Etymology Explorer › Malay

Where does “butuh” come from?

butuh (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic butuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian butuq, from Proto-Austronesian buCuq — testicles.

butuh (Malay): penis; to need

Definitions

  1. penis; to need

Ancestry of “butuh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbutuhpenis
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbutuqtesticles
3Proto-AustronesianbuCuqtesticles
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