1. a hole or crack not meant to be there that lets something in or out: butas
2. leakage, leaking out of liquid: tulo, pagtulo, tagas, pagtagas
v.
1. to drip or leak: tumulo, tumagas
2. to get out, to become known (as news): makalabas, sumingaw, makasingaw, mabunyag, mahayag
pamutas
n.
perforator, hole borer (from pang + butas) [var. pambutas]
hukay
v.
humukay (-um-, mag-:-in) to dig, to excavate. Humukay siya ng butas. He dug a hole.
lusot
v.
lumusot (-um-) to pass through, to penetrate, to overtake. Lumusot ang paa niya sa butas. His foot passed through the opening. maglusot, ilusot (mag-:i-) to smuggle. Inilusot nila ang mga kontrabando. They smuggled the contraband goods through.