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Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *sulit (“substitute, replacement”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sulit (“difficult, complicated”). The close semantic agreement of the Casiguran Dumagat and Hanunóo terms suggests that one focal reference of this term was to replanting a crop that had failed, or had not been fully successful in some way.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: su‧lit
- IPA(key): /suˈlit/
Noun
sulít
- manner of returning, putting back something to its original place
Derived terms
Finnish
Verb
sulit
- second-person singular past indicative of sulaa
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Hungarian
Etymology
suli + -t
Pronunciation
Noun
sulit
- accusative singular of suli
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay sulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sulit (“difficult, complicated”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sulit (superlative tersulit)
- hard, difficult
- Synonyms: sukar, susah
- Antonyms: mudah, gampang
- rare
- Synonym: jarang
- (rare) hidden, concealed, secret
- Synonyms: gelap, rahasia
- emergency
Derived terms
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sulit (“difficult, complicated”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈsulit/ (“cost-effective; worthwhile; regained (of capital)”, adjective; n, all meanings)
- IPA(key): /suˈlit/ (“submitted (of a report); already recovered (of capital)”, adjective)
- Syllabification: su‧lit
Adjective
sulit (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
- (colloquial) worth the money; reasonably priced; cost-effective (of a product or service)
Ang sulit naman ng pagkain!- The food was really worth the money!
- (colloquial, by extension) worthwhile (of one's time spent, opportunities, etc.)
- regained; having one's capital in an investment
- Synonym: bawi
Derived terms
Noun
sulit (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
- examination; test
- Synonyms: pagsusulit, eksamen
- taking of an examination
- Synonym: pag-eksamen
- submission (of a report, etc.)
- Synonyms: paghaharap, pagbibigay
- return of something borrowed
- Synonyms: sauli, pagsasauli
- remittance of money (by a bill collector)
- Synonyms: intrega, pag-iintrega, ingreso, pag-iingreso
- regain of capital (in business, gambling, etc.)
- (colloquial) cost-effectiveness; bang for the buck
Derived terms
Adjective
sulít (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
- submitted (of reports, etc.)
- already recovered (of one's capital investment)
- Synonym: bawi
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