init

See also: innit

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.ɪt/

  • Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɪnɪt

Etymology 1

Clipping of initialize or initialization.

Noun

init (plural inits)

1. (computing) Clipping of initialization.

   After the sixth successive system init he had to concede that the database was corrupt.

Verb

init (third-person singular simple present inits, present participle initing, simple past and past participle inited)

1. (computing) Clipping of initialize.

   It actually only requires a few bytes to be zeroised to init the drive.

Etymology 2

Contraction

init

1. Alternative form of innit.

Anagrams

• Inti, inti

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔinit/ [ˈʔi.n̪it]
• Hyphenation: i‧nit

Noun

ínit (Basahan spelling ᜁᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

1. heat; warmth

   Antonym: lipot

2. humidity

   Synonyms: alingahot, harasahas

3. (figurative) impatience

   Antonym: pasensiya

Derived terms

• initon
• kainitan
• mag-init
• mainit
• mainiton
• tig-init

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔinit/ [ˈʔi.n̪ɪt̪]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: i‧nit

Noun

init

1. heat; warmth; temperature

Adjective

init

1. hot; warm; humid

   Init kaayo ang adlaw diri sa Sugbo. ― The weather is very hot here in Cebu.

2. bright and sunny

Verb

init

1. to heat
2. to keep or make warm
3. to anger; to provoke

Cuyunon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.

Noun

init

1. heat

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.

Noun

init

1. heat

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i‧nit
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔinit/ [ˈʔi.nit]

Noun

ínit

1. heat

   Antonym: lamig

Derived terms

• initan
• initon
• mag-init
• mainit

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪ.nɪt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.nit]

Verb

init

1. third-person singular present active indicative of ineō

Mansaka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.

Noun

init

1. sweat

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin initium (“beginning”), as it refers to the beginning of Lent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.nʲəd̠ʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈi.nʲɪd̠ʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈi.nʲɨd̠ʲ]

Proper noun

init f (genitive inite)

1. Shrovetide

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	initL	—	—
vocative	initL	—	—
accusative	initN	—	—
genitive	initeH	—	—
dative	initL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: init
  • Irish: Inid
  • Manx: Ynnyd
  • Scottish Gaelic: Inid

Mutation

Mutation of init

radical	lenition	nasalization
init (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	init	n-init

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “init”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Remontado Agta

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit.

Noun

ínit

1. heat

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• inet — colloquial

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qinit (“heat of the sun; hot”) (cf. Bikol Central init, Cebuano init, Cuyunon init, Hiligaynon init, Mansaka init (“sweat”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qinit (cf. Totoli init (“sweat”), Pamona ini (“sweat”), Wolio ini (“sweat”)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔinit/ [ˈʔiː.n̪ɪt̪̚], (colloquial) /ˈʔinet/ [ˈʔiː.n̪ɛt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -init
• Syllabification: i‧nit

Noun

init (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

1. heat; hotness

   Synonym: kainitan

   Natuyo sa init ng apoy ang mga basa kong kamay.

   My wet hands got dry from the heat of the fire.

2. warmth; sultriness (of weather)

   Synonyms: banas, alisis, alinsangan

3. temperature

   Synonyms: temperatura, kaintan

4. (figurative) ardor; fervor; excitement

   Synonyms: sigla, kasiglahan

5. (figurative) ire; anger; wrath

   Synonyms: galit, ngitngit, poot

6. (by extension) sexual desire

   Synonyms: libog, kalibugan

7. (by extension) rut; estrus (in animals)

   Synonyms: kandi, pangangandi, landi, paglalandi

Derived terms

• init ng ulo
• initan
• initbiling
• initbulog
• initdagitban
• initdanumsigwasan
• initin
• initkapnayan
• initsigan
• initsipat
• initsukat
• initsukatan
• initsukod
• initsupil
• jinet
• kainitan
• kaintan
• mag-init
• magkainitan
• magpainit
• mainit
• mainit ang ulo
• mainit sa kamay
• mainit sa mata
• mapag-initan
• napakainit
• pag-initan
• painitin
• pampainit
• papag-initin
• sala sa init, sala sa lamig
• tag-init
• uminit
• uminit ang ulo
• walang-init

Further reading

• “init”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.