ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*buCa mote in the eye; blind; blindness

PAN buCa mote in the eye; blind; blindness ⇫ ¶

Form.
Bunun	buta	mote, particle of dust in the eye
Paiwan	s-m-u-vutsa	cure blindness
WMP
Merap	tuə̯ʔ	mote in the eye; blind; blindness

PMP buta₁ mote in the eye; blind; blindness ⇫ ¶

WMP
Itbayaten	vota	idea of being blind
Ifugaw	búta	mote in the eye
	búta	for a foreign substance to lodge in the eye, as dirt or a hairy thorn; for a foreign substance, such as a hairy thorn, dust or ashes to irritate the eye by lodging in it
Kankanaey	búta	mote in the eye
Ifugaw (Batad)	búta	for a foreign substance to lodge in the eye, as dirt or a hairy thorn; for a foreign substance, such as a hairy thorn, dust or ashes to irritate the eye by lodging in it
Hanunóo	butá	blind in one eye, with one eye closed (abnormally)
Aklanon	butá	blind; blinded
Cebuano	paka-búta	pay no heed to someone
	búta buŋúl	blind and deaf
	búta	blind
Binukid	buta	blind
Manobo (Western Bukidnon)	buta	blind because of an injury; to blind someone
	bota	blind, lose the sight
Mansaka	botá	small particle in the eye causing pain
	bóta	to blind
Acehnese	buta tuloë	blind and deaf
	buta	blind
Sangir	buta	blind
Simalur	futa-e	to blind, make blind
	a-futa	blind
Toba Batak	buta	blind
Karo Batak	buta	'black out', as from a blow, vertigo, etc.
Malay	buta	blind or purblind; unable to see properly
	buta ayam	nyctalopia, blindness at dusk
	buta bular	cataract
	buta tuli	blind and deaf
Tontemboan	wuta	blind (archaic)
Kayan	butaʔ	blind
Ngaju Dayak	bute	blind
Bare'e	buta-mo raya-ku	I'm at my wit's end
	buta	blind
Tae'	buta	blind; sleep (vulgar)
	buta saŋbali	blind in one eye
	me-buta-i	to blind, destroy the sight
	buta raraŋan	see dimly
Mandar	mem-buta	close the eyes
	buta raraŋ	nyctalopia, night blindness
	buta	blind
Buginese	wuta	blind
Wolio	buta	blind; be out or finished (in a game)
Makassarese	buta	blind; dull, of a mirror which has lost all or most of its quicksilver (and hence its reflectivity); dry, of a well
Sundanese	buta	not seeing, blind; fig. unable to learn, read, etc.; ignorant, dull-witted
Old Javanese	wuta	blind
Javanese	buta sastra	illiterate
	wuta	blind
Balinese	buta	blind; blindness
Sasak	buta	blind in both eyes
Bikol	mag-búta	to blind
Proto-Sangiric	buta	blind
Bikol	búta	blind

PCEMP buta₂ blind; blindness ⇫ ¶

CMP
Rembong	buta	stupid
Manggarai	buta	blind
Komodo	buta	blind

POC buta₃ affliction of the eyes ⇫ ¶

OC
Roviana	puta	to sleep
Eddystone/Mandegusu	puta	sleep
Bugotu	buta	to stare, bulge, of eyes
Nggela	mbuta	be swollen, of the eyes
Fijian	buta	a disease of the eyes

PWMP buta buta₁ somewhat blind; feign blindness ⇫ ¶

WMP
Aklanon	butá-búta	a game, 'Blindman's bluff'
Cebuano	búta-búta	kind of sorcery which causes the victim to go blind
	b-in-úta-búta	in a blind manner
Bare'e	mo-buta-buta	close the eyes
Tae'	maʔ-buta-buta	close the eyes
Mandar	buta-buta	having dim vision, half-blind
Bikol	mag-búta-búta	feign blindness

PAN buCa-en maCa get a mote in the eye ⇫ ¶

Form.
Bunun	buta-an mata	get a mote in the eye

PMP buta-en mata get a mote in the eye ⇫ ¶

WMP
Itbayaten	vota-en	render blind
Ifugaw	butá-on	to blind
Ifugaw (Batad)	butá-on	to blind
Bikol	butá-on	to blind

PWMP ka-buta blindness ⇫ ¶

WMP
Binukid	ka-buta	blind
Ngaju Dayak	ka-bute	blindness

PAN ma-buCa blind ⇫ ¶

Form.
Siraya	ma-vuta	blind
Paiwan	ma-vutsa	have bad eyesight
	na ma-vutsa	blind
CMP
Bimanese	mbuda	blind

PMP ma-buta blind ⇫ ¶

WMP
Itbayaten	ma-vota	blind; blind person
Sangir	ma-wuta	become blind
Bikol	ma-búta	become blind

PPh maka-buta become blind ⇫ ¶

WMP
Sangir	maka-wa-wuta	become blind
Bikol	maka-búta	become blind

PWMP maŋ-buta to blind ⇫ ¶

WMP
Simalur	ma-muta-e	to blind, make blind
Toba Batak	ma-muta	cover a hole
Kayan	mutaʔ	to blind
Old Javanese	muta	blindly
	a-muta-muta-ni	to blindfold; turn a blind eye
Javanese	muta	go blind; act as though one were blind

Reconstructions

PAN	buCa	mote in the eye; blind;…
PMP	buta₁	mote in the eye; blind;…
PCEMP	buta₂	blind; blindness
POC	buta₃	affliction of the eyes
PWMP	buta buta₁	somewhat blind; feign…
PAN	buCa-en maCa	get a mote in the eye
PMP	buta-en mata	get a mote in the eye
PWMP	ka-buta	blindness
PAN	ma-buCa	blind
PMP	ma-buta	blind
PPh	maka-buta	become blind
PWMP	maŋ-buta	to blind

Note

Also Tboli butoʔ ‘blind’, Kelabit butaʔ ‘sleep in the eye, mucus in the corner of the eye’, Iban butaʔ ‘blind’, Buli bu-butak ‘close the eyes’, Fijian buta ‘a disease of the eyes’. This term appears to have represented both the idea of a temporary interference with vision caused by a mote in the eye, and the more permanent condition of blindness. Only the latter meaning is known to have persisted in PCEMP. A lexically encoded distinction between blindness in one eye and blindness in both eyes is common to a number of Austronesian languages, and can be reconstructed for PMP (as *picek, *buta respectively). Although no reconstruction is yet possible, the agreement of a number of languages in having a ready-made expression ‘blind and deaf’ suggests that a similar standard collocation existed in PWMP .