root word: buti (meaning: goodness)
mabuti
good
mabutihin
considered good
In many cases, one can think of mabutihin as a literary or profound version of the widely used word mabuti.
mabutihing ina
good mother
This grammatical construction is similar to that of maliitin and magalingin.
Ayaw niyang mabutihin ang tulong ng kaibigan.
Related words: minabuti, makabuti, makabubuti, mapabuti, pagbutihin, pinagbuti, pagpapabuti, ipagmabutihan
