]”, in Utusan Malaysia‎, archived from the original on 4 December 2018:

     Dalam rancangan Eksotika Malaysia keluaran Astro misalnya, sudah dua kali saya mendengar perkataan butuh atau membutuhkan digunakan untuk membawa maksud 'memerlukan' seperti yang digunakan di Indonesia, walhal di Malaysia ia sering digunakan untuk maksud 'alat kelamin lelaki'.

     In the Exotic Malaysia television program produced by Astro for example, I have twice heard the word "butuh" or "membutuhkan" used for the meaning 'to need' as used in Indonesia, whereas in Malaysia the term is often used for the meaning 'male genitalia'.]

• pelir
• kotek
• konek
• zakar (formal)

• Indonesian: butuh

• tubuh

butuh

1. Romanization of ᮘᮥᮒᮥᮂ