bitin
See also: bit in
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bi‧tin
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Noun
bitin
Synonyms
Quotations
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Finnish
Garo
Etymology
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Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *bítin.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈbitin/ [ˈbi.tɪn] (“hanging position; hanging object; act of hanging; type of game; prizes in that game”, noun)
- Rhymes: -itin
- IPA(key): /biˈtin/ [bɪˈtin] (“too short (of clothes, etc.); inadequate; dissatisfied”, adjective; “boa that hangs from trees”, noun)
- Rhymes: -in
- IPA(key): /ˈbitin/ [ˈbi.tɪn] (“hanging position; hanging object; act of hanging; type of game; prizes in that game”, noun)
- Syllabification: bi‧tin
Noun
bitin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔)
- hanging position
- suspended object; hanging object
- act of hanging something
- Synonyms: paglalawit, pagbibitin
- a kind of game where participants grab hung prizes from a square trellis
- Synonym: pabitin
- hung prizes from such a game
- (figurative, colloquial) inadequacy of something leaving one dissatisfied (of food, storyline, fun, etc.)
Derived terms
- bitinan
- ibitin
- mabitin
- magbitin
- nakabitin
- nakabiting halamanan
- pabitin
- pagbibitin
- pagbitinan
- pagkakabitin
- payong-bitinan
See also
Adjective
bitín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔) (colloquial, figurative)
- awkwardly short (of clothes, fabric, etc.)
- inadequate, leaving one dissatisfied (of food, storyline, fun, etc.)
- dissatisfied due to inadequacy (of food, storyline, fun, etc.)
Alternative forms
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