apit

See also: àpit and a̱pit́

Finnish

Noun

apit

1. nominative plural of appi

Anagrams

• pati, pita

Francisco León Zoque

Etymology

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Noun

apit

1. spine

Derived terms

• apit cuy
• apit pasuṉ
• apit tziji

References

• Engel, Ralph; Allhiser de Engel, Mary; Mateo Alvarez, José (1987), Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 7

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈapit/ [ˈa.pɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -apit
• Syllabification: a‧pit

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay apit (“to squeeze”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapit, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapit (“press together, press between two surfaces”).

Noun

apit (plural apit-apit)

1. clamp
2. wedge
3. adjutant

   Synonyms: ajudan, jejenang

4. a tool for rolling up finished weaving, located in front of the weaver's stomach

Derived terms

• apitan
• berapit
• memperapitkan
• mengapit
• pengapit
• pengapitan
• terapit

• apit kanan
• apit kiri
• apit lempang
• apit surang

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Balinese [Term?].

Noun

apit (uncountable)

1. one to two betting system in cockfighting

Further reading

• “apit”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Verb

apit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of apō

Limos Kalinga

Noun

apit

1. harvest (what is harvested)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapit, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapit (“press together, press between two surfaces”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apit/
• Rhymes: -pit, -it
• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [ä.pɪt, -pet, -pe̞t]
• (Pahang) IPA^(key): [ä.peʔ, -piɛʔ]

Verb

apit (Jawi spelling اڤيت)

1. to squeeze, press or wedge something between two detached or separate surfaces

   bulan Apit: month of Zulkaedah, named after its position between Syawal and Zulhijjah

   Synonym: himpit

2. to accompany, to escort (of people)

   Synonyms: damping, iring, teman

Usage notes

The action of apit implies clamping between two separate items (e.g. pieces of bread in a sandwich etc) in contrast to sepit and kepit implying action of pinching with something held or hinged at the end (e.g. chopsticks, tongs, arms)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pengapit [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pengapitan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• apitan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• mengapit [agent focus] (meN-)
• diapit [patient focus] (di-)
• terapit [agentless action] (teR-)
• berapit [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• memperapitkan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
• diperapitkan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)
• apit-apit [reduplication] (redup)

Descendants

• Indonesian: apit

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “اڤت apit”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 14
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “اڤت apit”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 25
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “apit”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 42

Further reading

• “apit”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapit.

Adjective

apit

1. near