gipit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gipit (“narrow, tight, confined”). Compare Maranao gimpit.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gipít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜉᜒᜆ᜔)
- pressed for time; under time pressure
- Synonym: gahol
- lacking in space (of a place)
- in difficult circumstances; in a tight situation
- indigent; poor; financially in need
- unable to move freely due to lack of space
- Synonym: siki
- cornered; surrounded (by enemies)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Noun edit
gipít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜉᜒᜆ᜔)
- need of wider space
- poverty; destitution
- Synonyms: karalitaan, karukhaan, kahirapan
- tight situation; difficult circumstances
Further reading edit
- “gipit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018