kulit

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.lit/

Noun

kulit

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
2. skin (protective outer layer of a plant or fruit)
3. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
4. shell (covering of a nut)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kuliC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Central Melanau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Noun

kulit

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
3. shell (covering of a nut)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kuliC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kulit/, [kuliət]
• Hyphenation: ku‧lit
• Rhymes: -ulit

Noun

kulit

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
3. shell (covering of a nut)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kuliC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kulit, from Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkulit/ [ˈku.lɪt̪̚]

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• Rhymes: -ulit
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

Noun

kulit (plural kulit-kulit)

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
3. shell (covering of a nut)
4. peel (covering of a fruit)
5. (publishing) case (the hard cover that surrounds and protects the text)

Derived terms

• berkulit
• dikulit
• dikuliti
• mengulit
• menguliti
• pengulit
• pengulitan
• perkulitan
• terkuliti

• kulit adam
• kulit ari
• kulit ayam
• kulit badak
• kulit belakang
• kulit berminyak
• kulit berwarna
• kulit berwol
• kulit besi
• kulit buatan
• kulit bulai
• kulit bulu
• kulit bumi
• kulit bundar
• kulit daging
• kulit elektron
• kulit hitam
• kulit imitasi
• kulit kapal
• kulit kayu
• kulit kendur
• kulit kepala
• kulit kerang
• kulit kering
• kulit khitan
• kulit kombinasi
• kulit kuning
• kulit lawang
• kulit lumpia
• kulit manis
• kulit mati
• kulit mentah
• kulit merah
• kulit muka
• kulit nabati
• kulit normal
• kulit nubuk
• kulit pai
• kulit pangsit
• kulit pastel
• kulit penultima
• kulit putih
• kulit risoles
• kulit samak
• kulit sawo matang
• kulit sensitif
• kulit sintetis
• kulit swed
• kulit tahu
• kulit tanduk
• kulit tiruan

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kuliC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

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

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Noun

kulit (Javanese script ꦏꦸꦭꦶꦠ꧀)

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
3. shell (covering of a nut)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kuliC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Malay

Alternative forms

• kulik (Sambas)
• kulet (Pontianak)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kulit/
• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kulet/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kulɪt/
• Rhymes: -ulit

Noun

kulit (Jawi spelling کوليت, plural kulit-kulit)

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
3. shell (covering of a nut)
4. peel

Derived terms

• kulit kayu
• kulit buah

Descendants

• Indonesian: kulit
• North Moluccan Malay: kuli

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kuliC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

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

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Noun

kulit

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
2. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
3. shell (covering of a nut)

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.ˈlit/, [ku.ˈlit]

Noun

kulit

1. color

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Noun

kulit (Sundanese script ᮊᮥᮜᮤᮒ᮪)

1. skin, bark, rind, peel, leather
2. upper side, exterior, surface, cover

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kuliC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• colit, culit — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology 1

Compare ulit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈlit/ [kʊˈlɪt̪̚], /ˈkulit/ [ˈkuː.lɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it, -ulit
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

Noun

kulít or kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

1. persistence; insistence; obstinancy; stubbornness

   Synonyms: pagkamakulit, pagkamapilit, pagpupumilit, sigasig, sigsa, siyasig, tigas ng ulo, (Bataan) kasat

2. (by extension) act of bothering someone

   Synonyms: estorbo, gulo, abala, gambala, (Rizal) kara

Derived terms

• kakulitan
• kulitan
• kulitin
• magkulit
• makulit
• mangulit

See also

• tibay ng loob
• tiyaga

Adjective

kulít or kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

1. continuously stubborn; obstinate; insistent; persistent

   Synonyms: makulit, maulit, mapilit, terko, (Bataan) makasat, (Rizal) makara

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit (“skin; hide; rind; bark”), from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC (“rind, peeling of fruits or tubers”). Compare Maranao kolit and Malay kulit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkulit/ [ˈkuː.lɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ulit
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

Noun

kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (botany)

1. peelings (of fruits, tubers, etc.)

   Synonym: balat

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkulit/ [ˈkuː.lɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ulit
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

Noun

kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (botany)

1. Indian mulberry; noni (Morinda citrifolia, tree whose bark yields a dye)

   Synonyms: apatot, bangkoro, tumbong-aso

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈlit/ [kʊˈlɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

Adjective

kulít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

1. slow; awkward; sluggard

   Synonyms: makulit, mabagal, masagal, mahinay, makupad, makuyad

Derived terms

• makulit

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkulit/ [ˈkuː.lɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ulit
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

Noun

kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

1. hard bite into something hard

Derived terms

• ikulit
• kakulitan
• kulitan
• kulitin
• kumulit
• mangkulit

See also

• kagat

Etymology 6

Compare kudlit and Kapampangan kulit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈlit/ [kʊˈlɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

Noun

kulít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (typography, obsolete)

1. virgule or comma in writing

Derived terms

• kulitan
• magkulit

See also

• bantas
• bantasan
• kuwit

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈlit/ [kʊˈlɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: ku‧lit

Noun

kulít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

1. act of haggling on the sale

Derived terms

• ipagkulit
• magkulit
• makulit
• pagkulitan

Further reading

• “kulit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 113: “Bocado) [Colit] (pp) dado en algo”
  • page 110: “Birgula) Culit (pc) o coma de la eſcritura”
  • page 170: “Coma) Culit (pc) que [diuide] las partes de la eſcritura”
  • page 223: “Dentellada) Colit [(pp)] dada en fruta”
  • page 370: “Interes) Colit (pc) del que no haçe nada fin el”
  • page 432: “Morder) Colit (pp) en algo”

Anagrams

• tulik, tukil

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit (“skin; hide; rind; bark”), from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC (“rind, peeling of fruits or tubers”).

Noun

kulit

1. skin
2. leather; hide

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kuliC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tiruray

Noun

kulit

1. (anatomy) skin