pait

See also: Pait, paît, and paït

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧it

Adjective

pait

1. having a bitter taste
2. difficult or troubled; full of hardship

Noun

pait

1. ; a cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in the Philippines
2. the spotted barb ()

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pait.

Derived terms

• kapait
• kapaiton

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French

Alternative forms

• paît

Verb

pait

1. third-person singular present indicative of paitre

Anagrams

• pâti
• tapi

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC. Cognate with Malay pahit (“bitter”), Tboli héét (“bitter”), Eastern Cham ꨜꨪꩀ (phik, “bitter”), Malagasy faitra (“bitterness”), Chamorro fa'et (“salty”).

Noun

paít

1. bitterness
2. disagreeableness; harshness; severity

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqet. Cognate with Malay pahat (“chisel”), Eastern Cham ꨜꨩꩀ (phak), Nias fahö (“chisel”).

Noun

paít

1. (carpentry) chisel
2. act or manner of using a chisel

Anagrams

• pati

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Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From Malay pahit.

Adjective

pait

1. bitter
2. sharp, spicy

Etymology 2

From English fight.

Noun

pait

1. fight, battle, war

Verb

pait

1. to fight

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Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC. Cognate with Malay pahit (“bitter”), Tboli héét (“bitter”), Eastern Cham ꨜꨪꩀ (phik, “bitter”), Malagasy faitra (“bitterness”), Chamorro fa'et (“salty”).

Adjective

pait

1. salty