gilit
See also: gil-it
Cebuano
Etymology
English Genericized trademark from Gillette.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: gi‧lit
Noun
gilit
Verb
gilit
- to cut; to cut with a razor blade
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Proto-Austronesian *gərəC (“slit an animal's throat”). Compare Bikol Central gurot, Cebuano gulot, and Malay kerat.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡiˈlit/ [ɡɪˈlɪt̪̚]
- Rhymes: -it
- Syllabification: gi‧lit
Noun
gilít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
- cutting into thin slices
- small cut; nick (made with a knife)
- Synonym: gatgat
- sliced piece (of meat, fish, etc.)
- cleft mark on skin surfaces (as on the chin, neck, or on certain fruits)
- cutting with a blade pushed forward and backward without raising it
- killing by slicing the neck forward and backward
Derived terms
- gilitan
- gilitin
- manggigilit
- manggilit
- panggilit
Adjective
gilít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɡilit/ [ˈɡiː.lɪt̪̚]
- Rhymes: -ilit
- Syllabification: gi‧lit
Noun
gilit (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
Further reading
- “gilit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*gereC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Anagrams
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡi.l̪it̪/
Noun
gilit
- the throat
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics