liit

Estonian

Etymology

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Noun

liit (genitive liidu, partitive liitu)

  1. union
  2. league
  3. (government) federation
    Eesti Tekpalli Liit
    The Estonian Teqball Federation / Association
  4. commonwealth

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Further reading

  • liit in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
  • M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), liit”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
  • liit in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
  • liit in Sõnaveeb

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Central Proto-Philippine *Diət (small; little; few). Compare Kapampangan dit / lati, Bikol Central diit / dikit / sadit, Hanunoo dait, and Cebuano diyot. Doublet of juts. Possibly related to Proto-Austronesian *dikit. Compare Malay dikit.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: li‧it
  • (standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /liˈʔit/, [lɪˈʔit]
  • (now dialectal, Tayabas) IPA(key): /ˈliʔit/, [ˈli.ʔɪt]

Noun

liít (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜁᜆ᜔)

  1. smallness; littleness
    Synonyms: kaliitan, linggit, kalinggitan
  2. (obsolete) pulverization; granularization; grinding into tiny bits
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Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: li‧it
  • IPA(key): /ˈliʔit/, [ˈli.ʔɪt]

Noun

liit (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜁᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. loop around the neck

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Wolof

Etymology

Cognate with Serer liit (flute), Fula liital (flute), Badyara ka-liit.

Noun

liit

  1. a woodwind instrument made of a reed, flute

References

  • Fal, Arame; Santos, Rosine; Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 124
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