sipit

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Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: si‧pit
  • IPA(key): /siˈpit/ [siˈpit]

Noun

sipít

  1. tongs; forceps; pincer
    Synonym: sigpit
  2. pin
    Synonym: tadik

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈpit/ [siˈpi̞t̚] (vagina)
    • Rhymes: -it
  • IPA(key): /ˈsipit/ [ˈsiː.pi̞t̚] (pliers)
    • Rhymes: -ipit
  • (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian)
    • IPA(key): /hiˈpit/ [hiˈpi̞t̚] (vagina)
      • Rhymes: -it
    • IPA(key): /ˈhipit/ [ˈhiː.pi̞t̚] (pliers)
      • Rhymes: -ipit
  • Syllabification: si‧pit

Noun

sipít

  1. vagina
    Synonym: babbil

See also

Noun

sípit

  1. pliers, pincers, nippers, pinchers, tongs, tweezers
  2. stick or reed split at one end to receive a horizontal crosspiece

Derived terms

  • isipit
  • sipitan
  • sipiten

Synonyms

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “sipit”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 425
  • Allen, Larry (2021) “sipit”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Maranao

Noun

sipit

  1. tongs; forceps
  2. pincer
    Synonym: takbeng

References

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sipit. Compare Ilocano sigpit, Tausug sibit, and Malay sepit.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsipit/ [ˈsiː.pɪt̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -ipit
  • Syllabification: si‧pit

Noun

sipit (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜉᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. pincer; chela (of an arthropod)
    sipit ng alimango
    crab's claws/pincers
  2. insertion of something (between two objects)
    Synonyms: ipit, pag-iipit
  3. tongs
  4. clothespin
  5. chopsticks
    Synonyms: tsap-stik, sipit ng Intsik
  6. pincers; tweezers (for plucking hair, picking little objects, etc.)
    Synonyms: tiyani, bigting, tinasa
  7. act of pinching with tongs, tweezers, etc.
  8. clip (such as paper clips, hairclips, etc.)
    Synonyms: ipit, pang-ipit
  9. curlers (for hair)
  10. forceps

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • sipit”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • sipit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sipit”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Yogad

Noun

sipít

  1. pincers; tongs; tweezers