kulit

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *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)

Central Melanau

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *kulit, 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)

Iban

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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)

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

kulit (first-person possessive kulitku, second-person possessive kulitmu, third-person possessive kulitnya)

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

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese kulit, 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)

Romanization

kulit

1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦭꦶꦠ꧀

Malay

Alternative forms

• kulik (Sambas)
• kulet (Pontianak)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kulit (Jawi spelling کوليت, plural kulit-kulit, informal 1st possessive kulitku, 2nd possessive kulitmu, 3rd possessive kulitnya)

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

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

Romanization

kulit

1. Romanization of ᮊᮥᮜᮤᮒ᮪

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• colit, culit — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

Compare ulit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈlit/ [kʊˈlit], /ˈkulit/ [ˈkuː.lɪt]
• 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

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

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.lɪt]
• 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.lɪt]
• 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/ [kʊˈlit]
• 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.lɪt]
• 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/ [kʊˈlit]
• 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/ [kʊˈlit]
• 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”

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit.

Noun

kulit

1. (anatomy) skin
2. leather; hide

Tiruray

Noun

kulit

1. (anatomy) skin