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Aklanon

Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese , according to Blust (2010-2020).

Noun

gunting

  1. scissors

Further reading

  • Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

Asi

Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese , according to Blust (2010-2020).

Noun

guntíng

  1. scissors

Further reading

  • Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

Bikol Central

Mga gunting

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese , according to Blust (2010-2020).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡunˈtiŋ/,
  • Hyphenation: gun‧ting

Noun

guntíng (Basahan spelling ᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. scissors; shears
  2. a cut; a snip (with a pair of scissors)
    Synonym: gupit
  3. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) a haircut
    Synonyms: bulog, tusar, gupit

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

Cebuano

Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese , according to Blust (2010-2020).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gun‧ting
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡuntiŋ/,

Noun

gúnting (Badlit spelling ᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. scissors
  2. a cut with a pair of scissors
  3. (rock paper scissors) a hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors), that beats paper and loses to rock

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

Higaonon

Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese , according to Blust (2010-2020).

Noun

gunting

  1. scissors

Further reading

  • Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese , according to Blust (2010-2020).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gun‧ting
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡuntiŋ/,

Noun

gúnting

  1. scissors
  2. haircut

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese , according to Blust (2010-2020).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: gun‧ting

Noun

gunting (plural gunting-gunting, first-person possessive guntingku, second-person possessive guntingmu, third-person possessive guntingnya)

  1. scissors (tool used for cutting)

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

gunting

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦶꦁ

Kapampangan

Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese, according to Blust (2010-2020).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʊnˈtiŋ/,
  • Hyphenation: gun‧ting

Noun

guntíng

  1. scissors

Further reading

  • Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

Maguindanao

Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese , according to Blust (2010-2020).

Noun

gunting

  1. scissors

Further reading

  • Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

Malay

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Wikipedia ms

Etymology

scissors from the Han dynasty of ancient China
Eastern Han dynasty (25 AD – 220 AD) iron scissors from ancient China
Early to Mid Tang dynasty (618 AD – 800 AD) silver scissors from medieval China

Blust (2010-2020) posits that, "The history of this word is still obscure. It is almost certainly a loan from some non-Austronesian source, and its distribution in most languages, including all those of the Philippines and eastern Indonesia, probably is a product of borrowing from Malay. However, it is also found in Old Javanese texts that are centuries old, and its application to terms in carpentry (Bikol) and house construction (Asilulu) raises questions about a possible earlier meaning that was later transferred to scissors once these were introduced.

Despite the improbability of it being native, Dempwolff (1938) posited ‘Uraustronesisch’(Proto-Austronesian) *guntiŋ ‘scissors’, and Mills (1975) posited Proto-South Sulawesi *gun(tc)iŋ ‘shears; to cut’. (Blust posits that) The most likely source of this word, which shows irregular sound correspondences in several languages, is some southern form of Chinese, but this is yet to be confirmed. The use of scissors presumably spread widely within a short time because they offered a far more convenient means of cutting hair than was previously possible with the use of single straight blades, as with knives."

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Possibly Hokkien 銀剪／银剪 (gûn-chián)”

Pronunciation

Noun

gunting (Jawi spelling ݢونتيڠ, plural gunting-gunting, informal 1st possessive guntingku, 2nd possessive guntingmu, 3rd possessive guntingnya)

  1. scissors (tool used for cutting)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

References

  1. ^ Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “scissors”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Further reading

Matigsalug Manobo

Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese , according to Blust (2010-2020).

Noun

gunting

  1. scissor

Further reading

  • Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

Sundanese

Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese , according to Blust (2010-2020).

Romanization

gunting

  1. Romanization of ᮌᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮤᮀ

Further reading

  • Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

Tagalog

an assortment of scissors

Etymology

scissors from the Han dynasty of ancient China
Eastern Han dynasty (25 AD – 220 AD) iron scissors from ancient China
Early to Mid Tang dynasty (618 AD – 800 AD) silver scissors from medieval China

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese , according to Blust (2010–). Compare Bikol Central gunting, Cebuano gunting, Hiligaynon gunting, Laboya gutti, and Mansaka gonting and Tausug gunting.

Manuel (1948) also wondered about gunting if it is from Chinese or originally traces back to Proto-Austronesian, which Dr. Cecilio Lopez stoutly affirmed from Dempwolff's findings, although problems arose as the word is not found in the languages of the Igorot groups, which the only tenable conclusion was that gunting is not originally from Proto-Austronesian but instead from “Southeastern Chinese” (see Min Chinese languages, including Hokkien) which had a term for scissors from which most probably the original term was derived from.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Possibly Hokkien 銀剪／银剪 (gûn-chián)”

Pronunciation

Noun

guntíng (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. scissors
    Synonym: panggupit
  2. shears; big scissors
  3. cutting with scissors or shears
    Synonym: paggupit

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “gunting”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “scissors”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics‎, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, pages 70-75

Tboli

Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese , according to Blust (2010-2020).

Noun

gunting

  1. scissors

Further reading

  • Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese , according to Blust (2010-2020).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡunˈtiŋ/,
  • Hyphenation: gun‧ting

Noun

guntíng

  1. scissors

Further reading

  • Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎
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