# gunting
## Aklanon
### Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).

### Noun

gunting
* scissors

#### Further reading

* Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

## Asi
### Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).

### Noun

guntíng
* scissors

#### Further reading

* Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Likely borrowed from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡunˈtiŋ/ [ɡun̪ˈtiŋ]
* Hyphenation: gun‧ting

### Noun

guntíng (Basahan spelling ᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)
* scissors; shears
* a cut; a snip (with a pair of scissors)
    Synonym: gupit
* (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) a haircut
    Synonyms: bulog, tusar, gupit

#### Derived terms

* guntingan
* guntingon
* maggunting
* pagunting
* paragunting

#### Further reading

* Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: gun‧ting
* IPA: /ˈɡuntiŋ/ [ˈɡun̪.t̪ɪŋ]

### Noun

gúnting (Badlit spelling ᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)
* scissors
* a cut with a pair of scissors
* (rock paper scissors) a hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors), that beats paper and loses to rock

#### Derived terms

* ginunting
* guntingon
* maggunting

#### Further reading

* Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

## Higaonon
### Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).

### Noun

gunting
* scissors

#### Further reading

* Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: gun‧ting
* IPA: /ˈɡuntiŋ/ [ˈɡun.tiŋ]

### Noun

gúnting
* scissors
* haircut

#### Derived terms

* guntingon
* maggunting

#### Further reading

* Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡʊntɪŋ]
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* Hyphenation: gun‧ting

### Noun

gunting (plural gunting-gunting)
* scissors (tool used for cutting)

#### Derived terms

* bergunting
* digunting
* guntingan
* menggunting
* penggunting
* pengguntingan
* gunting behel
* gunting benang
* gunting bergerigi
* gunting bias
* gunting karcis
* gunting kuku
* gunting kulit jangat
* gunting mesin
* gunting paras
* gunting serong
* gunting ujung tumpul

### Verb

gunting
* to cut by scissors

### Further reading

* “gunting” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
* Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

## Javanese
### Romanization

gunting
* Romanization of ꦒꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦶꦁ

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese, according to Blust (2010-2020).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡʊnˈtiŋ/ [ɡʊnˈtiŋ]
* Hyphenation: gun‧ting

### Noun

gunting
* scissors

#### Further reading

* Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

## Maguindanao
### Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).

### Noun

gunting
* scissors

#### Further reading

* Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

## Malay
### Etymology

Blust (2010-2020) posits that, "The history of this word is still obscure. It is almost certainly a loan from some non-Austronesian source, and its distribution in most languages, including all those of the Philippines and eastern Indonesia, probably is a product of borrowing from Malay. However, it is also found in Old Javanese texts that are centuries old, and its application to terms in carpentry (Bikol) and house construction (Asilulu) raises questions about a possible earlier meaning that was later transferred to scissors once these were introduced.
Despite the improbability of it being native, Dempwolff (1938) posited ‘Uraustronesisch’(Proto-Austronesian) *guntiŋ ‘scissors’, and Mills (1975) posited Proto-South Sulawesi *gun(tc)iŋ ‘shears; to cut’. (Blust posits that) The most likely source of this word, which shows irregular sound correspondences in several languages, is some southern form of Chinese, but this is yet to be confirmed. The use of scissors presumably spread widely within a short time because they offered a far more convenient means of cutting hair than was previously possible with the use of single straight blades, as with knives."
* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possibly Hokkien 銀剪 / 银剪 (gûn-chián)”

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /ɡunteŋ/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /ɡuntɪŋ/
* Rhymes: -untiŋ, -tiŋ, -iŋ
* Hyphenation: gun‧ting

### Noun

gunting (Jawi spelling ݢونتيڠ, plural gunting-gunting, informal 1st possessive guntingku, 2nd possessive guntingmu, 3rd possessive guntingnya)
* scissors (tool used for cutting)

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* guntingan (“clipping”) [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
* penggunting [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* menggunting (“to cut with scissors”) [agent focus] (meN-)
* mengguntingkan (“to cut something with scissors so as to create something”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* bergunting (“to have your hair cut, cut with scissors”) [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* gunting babi
* gunting pokok
* gunting tiket
* mata gunting
* tukang gunting

#### Descendants

* → Mansaka: gonting
* → Maranao: gonting

### References

* ↑ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “scissors”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Further reading

* “gunting” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Matigsalug Manobo
### Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).

### Noun

gunting
* scissor

#### Further reading

* Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

## Sundanese
### Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).

### Romanization

gunting
* Romanization of ᮌᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮤᮀ

#### Further reading

* Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese, according to Blust (2010–). Compare Bikol Central gunting, Cebuano gunting, Hiligaynon gunting, Laboya gutti, and Mansaka gonting, Tausug gunting, and Javanese ꦒꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦶꦁ (gunting).
Manuel (1948) also wondered about gunting if it is from Chinese or originally traces back to Proto-Austronesian, which Dr. Cecilio Lopez stoutly affirmed from Dempwolff's findings, although problems arose as the word is not found in the languages of the Igorot groups, which the only tenable conclusion was that gunting is not originally from Proto-Austronesian but instead from “Southeastern Chinese” (see Min Chinese languages, including Hokkien) which had a term for scissors from which most probably the original term was derived from.
* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possibly Hokkien 銀剪 / 银剪 (gûn-chián, “strong shears for cutting silver”)”

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ɡunˈtiŋ/ [ɡʊn̪ˈt̪iŋ]
* Rhymes: -iŋ
* Syllabification: gun‧ting

### Noun

guntíng (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)
* scissors
    Synonym: panggupit
* shears; big scissors
* cutting with scissors or shears
    Synonym: paggupit

#### Derived terms

* gugunting
* guntingin
* paggunting

#### See also

* gupit
* kalakati
* pasak

### Further reading

* “gunting”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “scissors”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics‎, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, pages 70-75

## Tboli
### Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).

### Noun

gunting
* scissors

#### Further reading

* Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡunˈtiŋ/, [ɡunˈtiŋ]
* Hyphenation: gun‧ting

### Noun

guntíng
* scissors

#### Further reading

* Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎