anit

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See also: anıt and aniṭ

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanit, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiC (“skin”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧nit
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔanit/

Noun

anit (Basahan spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. animal skin
  2. leather
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧nit
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈnit/

Noun

anít (Basahan spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of aniit

Catalan

Etymology

From a +‎ nit (“night”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

anit

  1. tonight
    Synonym: aquesta nit
  2. last night
    Synonym: anit passada

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanit, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiC (“skin”).

Pronunciation

Noun

anit (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. scalp
  2. tonsure
  3. act of shaving the head close to the scalp

Derived terms

Adjective

anít (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. shaved close to the scalp
    Synonyms: panit, panot

Further reading

  • “anit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaNiC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanit, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiC (“skin”).

Noun

anit

  1. scalp; leather
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