anit

See also: anıt and aniṭ

Catalan

Etymology

From a +‎ nit (“night”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• 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], April 2007
• “anit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “anit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “anit”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Central Bikol

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

Hanunoo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanit, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔanit/ [ˈʔɐ.nɪt]
• Rhymes: -anit
• Syllabification: a‧nit

Noun

anit (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨᜲᜦ᜴)

1. moulting of animals

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 31
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaNiC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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, 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔanit/, [ˈʔa.nit]

Noun

anit

1. scalp; leather

References

• Abuyen, Tomas A. (2000), “anit”, in Diksyunaryo Waray-waray (Visaya), English-Tagalog, Mandaluyong City: National Book Store, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13