lawit

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (láwit) IPA^(key): /ˈlawit/ [ˈlaː.wi̞t̚]
  • Rhymes: -awit
• (lawít) IPA^(key): /laˈwit/ [lʌˈwi̞t̚]
  • Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: la‧wit

Noun

láwit

1. dysentery
2. act of calling the spirit of a living person to come back

Derived terms

• ilawit
• lawitan
• malawitan

Trivia

• When a person takes a bath in the river and on coming back has dysentery, they suppose their soul has left them in or near the water.

See also

• tain

Noun

lawít

1. female genitalia, vagina

See also

• longat
• tili

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms and variants of lawit
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Group	Province	Municipality	Part of municipality	Barangay	Terms	Words
Northern / Applai	Mountain Province	Sagada	Pidlisan / Dapliyan (north)	Aguid		rawit, lawit
				Pide		rawit, lawit
				Fidelisan		rawit, lawit
				Bangaan		rawit, lawit
				Madungo		rawit, lawit
				Tanulong		rawit, lawit
Southern / Central	Mountain Province	Tadian	Zone 3 / Sunny Side	Banaao		lawot
				Cadad-anan		lawot
				Cagubatan		lawot
				Dacudac		lawot
				Lenga		lawot
				Pandayan		lawot

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “lawít”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 271
• Allen, Larry (2021), “lawit”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
• Wallace, Judy (2018), “lawit”, in Northern Kankanay – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lauit — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈwit/ [lɐˈwɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: la‧wit

Adjective

lawít (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

1. hanging down; suspended from above; sticking out loosely

   Synonyms: nakabitin, laylay, nakalaylay

Derived terms

• ilawit
• lawit ang pusod
• lawit na ang dila
• lawitan
• lumawit
• magpalawit
• nakalawit
• palawit
• palawitan
• palawitin

Noun

lawít (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

1. suspension; hanging from above

   Synonyms: bitin, pagkakabitin

2. lowering; rolling down (of one's sleeves to a certain degree)

   Synonyms: laylay, paglaylay

3. a species of banana (the fruit of which has little meat)

See also

• saging

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlawit/ [ˈlaː.wɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -awit
• Syllabification: la‧wit

Noun

lawit (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏᜒᜆ᜔) (dialectal)

1. common sickle

Related terms

• kalawit

See also

• karit
• kawit
• lilik

Further reading

• “lawit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• tiwal, liwat, litaw