kabute
kabúte with stress marks
mushroom
Usage Note
Kabute refers broadly to any mushroom and is used in everyday cooking and foraging. Wild mushrooms gathered from forests are a traditional ingredient in rural Filipino dishes, and the word appears in folk tales as a symbol of things that appear overnight.
Examples
" Mahilig akong kumain ng kabute. "
Natural Translation
I like eating mushrooms.
Literal Translation
Fond I eat of mushroom.
" Naghanap sila ng kabute sa kagubatan. "
Natural Translation
They searched for mushrooms in the forest.
Literal Translation
Searched they of mushroom in-the forest.
" Mag-ingat kang pumili ng kabute sa gubat dahil may ilan na nakakalason kapag nakain. "
Natural Translation
Be careful when picking mushrooms in the forest because some are poisonous when eaten.
Literal Translation
Be-careful you-that pick of mushroom in-the forest because there-are some that poison-causing when eaten.
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