kulit

From Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

• IPA^(key): /ku.lit/

kulit

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
2. skin (protective outer layer of a plant or fruit)
3. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
4. shell (covering of a nut)

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

kulit

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
3. shell (covering of a nut)

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

From Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

• IPA^(key): /kulit/, [kuliət]
• Hyphenation: ku‧lit
• Rhymes: -ulit

kulit

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
3. shell (covering of a nut)

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

Inherited from Malay kulit, from Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkulit/ [ˈku.lɪt̪̚]

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• Rhymes: -ulit
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

kulit (plural kulit-kulit)

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
3. shell (covering of a nut)
4. peel (covering of a fruit)
5. (publishing) case (the hard cover that surrounds and protects the text)

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

• “kulit” 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.

From Old Javanese kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

kulit (Javanese script ꦏꦸꦭꦶꦠ꧀)

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
3. shell (covering of a nut)

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

• kulik (Sambas)
• kulet (Pontianak)

From Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

• IPA^(key): /kulit/
• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kulet/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kulɪt/
• Rhymes: -ulit

kulit (Jawi spelling کوليت, plural kulit-kulit)

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
3. shell (covering of a nut)
4. peel

• kulit kayu
• kulit buah

• Indonesian: kulit
• North Moluccan Malay: kuli

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

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

kulit

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
3. shell (covering of a nut)

• IPA^(key): /ku.ˈlit/, [ku.ˈlit]

kulit

1. color

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

kulit (Sundanese script ᮊᮥᮜᮤᮒ᮪)

1. skin, bark, rind, peel, leather
2. upper side, exterior, surface, cover

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

• colit, culit — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Compare ulit.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈlit/ [kʊˈlɪt̪̚], /ˈkulit/ [ˈkuː.lɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it, -ulit
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

kulít or kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

1. persistence; insistence; obstinancy; stubbornness

   Synonyms: pagkamakulit, pagkamapilit, pagpupumilit, sigasig, sigsa, siyasig, tigas ng ulo, (Bataan) kasat

2. (by extension) act of bothering someone

   Synonyms: estorbo, gulo, abala, gambala, (Rizal) kara

kulít or kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

1. continuously stubborn; obstinate; insistent; persistent

   Synonyms: makulit, maulit, mapilit, terko, (Bataan) makasat, (Rizal) makara

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit (“skin; hide; rind; bark”), from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC (“rind, peeling of fruits or tubers”). Compare Maranao kolit and Malay kulit.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkulit/ [ˈkuː.lɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ulit
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (botany)

1. peelings (of fruits, tubers, etc.)

   Synonym: balat

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkulit/ [ˈkuː.lɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ulit
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (botany)

1. Indian mulberry; noni (Morinda citrifolia, tree whose bark yields a dye)

   Synonyms: apatot, bangkoro, tumbong-aso

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈlit/ [kʊˈlɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

kulít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

1. slow; awkward; sluggard

   Synonyms: makulit, mabagal, masagal, mahinay, makupad, makuyad

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkulit/ [ˈkuː.lɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ulit
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

1. hard bite into something hard

Compare kudlit and Kapampangan kulit.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈlit/ [kʊˈlɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

kulít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (typography, obsolete)

1. virgule or comma in writing

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈlit/ [kʊˈlɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

kulít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

1. act of haggling on the sale

• “kulit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 113: “Bocado) [Colit] (pp) dado en algo”
  • page 110: “Birgula) Culit (pc) o coma de la eſcritura”
  • page 170: “Coma) Culit (pc) que [diuide] las partes de la eſcritura”
  • page 223: “Dentellada) Colit [(pp)] dada en fruta”
  • page 370: “Interes) Colit (pc) del que no haçe nada fin el”
  • page 432: “Morder) Colit (pp) en algo”

• tulik, tukil

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit (“skin; hide; rind; bark”), from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC (“rind, peeling of fruits or tubers”).

kulit

1. skin
2. leather; hide

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

kulit

1. (anatomy) skin