bituin

See also: Bituin

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /bituˈʔin/ [bɪ.t̪ʊˈʔɪn̪], (colloquial) /bituˈin/ [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

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, Manila, 2018.
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (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…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎ (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.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎ (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., 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