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Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Greater Central Philippine *pugitaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀita, from Proto-Austronesian *guʀiCa. Compare Ilocano kurita, Bikol Central kugita, Cebuano kugita, Maranao kogita, Maguindanao kuleta, Yakan kuhita', Malay kurita, Malagasy horita, Javanese ꦒꦸꦫꦶꦠ (gurita), Fijian kuita, Marshallese kweet, Kavalan qlita, and Paiwan guritsa. Doublet of kurita and kugita.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puˈɡita/,
- Hyphenation: pu‧gi‧ta
Noun
pugita (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜄᜒᜆ)
- (zoology) octopus
- Synonym: oktopus
- Any member of the order Octopoda.
See also
References
- “pugita”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018