gipit
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gipit (“narrow, tight, confined”). Compare Maranao gimpit.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡiˈpit/ [ɡɪˈpɪt̪̚]
- Rhymes: -it
- Syllabification: gi‧pit
Adjective
gipít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜉᜒᜆ᜔)
- pressed for time; under time pressure
- Synonym: gahol
- lacking in space (of a place)
- in difficult circumstances; in a tight situation
- indigent; poor; financially in need
- unable to move freely due to lack of space
- Synonym: siki
- cornered; surrounded (by enemies)
Derived terms
- ang taong nagigipit, sa patalim kumakapit
- araw ng kagipitan
- gipitin
- gumipit
- ikagipit
- kagipitan
- magipit
- manggipit
- pagkagipit
See also
Noun
gipít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜉᜒᜆ᜔)
- need of wider space
- poverty; destitution
- Synonyms: karalitaan, karukhaan, kahirapan
- tight situation; difficult circumstances
Further reading
- “gipit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018