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Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧it
- IPA(key): /paˈʔit/,
Noun
paít
- bitterness (taste)
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧it
- IPA(key): /paˈʔit/,
Adjective
paít
- bitter
Derived terms
Noun
pait
- Barbodes amarus; a cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in the Philippines
- spotted barb (Barbodes binotatus)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pait.
French
Alternative forms
Verb
pait
- third-person singular present indicative of paitre
Anagrams
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *pahit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.
Adjective
pait
- bitter
Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC. Compare Malay pahit.
Adjective
pait
- bitter
Kapampangan
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈit/,
- Hyphenation: pa‧it
Noun
paít
- bitterness
- harshness; severity
Mansaka
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.
Adjective
pait
- bitter
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈʔet/, (colloquial)
- Hyphenation: pa‧it
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC. Cognate with Malay pahit (“bitter”), Tboli héét (“bitter”), Eastern Cham ꨜꨪꩀ (phik, “bitter”), Malagasy faitra (“bitterness”), Chamorro fa'et (“salty”).
Noun
paít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜁᜆ᜔)
- bitterness
- disagreeableness; harshness; severity
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See paet.
Noun
paít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜁᜆ᜔)
- Alternative form of paet
Anagrams
Tausug
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.
Noun
pait
- bitterness
Derived terms
Tok Pisin
Etymology 1
From Malay pahit.
Adjective
pait
- bitter
- sharp, spicy
Etymology 2
From English fight.
Noun
pait
- fight, battle, war
Verb
pait
- to fight
West Makian
Pronunciation
Verb
pait
- (transitive) to rise (of the moon)
Conjugation
See also
- palat (“to rise (of the sun)”)
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
Yami
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC. Cognate with Malay pahit (“bitter”), Tboli héét (“bitter”), Eastern Cham ꨜꨪꩀ (phik, “bitter”), Malagasy faitra (“bitterness”), Chamorro fa'et (“salty”).
Adjective
pait
- salty