pait
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧it
Noun
pait
- Barbodes amarus; a cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in the Philippines
- the spotted barb (Barbodes binotatus)
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pait.
Derived terms
- kapait
- kapaiton
French
Alternative forms
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC. Cognate with Malay pahit (“bitter”), Tboli héét (“bitter”), Eastern Cham ꨜꨪꩀ (phik, “bitter”), Malagasy faitra (“bitterness”), Chamorro fa'et (“salty”).
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqet. Cognate with Malay pahat (“chisel”), Eastern Cham ꨜꨩꩀ (phak), Nias fahö (“chisel”).
Yami
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC. Cognate with Malay pahit (“bitter”), Tboli héét (“bitter”), Eastern Cham ꨜꨪꩀ (phik, “bitter”), Malagasy faitra (“bitterness”), Chamorro fa'et (“salty”).
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