kulit

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)

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

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Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese kulit, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *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)

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Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /kulet/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /kulɪt/
• Rhymes: -ulet, -let, -et

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)

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Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *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)

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Tagalog

Etymology

From kuliti (“eye boil”)

Noun

kulit

1. misbehaving child
2. persistent