capit

• capitu

From an alteration of Latin capita, or a derivative of cap (“head”). Compare Romanian capăt.

capit n (plural capiti/capite)

1. end, termination
2. extremity

• cap
• cãpitãnj

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -it

capit (feminine capida, masculine plural capits, feminine plural capides)

1. past participle of capir

capit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of capiō

• "capit", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

From Proto-Malayic *ca(R)pit (“pincers, tongs”)

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃapit/
• Rhymes: -apit, -pit, -it

capit (plural capit-capit, informal 1st possessive capitku, 2nd possessive capitmu, 3rd possessive capitnya)

1. A pincer

• “capit” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.