kahit

Tagalog

Alternative forms

cahi, cahit — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
kahi, kahi't — obsolete
ket — colloquial

Etymology

From contraction of kahi +‎ at.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkahit/ [ˈka.hɪt]
Rhymes: -ahit
Syllabification: ka‧hit

Conjunction

kahit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜑᜒᜆ᜔)

even though; although; even if
Synonyms: kahit na, bagaman, bagamat, maski, maski na, kahiman, kahima't, kahinya, kahinyaman, biksa, biksat, bistat

Derived terms

kahitmanawari

Further reading

“kahit” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
“kahit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

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