pait

See also: Pait, paît, and paït

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧it
• IPA^(key): /paˈʔit/ [paˈʔit]

Noun

paít

1. bitterness (taste)

Derived terms

• kapaitan
• magpait
• mapait

 

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧it
• IPA^(key): /paˈʔit/ [pɐˈʔit̪]

Adjective

paít

1. bitter

Derived terms

• kapait
• kapaiton

 

Noun

pait

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pait.

French

Alternative forms

• paît

Verb

pait

1. third-person singular present indicative of paitre

Anagrams

• pâti, tapi

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *pahit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.

Adjective

pait

1. bitter

Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC. Compare Malay pahit.

Adjective

pait

1. bitter

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈit/ [pəˈiːt]
• Hyphenation: pa‧it

Noun

paít

1. bitterness
2. harshness; severity

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.

Adjective

pait

1. bitter

Tagal Murut

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.

Noun

pait

1. bitterness

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈʔit/ [pɐˈʔit̪̚], (colloquial) /paˈʔet/ [pɐˈʔɛt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: pa‧it

Etymology 1

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 (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜁᜆ᜔)

1. bitterness
2. disagreeableness; harshness; severity

Alternative forms

• paet — colloquial

Derived terms

• ampait
• mapait
• papaitan
• pumait

 

Etymology 2

See paet.

Noun

paít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜁᜆ᜔)

1. Alternative form of paet

Anagrams

• pati, pita, atip, tapi

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /paʔit/ [paˈʔit̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: pa‧it

Noun

pait (Sulat Sūg spelling فَئِتْ)

1. bitterness

Derived terms

• mapait (“bitter”)

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

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.it̪/

Verb

pait

1. (transitive) to rise (of the moon)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pait (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tapait	mapait	apait
2nd person		napait	fapait
3rd person	inanimate	ipait	dapait
	animate
imperative		napait, pait	fapait, pait

See also

• palat (“to rise (of the sun)”)

References

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

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