piit

Finnish

Noun

piit

1. nominative plural of pii

Anagrams

• piti

Sundanese

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pitpit (“kind of small bird and its cry”).

Noun

piit (Sundanese script ᮕᮤᮄᮒ᮪)

1. pipit
2. various species of small birds, such as finch, sparrow, munia, etc.

Further reading

• "PIÏT", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *piət (“narrow; tight”). Compare Agutaynen piet, Bikol Central piot, Aklanon piot, Cebuano piot, Hiligaynon piot, and Malay piat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /piˈʔit/ [pɪˈʔɪt̪̚]
    • Rhymes: -it
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpiʔit/ [ˈpiː.ʔɪt̪̚] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: pi‧it

Adjective

piít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜁᜆ᜔)

1. cornered; in a fix

   Synonyms: napaliligiran, napaiikutan, napalilibutan, ipit

Derived terms

• ipiit
• magpiit
• mapiit
• pagkapiit
• piitan
• piitin

See also

• kulong

Further reading

• “piit”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “piit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*piet”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• ipit