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Estonian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
liit (genitive liidu, partitive liitu)
- alliance, union (an agreement between independent parties for joint action, to achieve common goals)
- association, union (an organization comprising persons or institutions operating in the same field)
Declension
Compounds
References
- liit in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “liit”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Central Proto-Philippine *Diət (“small; little; few”). Compare Kapampangan dit / lati, Bikol Central diit / dikit / sadit, Hanunoo dait, and Cebuano diyot. Doublet of juts. Possibly related to Proto-Austronesian *dikit. Compare Malay dikit.
Pronunciation
Noun
liít (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜁᜆ᜔)
- smallness; littleness
- Synonyms: kaliitan, linggit, kalinggitan
- (obsolete) pulverization; granularization; grinding into tiny bits
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
liit (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜁᜆ᜔) (obsolete)
- loop around the neck
Further reading
- “liit”, 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
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- 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 240: “Deſmenuçar) Liyit (pp) algo”
- page 418: “Menudo) Liyit (pp) como arena o lo muy molido”
- page 428: “Moler) Liyit (pp) vna coſa mucho haſta haçello poluos”
Anagrams
Wolof
Etymology
Cognate with Serer liit (“flute”), Fula liital (“flute”), Badyara ka-liit.
Noun
liit
- a woodwind instrument made of a reed, flute
References
- Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 124