irit

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [irit]
• Hyphenation: i‧rit
• Rhymes: -rit

Verb

irit

1. to drag

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈirit/ [ˈi.rɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -irit
• Syllabification: i‧rit

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Betawi irit, from Javanese ꦲꦶꦫꦶꦠ꧀ (irit, “economical, frugal”), from Old Javanese irit (“small quantity”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?].

Adjective

irit (comparative lebih irit, superlative paling irit)

1. economical, frugal, thrifty

   Synonym: hemat

Derived terms

• iritan
• keiritan
• mengirit
• pengirit
• pengiritan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ngaju [Term?].

Noun

irit (plural irit-irit)

1. (botany) Calamus trachycoleus

Further reading

• “irit”, 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