pilit

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pilit.

Noun

pilit

1. glue

Verb

pilit

1. to paste; to stick

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pi‧lit
• IPA^(key): /piˈlit/ [pɪˈl̪it̪]

Adjective

pilit

1. sticky

Noun

pilit

1. glutinous rice

Verb

pilit

1. to adhere; to stick

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pilit.

Anagrams

• lipti

Kavalan

Noun

pilit

1. stockpot

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of pili.

Adjective

pilit m or n (feminine singular pilită, masculine plural piliți, feminine and neuter plural pilite)

1. tipsy

   Synonyms: beat; băut; (very formal) în stare de ebrietate; (slang) matol; (slang) matolit; (slang) cherchelit; (slang) mangă; (slang) țeapăn

Declension

Declension of pilit

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	pilit		pilită	piliți	pilite
	definite	pilitul		pilita	piliții	pilitele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	pilit		pilite	piliți	pilite
	definite	pilitului		pilitei	piliților	pilitelor

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *pílit (“to insist; to force, compel someone to do something”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈlit/ [pɪˈlit̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: pi‧lit

Adjective

pilít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

1. forced; strained
2. labored; done with difficulty

Derived terms

• ipagpilitan
• ipilit
• magpilit
• magpumilit
• makapilit
• mapagpilit
• mapamilit
• mapilit
• mapilitan
• pagkamapilit
• pagpilitan
• pagpipilit
• pagpumilitan
• pagpupumilit
• pamimilit
• pilitin
• sapilitan

 

Further reading

• “pilit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pílit”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• lipit