Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

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butaku
/butaku/
 
n.
a black cloud (whether due to a storm to pollution)
Diyè te siyudad ka amana ne butakuen su masalig ka egmang-eebel ne me mekinariyas.
There in the city there is a lot of black cloud because many machines are producing smoke.
Genr. gapun
Eng. black cloud; cloud, black; smog; pollution, air; air pollution
OCM: Ethnometeorology (821)
DDP: Cloud (1.1.3.2)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,QDL,NJK,QDL,NJK
Last updated: 13/Oct/2009