kalabit
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kalaˈbit/ [kɐ.lɐˈbɪt̪̚]
- Rhymes: -it
- Syllabification: ka‧la‧bit
Noun
kalabít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜊᜒᜆ᜔)
- act of lightly flicking a finger on someone to call their attention
- (firearms) act of pressing the safety or trigger of a gun
- act of slightly pulling the string of a guitar or similar musical instruments
Derived terms
- kalabitan
- kalabitin
- kumalabit
- makalabit
- mangalabit
- pagkalabit
Further reading
- “kalabit”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 73