gurita

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡuˈrita/ [ɡuˈri.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: gu‧ri‧ta

From Malay gurita, from Proto-Malayic *gurita, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *guʀita (co-existing with *kuʀita), from Proto-Austronesian *guʀiCa. Compare to Cebuano kugita, Fijian kuita, Marshallese kweet.

gurita

1. octopus (any of several marine molluscs of the family Octopodidae)
2. octopus (the flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food)

Perhaps related to the first etymology.

gurita

1. a chest or stomach wrapping cloth, which has straps or adhesives, mainly used for babies or new mothers

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*guRiCa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• “gurita” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• kurita

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀita, from Proto-Austronesian *guʀiCa. Cognate with Cebuano kugita, Fijian kuita, Marshallese kweet.

• IPA^(key): /ɡurita/
• Rhymes: -ita

gurita (Jawi spelling ݢوريتا, plural gurita-gurita)

1. octopus
2. diaper, napkin

• Indonesian: gurita

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