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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
- skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
- skin (protective outer layer of a plant or fruit)
- leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
- shell (covering of a nut)
Central Melanau
Etymology
From Proto-North Sarawak *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.
Noun
kulit
- skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
- leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
- 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
- skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
- leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
- 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
Noun
kulit (first-person possessive kulitku, second-person possessive kulitmu, third-person possessive kulitnya)
- skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
- leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
- shell (covering of a nut)
Javanese
Etymology
From Old Javanese kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.
Noun
kulit
- skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
- leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
- shell (covering of a nut)
Romanization
kulit
- Romanization of ꦏꦸꦭꦶꦠ꧀
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 (Jawi spelling کوليت, plural kulit-kulit, informal 1st possessive kulitku, 2nd possessive kulitmu, 3rd possessive kulitnya)
- skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
- leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
- shell (covering of a nut)
- peel
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.
Noun
kulit
- skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
- leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
- shell (covering of a nut)
Sakizaya
Pronunciation
Noun
kulit
- color
Sundanese
Romanization
kulit
- Romanization of ᮊᮥᮜᮤᮒ᮪
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Compare ulit.
Pronunciation
Noun
kulít or kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
- persistence; insistence; obstinancy; stubbornness
- Synonyms: pagkamakulit, pagkamapilit, pagpupumilit, sigasig, sigsa, siyasig, tigas ng ulo, (Bataan) kasat
- (by extension) act of bothering someone
- Synonyms: estorbo, gulo, abala, gambala, (Rizal) kara
Derived terms
See also
Adjective
kulít or kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
- 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)
- peelings (of fruits, tubers, etc.)
- Synonym: balat
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (botany)
- Indian mulberry; noni (Morinda citrifolia, tree whose bark yields a dye)
- Synonyms: apatot, bangkoro, tumbong-aso
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Adjective
kulít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
- slow; awkward; sluggard
- Synonyms: makulit, mabagal, masagal, mahinay, makupad, makuyad
Derived terms
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Noun
kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (obsolete)
- hard bite into something hard
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 6
Compare kudlit and Kapampangan kulit.
Pronunciation
Noun
kulít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (typography, obsolete)
- virgule or comma in writing
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 7
Pronunciation
Noun
kulít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (obsolete)
- act of haggling on the sale
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kulit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- 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 113: “Bocado) (pp) dado en algo”
- page 110: “Birgula) Culit (pc) o coma de la eſcritura”
- page 170: “Coma) Culit (pc) que las partes de la eſcritura”
- page 223: “Dentellada) Colit dada en fruta”
- page 370: “Interes) Colit (pc) del que no haçe nada fin el”
- page 432: “Morder) Colit (pp) en algo”
Anagrams
Tetum
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit.
Noun
kulit
- (anatomy) skin
- leather; hide
Tiruray
Noun
kulit
- (anatomy) skin