gilit

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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English Genericized trademark from Gillette.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: gi‧lit

Noun

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gilit

  1. a razor blade

Verb

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gilit

  1. to cut; to cut with a razor blade

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Austronesian *gərəC (slit an animal's throat). Compare Bikol Central gurot, Cebuano gulot, and Malay kerat.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gilít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. cutting into thin slices
  2. small cut; nick (made with a knife)
    Synonym: gatgat
  3. sliced piece (of meat, fish, etc.)
    Synonyms: hiwa, gayat, tahada, katay, piraso
  4. cleft mark on skin surfaces (as on the chin, neck, or on certain fruits)
  5. cutting with a blade pushed forward and backward without raising it
  6. killing by slicing the neck forward and backward
Derived terms
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Adjective

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gilít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. sliced; cut into thin slices (of meat, fish, etc.)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gilit (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. moss
    Synonym: lumot
  2. seaweed; algae; pond scum

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gilit

  1. the throat

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics