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bitin

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bi‧tin

Etymology 1

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Unknown.

Noun

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bitin

  1. a snake; a legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue
  2. (humorous) the penis
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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B +‎ ten

Noun

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bitin

  1. (bingo) the number ten

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:bitin.

Finnish

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Noun

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bitin

  1. genitive singular of bitti

Garo

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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bitin

  1. meat

Hiligaynon

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Noun

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bitín

  1. snake

Verb

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bítin

  1. haul, lift

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *bítin.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈbitin/ [ˈbiː.t̪ɪn̪] (hanging position; hanging object; act of hanging; type of game; prizes in that game, noun)
    • IPA(key): /biˈtin/ [bɪˈt̪in̪] (too short (of clothes, etc.); inadequate; dissatisfied, adjective; boa that hangs from trees, noun)
  • Syllabification: bi‧tin

Noun

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bitin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. hanging position
    Synonyms: lawit, sabit
  2. suspended object; hanging object
  3. act of hanging something
    Synonyms: paglalawit, pagbibitin
  4. a kind of game where participants grab hung prizes from a square trellis
    Synonym: pabitin
  5. hung prizes from such a game
  6. (figurative, colloquial) inadequacy of something leaving one dissatisfied (of food, storyline, fun, etc.)

Derived terms

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See also

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Adjective

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bitín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔) (colloquial, figurative)

  1. awkwardly short (of clothes, fabric, etc.)
  2. inadequate, leaving one dissatisfied (of food, storyline, fun, etc.)
  3. dissatisfied due to inadequacy (of food, storyline, fun, etc.)

Noun

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bitín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. large boa that hangs from tree branches

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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  • bitin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bítin”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

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Turkish

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Noun

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bitin

  1. genitive singular of bit
  2. second-person singular possessive of bit