object, item, thing (that is physical, concrete, tangible) · artifact (object made or shaped by hand)
çekim: çoğul esineet · tamlayan esineen
köken: esi- (“fore-”) + -ine. Coined by Finnish physician and translator Wolmar Schildt in 1842. Länsimäki (1989) theorizes that Schildt originally coined the word as esiaine (as a calque of Swedish föremål) and later shortened it to esine. Compare Estonian ese, also an intentional coinage and likely inspired by the Finnish word. According to Häkkinen (2004), Schildt later preferred esile (with -le),…
that which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept · a possession; something that is owned · an individual object or distinct entity
köken: From Proto-Bisayan *butaŋ. Compare Hiligaynon butang, Waray-Waray butang.