itim

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qitəm. Compare Acehnese itam, Bikol Central itom, Cebuano itom, Coastal Kadazan oitom, Hiligaynon itom, Malay hitam, Minangkabau hitam, Pangasinan itom, Tetum metan, Waray-Waray itom, West Coast Bajau irom, and Yami sirem.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈtim/, [ʔɪˈtim]
• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: i‧tim

Adjective

itím (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜆᜒᜋ᜔)

1. black (absorbing all light)

Derived terms

• Dagat Itim
• initiman
• itim na butas
• itim na tupa
• itiman
• kaitiman
• mag-itim
• magpaitim
• maitim
• mangitim
• nangingitim-ngitim
• pagkaitim
• paitimin
• pangingitim
• umitim

 

Noun

itím (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜆᜒᜋ᜔)

1. black (color/colour)
2. (by extension) black mourning clothes

   Synonym: luksa

3. (colloquial) black-skinned person

   Synonyms: maitim, negro

See also

Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)

puti	abo, gris	itim
pula; krimson, pulang-pula	kahel; kayumanggi	dilaw; krema
kulay-dayap	lungti, lungtian, berde
turkesa	bughaw-langit, asul	bughaw, asul
lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom	mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura	rosas, kalimbahin

Further reading

• “itim”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018