apit

apit

1. nominative plural of appi

• pati, pita

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apit

1. spine

• Engel, Ralph, Allhiser de Engel, Mary, Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 7

apit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of apō

apit

1. harvest (what is harvested)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapit, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapit (“press together, press between two surfaces”).

• IPA^(key): /apit/
• Rhymes: -pit, -it
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ä.pɪt, -pet, -pe̞t]
• (Pahang) IPA^(key): [ä.peʔ, -piɛʔ]

apit (Jawi spelling اڤيت)

1. to squeeze, press or wedge something between two detached or separate surfaces

   bulan Apit: month of Zulkaedah, named after its position between Syawal and Zulhijjah

   Synonym: himpit

2. to accompany, to escort (of people)

   Synonyms: damping, iring, teman

The action of apit implies clamping between two separate items (e.g. pieces of bread in a sandwich etc) in contrast to sepit and kepit implying action of pinching with something held or hinged at the end (e.g. chopsticks, tongs, arms)

• Indonesian: apit

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “اڤت apit”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 14
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “اڤت apit”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 25
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “apit”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 42

• “apit” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapit.

apit

1. near