sipit

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Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: si‧pit
  • IPA(key): /siˈpit/,

Noun

sipít

  1. tongs; forceps; pincer
    Synonym: sigpit
  2. pin
    Synonym: tadik

Maranao

Noun

sipit

  1. tongs; forceps
  2. pincer
    Synonym: takbeng

References

Tagalog

mga sipit ng damit

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sipit. Compare Ilocano sigpit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsipit/,
  • Hyphenation: si‧pit

Noun

sipit (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜉᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. pincer; chela (of an arthropod)
    sipit ng alimango
    crab's claws/pincers
  2. insertion of something (between two objects)
    Synonyms: ipit, pag-iipit
  3. tongs
  4. clothespin
  5. chopsticks
    Synonyms: tsap-stik, sipit ng Intsik
  6. pincers; tweezers (for plucking hair, picking little objects, etc.)
    Synonyms: tiyani, bigting, tinasa
  7. act of pinching with tongs, tweezers, etc.
  8. clip (such as paper clips, hairclips, etc.)
    Synonyms: ipit, pang-ipit
  9. curlers (for hair)
  10. forceps

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “sipit” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “sipit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*sipit”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Yogad

Noun

sipít

  1. pincers; tongs; tweezers
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