bituin

From Proto-Philippine *bituqən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqen, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqen. Compare Bikol Central bituon, Cebuano bituon, Kapampangan batuin, and Malay bintang. Possibly related to etymology 2.

• Hyphenation: bi‧tu‧in
• IPA^(key): /bituˈʔin/, [bɪ.tʊˈʔin]
• IPA^(key): /biˈtuʔin/, [bɪˈtu.ʔɪn] (now uncommon)
• IPA^(key): /bitˈwin/, [bɪtˈwin] (colloquial)

bituín or bituin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈ᜔)

1. star

   Synonyms: estrelya, astro, tala

2. (chiefly acting, figuratively) star; celebrity

   Synonym: tala

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

• buntala

From bito (“dot; mark”) +‎ -in.

• Hyphenation: bi‧tu‧in
• IPA^(key): /biˈtuʔin/, [bɪˈtu.ʔɪn]

bituin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈ᜔, complete binito, progressive binibito, contemplative bibituin)

1. (obsolete) to be marked off; to be demarcated

   Bituin mo yari.

   Mark this off.

• bitoin, bitoyn – obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

• KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “bituin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 137.
• Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Fr. Domingo de los Santos (1835), Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 314: “Bitoyn (pp) L. del çielo”