This word is from the Spanish batuta (meaning: baton).
batuta
policeman’s club / cudgel
policeman’s club / cudgel
batutang itim
black baton
itim na batuta
black baton
malaking batuta
big cudgel
batutang malaki
big cudgel
May dalang batuta ang pulis.
The police officer has a cudgel with him.
batutain
to hit with a policeman’s club
binatuta sa ulo
hit on the head with a cudgel
Binatuta nila ang mga istudyante.
The hit the students with cudgels.
A character in the Mexican movie Rudo y Cursi is named Batuta.
