karit

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧rit

Noun

karit

1. a sickle

Finnish

Noun

karit

1. nominative plural of kari

Anagrams

• Katri, arkit, rakit, ratki, rikat

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• carit — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Compare Romblomanon kārit and Cebuano karit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾit/ [ˈkaː.ɾɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -aɾit
• Syllabification: ka‧rit

Noun

karit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒᜆ᜔)

1. scythe; sickle

   Synonyms: lingkaw, kalawit, lawit, lilik

2. gash; shallow cut

   Synonyms: kadlit, gurlis, galos, halas

3. extraction of juice from nipa palm for making palm wine or vinegar by first cutting the top of the palm with a sickle

Derived terms

• karitan
• karitin
• kumarit
• magkarit
• malakarit
• mangangarit
• mangarit
• mapangarit
• mapangaritan
• pagkarit
• pangarit

See also

• dawi
• lawis
• talukarit
• yatab

Further reading

• “karit”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “karit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎ (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 205: “Cuchillo) Carit (pp) con que cultivan las palmas”
  • page 209: “Cultiuar) Carit (pp) las palmas de ordinario, diçe ſe aſi de carit, q̃ es el cuchillo con q̃ las cultiuan”

Anagrams

• tirak, tarik