puwit

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puət. Compare Maranao powit.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /puˈit/ [ˈpwit], (colloquial) /puˈet/ [ˈpwɛt]
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: pu‧wit

Noun

puwít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. buttocks; butt; rear
    Synonyms: pigi, (western Marinduque) sasapnan
  2. (figurative) bottom part of any container
  3. (nautical) bottom of a vessel

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “puwit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 83: “Aſiento) Poyit (pc) o el ſuelo de qual quier vaſija”
    • page 208: “Culo) Poyit (pc) todas las aſentaderas con ojete y todo, y aſi llaman atodo jenero de ſuelo”
    • page 509: “Rabo) Poyit (pc) ſobre q̃nos ſentamos”
    • page 557: “Solar) Poyit (pc) çesto arca &c.”
    • page 562: “Suelo) Poyit (pc) de çesto cantaro olla arca eſcriuania petaca. &c.”
    • page 584: “Traſero) Puyit (pc) del hombre”
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