anit

See also: anıt and aniṭ

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanit, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiC (“skin”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧nit
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔanit/ [ˈʔa.n̪it]

Noun

anit (Basahan spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

1. animal skin
2. leather

Derived terms

• anitan
• mag-anit

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧nit
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnit/ [ʔaˈn̪it]

Noun

anít (Basahan spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

1. Alternative form of aniit

Catalan

Etymology

From a +‎ nit (“night”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈnit]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈnit]
• Rhymes: -it

Adverb

anit

1. tonight

   Synonym: aquesta nit

2. last night

   Synonym: anit passada

Further reading

• “anit”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “anit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “anit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “anit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanit, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiC (“skin”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔanit/ [ˈʔaː.n̪ɪt̪̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -anit
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnit/ [ʔɐˈn̪ɪt̪̚] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: a‧nit

Noun

anit (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

1. scalp
2. tonsure
3. act of shaving the head close to the scalp

Derived terms

• anitan
• anitin
• umanit

Adjective

anít (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

1. shaved close to the scalp

   Synonyms: panit, panot

Further reading

• “anit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaNiC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• tina, tian, inat, Tian, atin

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanit, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiC (“skin”).

Noun

anit

1. scalp; leather