kawit

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkawit/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wit

Noun

káwit (Basahan spelling ᜃᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. hook
    Synonym: gantso

Derived terms

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare kaw-it.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧wit
  • IPA(key): /ˈkawit/

Noun

kawit

  1. container for tapping tuba, a bamboo culm internode with one end cut open

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kawit.

Hiligaynon

Noun

kawít

  1. hook

Ilocano

Noun

kawit

  1. hook

Sundanese

Etymology

Presumably ka- +‎ awit.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈka.wit/

Noun

kawit

  1. beginning; origin
    Synonyms: asal, awit, mimiti

Further reading


Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *kawit (hook). Compare Malay kait and Coastal Kadazan kavit. Doublet of kabit.

Noun

kawit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. hook; grapnel
    Synonyms: kalawit, gantso, sabitan
  2. fastener; hasp (as on a necklace, door, window, etc.)
  3. pole with a hook at the end (for picking fruits, coconuts, etc.)
    Synonyms: pangawit, pangkawit
  4. hook attached at the end (for picking fruits, coconuts, etc.)
    Synonym: kalawit
  5. act of pulling, getting, or picking with a pole with a hook at the end
    Synonyms: pagkawit, pagkalawit
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

kawit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. (obsolete) numbing or weakening due to long use in holding or supporting (of one's muscles, hands, feet, etc.)
Usage notes
  • This word is still used today is the form ngawit as well as in its compound forms.
Derived terms

Further reading

  • kawit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yogad

Noun

kawit

  1. hook