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Cebuano
Pronunciation
Noun
karit
- a sickle
Finnish
Noun
karit
- nominative plural of kari
Anagrams
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Romblomanon kārit and Cebuano karit.
Pronunciation
Noun
karit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒᜆ᜔)
- scythe; sickle
- Synonyms: lingkaw, kalawit, lawit, lilik
- gash; shallow cut
- Synonyms: kadlit, gurlis, galos, halas
- extraction of juice from nipa palm for making wine or vinegar by first cutting the top of the palm with a sickle
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See also
Further reading
- “karit” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “karit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 205: “Cuchillo) Carit (pp) con que cultivan las palmas”
- page 209: “Cultiuar) Carit (pp) las palmas de ordinario, diçe ſe aſi de carit, q̃ es el cuchillo con q̃ las cultiuan”