LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
interjection

butubatta

butubatta
Classical[bʊ.tʊˈbat.ta]Ecclesiastical[bu.tuˈbat.ta]

Meaning

  1. trifles, worthless things
    Butubatta Naevius pro nugatoriis posuit, hoc est, nullius dignationis.Sexti Pomei Festi De verborum significatione quae supersunt cum Pauli epitome. Emendata et annotata a Carolo Odofredo Muellero. Anno MDCCCXXXIX (1839), p. 36
    Butubatta. Hoc Plautus pro nihilo et pro nugis posuit, ut in glossis veterum.Flavius Sosipater Charisius

bŭtŭbatta = nugatoria,
I. trifles, worthless things, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 36 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 25 Rib.); Charis. 2, 16, p. 216 P.; cf. Comment. p. 351 sq.

Origins

Compare Ancient Greek βατταλογέω (battalogéō)

Quick answers

What does butubatta mean in Latin?
butubatta, a interjection, means “trifles, worthless things”.
How do you pronounce butubatta?
In classical Latin, [bʊ.tʊˈbat.ta]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [bu.tuˈbat.ta].