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gigit

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay gigit, from Proto-Malayic *gigit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gitgit (to nibble, chew at).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gigit (active menggigit, passive digigit)

  1. to bite (to cut or hold by clamping the teeth)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of gigit (meng-, transitive)
root gigit
active passive imperative
colloquial
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
active menggigit tergigit digigit gigit gigitlah
locative menggigiti tergigiti digigiti gigiti gigitilah
perfective causative / applicative2 menggigitkan tergigitkan digigitkan gigitkan gigitkanlah
causative
active
locative
perfective causative / applicative2

1 There is other form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*gitgit”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

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Kankanaey

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Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ɡiˈɡit/ [ɡiˈɡi̞t̚]
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: gi‧git

Noun

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gigít

  1. a kind of fine, close basketwork made with narrow strips of rattan

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “gigít”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 171

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *gigit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gitgit.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gigit (active menggigit, passive digigit)

  1. (transitive) to bite (to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth)

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: gigit
  • North Moluccan Malay: gigi

References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*gitgit”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI