sipit

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧pit
• IPA^(key): /siˈpit/, [siˈpit]

Noun

sipít

1. tongs; forceps; pincer

   Synonym: sigpit

2. pin

   Synonym: tadik

Maranao

Noun

sipit

1. tongs; forceps
2. pincer

   Synonym: takbeng

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Tagalog

mga sipit ng damit

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sipit. Compare Ilocano sigpit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsipit/ [ˈsi.pɪt]
• Rhymes: -ipit
• Syllabification: si‧pit

Noun

sipit (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜉᜒᜆ᜔)

1. pincer; chela (of an arthropod)

   sipit ng alimango

   crab's claws/pincers

2. insertion of something (between two objects)

   Synonyms: ipit, pag-iipit

3. tongs
4. clothespin
5. chopsticks

   Synonyms: tsap-stik, sipit ng Intsik

6. pincers; tweezers (for plucking hair, picking little objects, etc.)

   Synonyms: tiyani, bigting, tinasa

7. act of pinching with tongs, tweezers, etc.
8. clip (such as paper clips, hairclips, etc.)

   Synonyms: ipit, pang-ipit

9. curlers (for hair)
10. forceps

Derived terms

• isipit
• manipit
• panipit
• sinipit
• sipit-kahig
• sipit-ulang
• sipitan
• sipitin
• sumipit

 

See also

• kimpit
• sinipete
• tinasa

 

Further reading

• “sipit” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “sipit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*sipit”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Yogad

Noun

sipít

1. pincers; tongs; tweezers