kulit

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Pronunciation

Noun

kulit

  1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
  2. skin (protective outer layer of a plant or fruit)
  3. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
  4. shell (covering of a nut)

Central Melanau

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Noun

kulit

  1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
  2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
  3. shell (covering of a nut)

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Pronunciation

Noun

kulit

  1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
  2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
  3. shell (covering of a nut)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kulit, from Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kulit (first-person possessive kulitku, second-person possessive kulitmu, third-person possessive kulitnya)

  1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
  2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
  3. shell (covering of a nut)

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Noun

kulit

  1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
  2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
  3. shell (covering of a nut)

Romanization

kulit

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦭꦶꦠ꧀

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Pronunciation

Noun

kulit (Jawi spelling کوليت, plural kulit-kulit, informal 1st possessive kulitku, 2nd possessive kulitmu, 3rd possessive kulitnya)

  1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
  2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
  3. shell (covering of a nut)
  4. peel

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kulit

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Noun

kulit

  1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
  2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
  3. shell (covering of a nut)

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

Noun

kulit

  1. color

Sundanese

Romanization

kulit

  1. Romanization of ᮊᮥᮜᮤᮒ᮪

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Compare ulit.

Pronunciation

Noun

kulít or kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. persistence; insistence; obstinancy; stubbornness
    Synonyms: pagkamakulit, pagkamapilit, pagpupumilit, sigasig, sigsa, siyasig, tigas ng ulo, (Bataan) kasat
  2. (by extension) act of bothering someone
    Synonyms: estorbo, gulo, abala, gambala, (Rizal) kara
Derived terms
See also

Adjective

kulít or kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. continuously stubborn; obstinate; insistent; persistent
    Synonyms: makulit, maulit, mapilit, terko, (Bataan) makasat, (Rizal) makara

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit (skin; hide; rind; bark), from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC (rind, peeling of fruits or tubers). Compare Maranao kolit and Malay kulit.

Pronunciation

Noun

kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (botany)

  1. peelings (of fruits, tubers, etc.)
    Synonym: balat

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (botany)

  1. Indian mulberry; noni (Morinda citrifolia, tree whose bark yields a dye)
    Synonyms: apatot, bangkoro, tumbong-aso

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Adjective

kulít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. slow; awkward; sluggard
    Synonyms: makulit, mabagal, masagal, mahinay, makupad, makuyad
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Noun

kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. hard bite into something hard
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 6

Compare kudlit and Kapampangan kulit.

Pronunciation

Noun

kulít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (typography, obsolete)

  1. virgule or comma in writing
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

Noun

kulít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. act of haggling on the sale
Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit.

Noun

kulit

  1. (anatomy) skin
  2. leather; hide

Tiruray

Noun

kulit

  1. (anatomy) skin