gilit

English Genericized trademark from Gillette.

• Hyphenation: gi‧lit

gilit

1. a razor blade

gilit

1. to cut; to cut with a razor blade

From Proto-Austronesian *gərəC (“slit an animal's throat”). Compare Bikol Central gurot, Cebuano gulot, and Malay kerat.

• gil-it

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈlit/ [ɡɪˈlit]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: gi‧lit

gilít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

1. cutting into thin slices
2. small cut; nick (made with a knife)

   Synonym: gatgat

3. sliced piece (of meat, fish, etc.)

   Synonyms: hiwa, gayat, tahada, katay, piraso

4. cleft mark on skin surfaces (as on the chin, neck, or on certain fruits)
5. cutting with a blade pushed forward and backward without raising it
6. killing by slicing the neck forward and backward

gilít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

1. sliced; cut into thin slices (of meat, fish, etc.)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡilit/ [ˈɡi.lɪt]
• Rhymes: -ilit
• Syllabification: gi‧lit

gilit (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

1. moss

   Synonym: lumot

2. seaweed; algae; pond scum

• “gilit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*gereC”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.l̪it̪/

gilit

1. the throat

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics