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butu

Bingham

bútu

n. a small weapon with a single shark's tooth, used by jealous women.

Sabatier

butu

n. butubutu: sulkiness.
a. sullen, surly.
v. to sulk, to elbow one's way.
vt. butua, butubutua: to push away.
fig. to incite, to force.
vt. kabutua riana, matana: to make a sulky face, to be closed up.