gigit

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Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay gigit, from Proto-Malayic *gigit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gitgit (“to nibble, chew at”).

Pronunciation

Verb

gigit (active menggigit, passive digigit)

  1. to bite (to cut or hold by clamping the teeth)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gigit (meng-, transitive)
root gigit
active passive basic
imperative 		emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative menggigit tergigit digigit gigit gigitlah
accusative / dative / locative menggigiti tergigiti digigiti gigiti gigitilah
perfective causative / applicative2 menggigitkan tergigitkan digigitkan gigitkan gigitkanlah
causative
nominative – – – – –
accusative / dative / locative – – – – –
perfective causative / applicative2 – – – – –

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*gitgit”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡiˈɡit/
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: gi‧git

Noun

gigít

  1. a kind of fine, close basketwork made with narrow strips of rattan

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of gigit
Southern / Central
Mt. Province Tadian gigit,
(Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) gogot
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province Sagada gigit,
(Pidlisan) khikhit

Derived terms

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “gigít”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 171

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *gigit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gitgit.

Pronunciation

Verb

gigit (active menggigit, passive digigit)

  1. (transitive) to bite (to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: gigit
  • North Moluccan Malay: gigi

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*gitgit”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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