gurita

See also: guriță and Guriță

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay gurita, from Proto-Malayic *gurita, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *guʀita (co-existing with *kuʀita), from Proto-Austronesian *guʀiCa. Cognate with Cebuano kugita, Fijian kuita, Marshallese kweet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡuˈrit̪a]
• Hyphenation: gu‧ri‧ta

Noun

gurita (plural gurita-gurita, first-person possessive guritaku, second-person possessive guritamu, third-person possessive guritanya)

1. octopus

   Synonym: kurita

Derived terms

• menggurita

 

• strategi gurita

 

See also

• sefalopoda

Further reading

• “gurita” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

A type of gurita

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀita, from Proto-Austronesian *guʀiCa. Cognate with Cebuano kugita, Fijian kuita, Marshallese kweet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡurita/
• Rhymes: -ita, -ta, -a

Noun

gurita (Jawi spelling ݢوريتا, plural gurita-gurita, informal 1st possessive guritaku, 2nd possessive guritamu, 3rd possessive guritanya)

1. octopus
2. diaper, napkin

Descendants

• Indonesian: gurita

Further reading

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