sepit

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səpɪt/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English speed.

Noun

sepit

1. speed

Etymology 2

Noun

sepit

1. sprout
2. tongs
3. pincer (of a crab)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sepit (“chopstick; claw, pincer”), from Proto-Austronesian *sipit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈpit/ [səˈpɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: se‧pit

Noun

sepit (plural sepit-sepit)

1. chopstick
2. pincers, tweezers, tongs.
3. clasping claw

Derived terms

• bersepit
• menyepit
• penyepit
• tersepit

• sepit api
• sepit bara
• sepit janggut
• sepit kala

Further reading

• “sepit”, 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

Latin

Verb

sēpit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of sēpiō

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *sipit.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -it

Noun

sepit (Jawi spelling سڤيت, plural sepit-sepit or sepit²)

1. chopstick
2. pincer; claw (crustaecean)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: sepit (inherited)

See also

• penyepit

Further reading

• "sepit" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Sundanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səmpit (“narrow; squeeze tightly”), from the root *-pit. Compare Indonesian jepit, capit; Tagalog sipit, Amis alapit.

Noun

sepit (Sundanese script ᮞᮨᮕᮤᮒ᮪)

1. tweezer; pincer

Derived terms

• nyepit
• nyepitan
• sepitan

Further reading

• "SĔPIT", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij