gurita

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See also: guriță and Guriță

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Malay gurita, from Proto-Malayic *gurita, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *guʀita (co-existing with *kuʀita), from Proto-Austronesian *guʀiCa. Compare to Cebuano kugita, Fijian kuita, Marshallese kweet.

Noun

gurita

  1. octopus (any of several marine molluscs of the family Octopodidae)
  2. octopus (the flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to the first etymology.

Noun

gurita

  1. a chest or stomach wrapping cloth, which has straps or adhesives, mainly used for babies or new mothers

References

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

Further reading

Malay

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A type of gurita

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀita, from Proto-Austronesian *guʀiCa. Cognate with Cebuano kugita, Fijian kuita, Marshallese kweet.

Pronunciation

Noun

gurita (Jawi spelling ݢوريتا, plural gurita-gurita, informal 1st possessive guritaku, 2nd possessive guritamu, 3rd possessive guritanya)

  1. octopus
  2. diaper, napkin

Descendants

  • Indonesian: gurita

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