kabit

From Proto-Philippine *kabit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabit, from Proto-Austronesian *kabit.

• Hyphenation: ka‧bit
• IPA^(key): /kaˈbit/

kabit

1. to fasten; to attach; to clasp
2. to hold up; to support
3. (informal) to pass by the skin of your teeth
4. (slang) to dance with

From kab-it (“attach”).

• Hyphenation: ka‧bit
• IPA^(key): /kaˈbit/, [kʌˈbit̪]

kabit

1. mistress, paramour, lover, concubine
2. boyfriend, girlfriend (on the side)

• kerida

From Proto-Philippine *kabit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabit, from Proto-Austronesian *kabit (“hook”). Doublet of kawit.

Second sense, likely an extension of the first sense or a borrowing from Cebuano kabit.

• Hyphenation: ka‧bit
• IPA^(key): /kaˈbit/, [kɐˈbit]
• Rhymes: -it

kabít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜒᜆ᜔)

1. act of attaching
2. (colloquial, derogatory) mistress; paramour; concubine

   Synonyms: babae, kaapid, kalaguyo, kerida

   • 1996, Ani:

     May tomboy na kasama ang kabit niyang Pinay, pulos lilimampuin ang hawak. May isang weyter na TNT na nguya nang nguya sa isang tabi at panay ang sagupsop ng orange juice. May playboy na ngising-demonyo, tipong sinusuwerte.

     His Filipina mistress is joined by a lesbian, holding fifty-liter bottles. There is a waiter, an illegal, who keeps on chewing and sipping orange juice on the corner. There is also a playboy who smiles like the devil, one who is happy-go-lucky.

kabít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜒᜆ᜔)

1. attached; connected; fastened

• Rosario Torres-Yu, Lilia F. Antonio, Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin (1999) Talinghagang Bukambibig, National Bookstore, →ISBN

• “kabit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

• bakit, tibak, tikab