*buta-

1 основные нитки 2 bast, bass (for ropes)

Proto-Turkic: *buta-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Proto-Altaic: *bằtò
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: 1 основные нитки 2 лыко, мочало (для веревок)
Turkic: *buta-
Tungus-Manchu: *batu-kin
Japanese: *bàtà
Comments: EDT 307. Cf. also (ДТС 89) batatu 'cotton yarn', in a medical text.
Karakhanid: butar (MK) 1 (Clauson's 'papyrus reed' is hardly correct; one should rather translate it as 'warp of cotton cloth')
Chuvash: pъʷdъʷr 2