karit

• Hyphenation: ka‧rit

karit

1. a sickle

karit

1. nominative plural of kari

• Katri, arkit, rakit, ratki, rikat

• carit — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Compare Romblomanon kārit and Cebuano karit.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾit/ [ˈkaː.ɾɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -aɾit
• Syllabification: ka‧rit

karit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒᜆ᜔)

1. scythe; sickle

   Synonyms: lingkaw, kalawit, lawit, lilik

2. gash; shallow cut

   Synonyms: kadlit, gurlis, galos, halas

3. extraction of juice from nipa palm for making wine or vinegar by first cutting the top of the palm with a sickle

• “karit”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “karit”, 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^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 205: “Cuchillo) Carit (pp) con que cultivan las palmas”
  • page 209: “Cultiuar) Carit (pp) las palmas de ordinario, diçe ſe aſi de carit, q̃ es el cuchillo con q̃ las cultiuan”

• tirak, tarik