Wiktionary

kawit

See also: Kawit

Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ka‧wit
  • IPA(key): /ˈkawit/ [ˈka.wit]

Noun

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káwit

  1. hook

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Compare kaw-it.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ka‧wit
  • IPA(key): /ˈkawit/ [ˈka.wɪt̪]

Noun

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kawit

  1. container for tapping tuba, a bamboo culm internode with one end cut open

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:kawit.

Hiligaynon

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Noun

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kawít

  1. hook

Ilocano

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Noun

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kawit

  1. hook

Sundanese

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Etymology

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Presumably ka- +‎ awit.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈka.wit/

Noun

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kawit

  1. beginning; origin
    Synonyms: asal, awit, mimiti

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Austronesian *kawit (“hook”). Compare Malay kait and Coastal Kadazan kavit. Doublet of kabit.

Noun

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kawit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. hook; grapnel
    Synonyms: kalawit, gantso, sabitan
  2. fastener; hasp (as on a necklace, door, window, etc.)
  3. pole with a hook at the end (for picking fruits, coconuts, etc.)
    Synonyms: pangawit, pangkawit
  4. hook attached at the end (for picking fruits, coconuts, etc.)
    Synonym: kalawit
  5. act of pulling, getting, or picking with a pole with a hook at the end
    Synonyms: pagkawit, pagkalawit
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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kawit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. (obsolete) numbing or weakening due to long use in holding or supporting (of one's muscles, hands, feet, etc.)
Usage notes
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  • This word is still used today is the form ngawit as well as in its compound forms.
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Further reading

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

Yogad

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Noun

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kawit

  1. hook
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