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See also: gil-it
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
English Genericized trademark from Gillette.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: gi‧lit
Noun[edit]
gilit
Verb[edit]
gilit
- to cut; to cut with a razor blade
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Austronesian *gərəC (“slit an animal's throat”). Compare Bikol Central gurot, Cebuano gulot, and Malay kerat.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡiˈlit/ [ɡɪˈlit]
- Rhymes: -it
- Syllabification: gi‧lit
Noun[edit]
gilít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
- cutting into thin slices
- small cut; nick (made with a knife)
- Synonym: gatgat
- sliced piece (of meat, fish, etc.)
- cleft mark on skin surfaces (as on the chin, neck, or on certain fruits)
- cutting with a blade pushed forward and backward without raising it
- killing by slicing the neck forward and backward
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gilít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɡilit/ [ˈɡi.lɪt]
- Rhymes: -ilit
- Syllabification: gi‧lit
Noun[edit]
gilit (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
Further reading[edit]
- “gilit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*gereC”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
West Makian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gilit
- the throat
References[edit]
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
Categories:
- Cebuano terms borrowed from English
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Cebuano verbs
- Cebuano genericized trademarks
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/it
- Rhymes:Tagalog/it/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog adjectives
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ilit
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ilit/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- West Makian terms with IPA pronunciation
- West Makian lemmas
- West Makian nouns