percit

Latin

Verb

percit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of perciō

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pe(R)cit (“squeeze, squirt out”). Cognate with Hanunoo pusít (“spurt, spurting, as of blood”) and Gela posi (“squeeze out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pərt͡ʃit/
• Rhymes: -ərt͡ʃit, -t͡ʃit, -it

Verb

percit (Jawi spelling ڤرچيت)

1. (intransitive) to spurt out; to gush out

   Synonym: pancut

   Banyak darah memercit dari luka itu.

   A lot of blood spurted out from that wound.

2. (transitive) to squirt out; to squeeze out

   Synonym: percik

   Memercit sos ― To squeeze out sauce

Derived terms

• dipercit
• dipercitkan
• memercit
• memercitkan
• pemercitan
• terpercit

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: percit

Further reading

• “percit” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *pe(R)cit