gilit

See also: gil-it

Cebuano

Etymology

English Genericized trademark from Gillette.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gi‧lit

Noun

gilit

1. a razor blade

Verb

gilit

1. to cut; to cut with a razor blade

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• gil-it

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈlit/ [ɡɪˈlit̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: gi‧lit

Noun

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

• gilitan
• gilitin
• manggigilit
• manggilit
• panggilit

 

Adjective

gilít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡilit/ [ˈɡiː.lɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ilit
• Syllabification: gi‧lit

Noun

gilit (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

1. moss

   Synonym: lumot

2. seaweed; algae; pond scum

Further reading

• “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

• tigil

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.l̪it̪/

Noun

gilit

1. the throat

References

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