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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Clipping of initialize or initialization.
Noun
init (plural inits)
- (computing) Clipping of initialization.
After the sixth successive system init he had to concede that the database was corrupt.
Verb
init (third-person singular simple present inits, present participle initing, simple past and past participle inited)
- (computing) Clipping of initialize.
It actually only requires a few bytes to be zeroised to init the drive.
Etymology 2
Contraction
init
- Alternative form of innit.
Anagrams
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔinit/,
- Hyphenation: i‧nit
Noun
ínit (Basahan spelling ᜁᜈᜒᜆ᜔)
- heat; warmth
- Antonym: lipot
- humidity
- Synonyms: alingahot, harasahas
- (figurative) impatience
- Antonym: pasensiya
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔinit/,
- Hyphenation: i‧nit
Noun
init
- heat; warmth; temperature
Adjective
init
- hot; warm; humid
- Init kaayo ang adlaw diri sa Sugbo. ― The weather is very hot here in Cebu.
- bright and sunny
Verb
init
- to heat
- to keep or make warm
- to anger; to provoke
Cuyunon
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.
Noun
init
- heat
Higaonon
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.
Noun
init
- heat
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.
Noun
ínit
- heat
- Antonym: lamig
Derived terms
Latin
Verb
init
- third-person singular present active indicative of ineō
Mansaka
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.
Noun
init
- sweat
Old Irish
Etymology
From Latin initium (“beginning”), as it refers to the beginning of Lent.
Noun
init f (genitive inite)
- Shrovetide
Inflection
| Feminine ī-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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initL
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| Vocative
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initL
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| Accusative
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initN
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| Genitive
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initeH
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| Dative
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initL
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| init
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unchanged
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n-init
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
Remontado Agta
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.
Noun
ínit
- heat
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”) (cf. Bikol Central init, Cebuano init, Cuyunon init, Hiligaynon init, Mansaka init (“sweat”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit (cf. Totoli init (“sweat”), Pamona ini (“sweat”), Wolio ini (“sweat”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔinit/,
- Hyphenation: i‧nit
Noun
init (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈᜒᜆ᜔)
- heat; hotness
- Synonym: kainitan
Natuyo sa init ng apoy ang mga basa kong kamay.- My wet hands got dry from the heat of the fire.
- warmth; sultriness (of weather)
- Synonyms: banas, alisis, alinsangan
- temperature
- Synonyms: temperatura, kaintan
- (figurative) ardor; fervor; excitement
- Synonyms: sigla, kasiglahan
- (figurative) ire; anger; wrath
- Synonyms: galit, ngitngit, poot
- (by extension) sexual desire
- Synonyms: libog, kalibugan
- (by extension) rut; estrus (in animals)
- Synonyms: kandi, pangangandi, landi, paglalandi
Derived terms
Further reading
- “init”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018