bituin

See also: Bituin

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *bituqən

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən

Proto-Philippine *bituqən

Tagalog bituin

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /bituˈʔin/ [bɪ.t̪ʊˈʔɪn̪], (colloquial) /bituˈwin/ [bɪˈt̪wɪn̪]
    • Rhymes: -in
    • Homophone: Bituin
  • IPA^(key): /biˈtuʔin/ [bɪˈt̪uː.ʔɪn̪] (now uncommon)
    • Rhymes: -uʔin
• Syllabification: bi‧tu‧in

Noun

bituín or bituin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈ᜔)

1. star

   Synonyms: estrelya, astro, tala

   Magpunyagi, nang masapit ang mga bituin.

   Work hard to reach the stars.

2. (chiefly acting, figurative) star; celebrity

   Synonym: tala

Alternative forms

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

Derived terms

• bituinan
• bituing-alpas
• bituing-dagat
• bituing-may-sumbol
• Hilagang Bituin
• isdang-bituin
• kabituinan
• Landas na Bituin
• mabituin
• magpabituin
• nagbituin
• Pulong-Bituin
• taeng-bituin

See also

• buntala

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Tagalog bito

Proto-Austronesian *-ən

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ən

Proto-Philippine *-ən

Tagalog -in

Tagalog bituin

From bito (“dot; mark”) + -in.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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.

Alternative forms

• bitoin, bitoyn — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Further reading

• “bituin”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “bituin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano [Tagalog-Spanish Dictionary] (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: 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, y coordinado por el P. Juan de Noceda y el P. Pedro de Sanlucar. Ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados. [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language, compiled by several learned and serious religious men, and coordinated by Fr. Juan de Noceda and Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar. Recently augmented and corrected by several religious of the calced Order of Augustinians.]‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos. [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language, first and second parts. In the first part, Spanish is listed first, followed by Tagalog. In the second part, the opposite is true, with simple roots and their accents.]‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva. [The new Printing Press of Sir José María Dayot, by Tomás Oliva.]
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte. [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language. Castilian Romance placed first. First, and second parts.]‎^[3] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag. [The noble Villa of Pila, by Tomás Pinpin and Domingo Loag.], page 314: “Bitoyn (pp) L. del çielo”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bituqen”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• butiin