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/

Noun

paít

  1. bitterness (taste)

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: pa‧it
  • IPA(key): /paˈʔit/, [pʌˈʔit̪]

Adjective

paít

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

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

Verb

pait

  1. third-person singular present indicative of paitre

Anagrams

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

Mansaka

Etymology

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

Adjective

pait

  1. bitter

Tagalog

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: pa‧it
  • IPA(key): /ˈpajt/, [ˈpaɪ̯t]

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

  1. bitterness
  2. disagreeableness; harshness; severity
Alternative forms
  • paet – nonstandard
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

paít

  1. Alternative form of paet

Anagrams

Tausug

Etymology

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

Noun

pait

  1. bitterness

Derived terms

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, 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
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