kawit

See also: Kawit

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• cavit, cauit — obsolete

Etymology

Compare kaw-it.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧wit
• IPA^(key): /ˈkawit/ [ˈka.wɪt̪]

Noun

kawit

1. container for tapping tuba, a bamboo culm internode with one end cut open

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kawit.

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkawit/ [ˈka.wit]
• Hyphenation: ka‧wit

Noun

káwit (Basahan spelling ᜃᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

1. hook

   Synonym: gantso

Derived terms

• kawiton
• magkawit

Hiligaynon

Noun

kawít

1. hook

Ilocano

Noun

kawit

1. hook

Sundanese

Etymology

From Javanese kawit (“since”). Can be reanalyzed as ka- +‎ wit or ka- +‎ awit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.wit/

Noun

kawit

1. beginning; origin

   Synonyms: asal, awit, mimiti

Derived terms

• ngawitan

Further reading

• Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij
• "kawit" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cavit, cauit — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkawit/ [ˈkaː.wɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -awit
• Syllabification: ka‧wit

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *kawit (“hook”). Compare Cebuano kaw-it, Malay kait, and Coastal Kadazan kavit. Doublet of kabit.

Noun

kawit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

1. hook; grapnel

   Synonyms: kalawit, gantso, sabitan

2. fastener; hasp (as on a necklace, door, window, etc.)
3. pole with a hook at the end (for picking fruits, coconuts, etc.)

   Synonyms: pangawit, pangkawit

4. hook attached at the end (for picking fruits, coconuts, etc.)

   Synonym: kalawit

5. act of pulling, getting, or picking with a pole with a hook at the end

   Synonyms: pagkawit, pagkalawit

Derived terms

• ikawit
• kawit-ang-palakol
• kawit-kawit
• kawitan
• kawitin
• kumawit
• magkawit
• pagkalawit
• pagkawit
• pangawit
• pangkawit

Related terms

• Cavite
• kalawit
• Kawit
• salawit

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• ngawit — common

Noun

kawit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

1. numbing or weakening due to long use in holding or supporting (of one's muscles, hands, feet, etc.)

Usage notes

• This word is still used today is the form ngawit as well as in its compound forms.

Derived terms

• mangawit
• pangangawit

Further reading

• “kawit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Yogad

Noun

kawit

1. hook