kudlit

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• corlit — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kurlit

Etymology

Compare kulit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kudˈlit/ [kʊd̪ˈl̪it̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: kud‧lit

Noun

kudlít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

1. (grammar) apostrophe

   Synonyms: tudlik, apostrope

2. act of making an apostrophe mark
3. tiny cut or incision (on the skin or any surface)

   Synonyms: kadlit, kudlis, galos, gurlis

4. tick; small mark

   Synonym: tsek

5. mark; line; scratch; stroke

   Synonym: galos

6. (grammar) accent mark

   Synonym: tuldik

7. Baybayin diacritics

Derived terms

• kudlitan
• magkudlit
• pagkukudlit

Further reading

• “kudlit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 514.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Anagrams

• tudlik, tuldik