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Aklanon
Verb
gamit
- to use
Cebuano
Noun
gamit
- tool
- use, purpose
Verb
gamit
- to use
Higaonon
Noun
gamit
- use
Hiligaynon
Verb
gamit
- to use, to apply, to employ
Maranao
Verb
gamit
- to pull
- to withdraw
Masbatenyo
Noun
gamit
- use; function
Tagalog
Etymology
From Greater Central Philippine *gámit, from Proto-Philippine *ʀámit,[1] *gámit (“to use”).[2] Compare Ilocano ram-ramit, Bikol Central gamit, Cebuano gamit, and Masbatenyo gamit.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡamit/ , (colloquial) /ˈɡamet/ (noun)
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈmit/ , (colloquial) /ɡaˈmet/ (adjective)
- Syllabification: ga‧mit
Noun
gamit (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜋᜒᜆ᜔)
- thing; anything that one uses
- utensil; tool; paraphernalia
- use; usage; utility
- Synonym: kagamitan
- act of using something
- Synonym: paggamit
Derived terms
See also
Adjective
gamít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜋᜒᜆ᜔)
- used up; worn out; already used
References
- ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Rámit”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*gámit”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Further reading
- “gamit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
Yogad
Noun
gamít
- worn-out rag