pait

See also: Pait, paît, and paït

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: pa‧it

Adjective

pait

  1. having a bitter taste
  2. difficult or troubled; full of hardship

Noun

pait

  1. Barbodes amarus; a cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in the Philippines
  2. the spotted barb (Barbodes binotatus)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pait.

Derived terms
  • kapait
  • kapaiton

French

Alternative forms

Verb

pait

  1. third-person singular present indicative of paitre

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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”).

Noun

paít

  1. bitterness
  2. disagreeableness; harshness; severity

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqet. Cognate with Malay pahat (“chisel”), Eastern Cham ꨜꨩꩀ (phak), Nias fahö (“chisel”).

Noun

paít

  1. (carpentry) chisel
  2. act or manner of using a chisel

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Malay pahit.

Adjective

pait

  1. bitter

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”).

Adjective

pait

  1. salty
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