gigit

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay gigit, from Proto-Malayic *gigit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gitgit (“to nibble, chew at”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡiɡit/ [ˈɡi.ɡɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -iɡit
• Syllabification: gi‧git

Verb

gigit (active menggigit, passive digigit)

1. to bite (to cut or hold by clamping the teeth)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gigit (meng-, transitive)

root	gigit
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	menggigit	tergigit	digigit	gigit	gigitlah
accusative / dative / locative	menggigiti	tergigiti	digigiti	gigiti	gigitilah
perfective causative / applicative2	menggigitkan	tergigitkan	digigitkan	gigitkan	gigitkanlah
	causative
nominative	–	–	–	–	–
accusative / dative / locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	–	–	–	–	–

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• gigit-gigit (“to bite repeatedly”)
• gigitan (“bite”)
• (uncommon) gigiti (“to bite repeatedly”)
• penggigit (“biter”)
• tergigit (“bitten”)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*gitgit”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• “gigit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈɡit/ [ɡiˈɡi̞t̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: gi‧git

Noun

gigít

1. a kind of fine, close basketwork made with narrow strips of rattan

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of gigit

Southern / Central
Mt. Province	Tadian	gigit, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) gogot
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province	Sagada	gigit, (Pidlisan) khikhit

Derived terms

• ginigit

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “gigít”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 171

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *gigit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gitgit.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ɡiɡet/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ɡiɡɪt/
• Rhymes: (Johor-Selangor) -iɡet, (Riau-Lingga) -iɡit

Verb

gigit (active menggigit, passive digigit)

1. (transitive) to bite (to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth)

Descendants

• Indonesian: gigit
• North Moluccan Malay: gigi

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*gitgit”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI