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Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkawit/
- Hyphenation: ka‧wit
Noun
káwit (Basahan spelling ᜃᜏᜒᜆ᜔)
- hook
- Synonym: gantso
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology
Compare kaw-it.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧wit
- IPA(key): /ˈkawit/
Noun
kawit
- 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
- hook
Ilocano
Noun
kawit
- hook
Sundanese
Etymology
Presumably ka- + awit.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈka.wit/
Noun
kawit
- beginning; origin
- Synonyms: asal, awit, mimiti
Further reading
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Austronesian *kawit (“hook”). Compare Malay kait and Coastal Kadazan kavit. Doublet of kabit.
Noun
kawit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒᜆ᜔)
- hook; grapnel
- Synonyms: kalawit, gantso, sabitan
- fastener; hasp (as on a necklace, door, window, etc.)
- pole with a hook at the end (for picking fruits, coconuts, etc.)
- Synonyms: pangawit, pangkawit
- hook attached at the end (for picking fruits, coconuts, etc.)
- Synonym: kalawit
- act of pulling, getting, or picking with a pole with a hook at the end
- Synonyms: pagkawit, pagkalawit
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
kawit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒᜆ᜔)
- (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
- hook