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Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puət. Compare Maranao powit.
Pronunciation
Noun
puwít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜆ᜔)
- buttocks; butt; rear
- Synonyms: pigi, (western Marinduque) sasapnan
- (figurative) bottom part of any container
- (nautical) bottom of a vessel
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “puwit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- 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 83: “Aſiento) Poyit (pc) o el ſuelo de qual quier vaſija”
- page 208: “Culo) Poyit (pc) todas las aſentaderas con ojete y todo, y aſi llaman atodo jenero de ſuelo”
- page 509: “Rabo) Poyit (pc) ſobre q̃nos ſentamos”
- page 557: “Solar) Poyit (pc) çesto arca &c.”
- page 562: “Suelo) Poyit (pc) de çesto cantaro olla arca eſcriuania petaca. &c.”
- page 584: “Traſero) Puyit (pc) del hombre”