# kulit
## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ku.lit/

### Noun

kulit
* skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
* skin (protective outer layer of a plant or fruit)
* leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
* shell (covering of a nut)

### References

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

## Central Melanau
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

### Noun

kulit
* skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
* leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
* shell (covering of a nut)

### References

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

## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kulit/, [kuliət]
* Hyphenation: ku‧lit
* Rhymes: -ulit

### Noun

kulit
* skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
* leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
* shell (covering of a nut)

### References

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay kulit, from Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈkulit/ [ˈku.lɪt̪̚]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ulit
* Syllabification: ku‧lit

### Noun

kulit (plural kulit-kulit)
* skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
* leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
* shell (covering of a nut)
* peel (covering of a fruit)
* (publishing) case (the hard cover that surrounds and protects the text)

#### Derived terms

* berkulit
* dikulit
* dikuliti
* mengulit
* menguliti
* pengulit
* pengulitan
* perkulitan
* terkuliti
* kulit adam
* kulit ari
* kulit ayam
* kulit badak
* kulit belakang
* kulit berminyak
* kulit berwarna
* kulit berwol
* kulit besi
* kulit buatan
* kulit bulai
* kulit bulu
* kulit bumi
* kulit bundar
* kulit daging
* kulit elektron
* kulit hitam
* kulit imitasi
* kulit kapal
* kulit kayu
* kulit kendur
* kulit kepala
* kulit kerang
* kulit kering
* kulit khitan
* kulit kombinasi
* kulit kuning
* kulit lawang
* kulit lumpia
* kulit manis
* kulit mati
* kulit mentah
* kulit merah
* kulit muka
* kulit nabati
* kulit normal
* kulit nubuk
* kulit pai
* kulit pangsit
* kulit pastel
* kulit penultima
* kulit putih
* kulit risoles
* kulit samak
* kulit sawo matang
* kulit sensitif
* kulit sintetis
* kulit swed
* kulit tahu
* kulit tanduk
* kulit tiruan

### References

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

### Further reading

* “kulit” 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.

## Javanese
### Etymology

From Old Javanese kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

### Noun

kulit (Javanese script ꦏꦸꦭꦶꦠ꧀)
* skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
* leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
* shell (covering of a nut)

### References

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

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* kulik (Sambas)
* kulet (Pontianak)

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kulit/
* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /kulet/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /kulɪt/
* Rhymes: -ulit

### Noun

kulit (Jawi spelling کوليت, plural kulit-kulit, informal 1st possessive kulitku, 2nd possessive kulitmu, 3rd possessive kulitnya)
* skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
* leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
* shell (covering of a nut)
* peel

#### Derived terms

* kulit kayu
* kulit buah

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: kulit
* North Moluccan Malay: kuli

### References

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

### Further reading

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

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

### Noun

kulit
* skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
* leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
* shell (covering of a nut)

## Sakizaya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ku.ˈlit/, [ku.ˈlit]

### Noun

kulit
* color

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

### Noun

kulit (Sundanese script ᮊᮥᮜᮤᮒ᮪)
* skin, bark, rind, peel, leather
* upper side, exterior, surface, cover

### References

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

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* colit, culit — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

### Etymology 1

Compare ulit.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kuˈlit/ [kʊˈlit̪̚], /ˈkulit/ [ˈkuː.lɪt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -it, -ulit
* Syllabification: ku‧lit

#### Noun

kulít or kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
* persistence; insistence; obstinancy; stubbornness
    Synonyms: pagkamakulit, pagkamapilit, pagpupumilit, sigasig, sigsa, siyasig, tigas ng ulo, (Bataan) kasat
* (by extension) act of bothering someone
    Synonyms: estorbo, gulo, abala, gambala, (Rizal) kara

##### Derived terms

* kakulitan
* kulitan
* kulitin
* magkulit
* makulit
* mangulit

##### See also

* tibay ng loob
* tiyaga

#### Adjective

kulít or kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
* continuously stubborn; obstinate; insistent; persistent
    Synonyms: makulit, maulit, mapilit, terko, (Bataan) makasat, (Rizal) makara

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit (“skin; hide; rind; bark”), from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC (“rind, peeling of fruits or tubers”). Compare Maranao kolit and Malay kulit.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈkulit/ [ˈkuː.lɪt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -ulit
* Syllabification: ku‧lit

#### Noun

kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (botany)
* peelings (of fruits, tubers, etc.)
    Synonym: balat

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈkulit/ [ˈkuː.lɪt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -ulit
* Syllabification: ku‧lit

#### Noun

kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (botany)
* Indian mulberry; noni (Morinda citrifolia, tree whose bark yields a dye)
    Synonyms: apatot, bangkoro, tumbong-aso

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kuˈlit/ [kʊˈlit̪̚]
* Rhymes: -it
* Syllabification: ku‧lit

#### Adjective

kulít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
* slow; awkward; sluggard
    Synonyms: makulit, mabagal, masagal, mahinay, makupad, makuyad

##### Derived terms

* makulit

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈkulit/ [ˈkuː.lɪt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -ulit
* Syllabification: ku‧lit

#### Noun

kulit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (obsolete)
* hard bite into something hard

##### Derived terms

* ikulit
* kakulitan
* kulitan
* kulitin
* kumulit
* mangkulit

#### See also

* kagat

### Etymology 6

Compare kudlit and Kapampangan kulit.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kuˈlit/ [kʊˈlit̪̚]
* Rhymes: -it
* Syllabification: ku‧lit

#### Noun

kulít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (typography, obsolete)
* virgule or comma in writing

##### Derived terms

* kulitan
* magkulit

#### See also

* bantas
* bantasan
* kuwit

### Etymology 7
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kuˈlit/ [kʊˈlit̪̚]
* Rhymes: -it
* Syllabification: ku‧lit

#### Noun

kulít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔) (obsolete)
* act of haggling on the sale

##### Derived terms

* ipagkulit
* magkulit
* makulit
* pagkulitan

### Further reading

* “kulit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
** page 113: “Bocado) [Colit] (pp) dado en algo”
** page 110: “Birgula) Culit (pc) o coma de la eſcritura”
** page 170: “Coma) Culit (pc) que [diuide] las partes de la eſcritura”
** page 223: “Dentellada) Colit [(pp)] dada en fruta”
** page 370: “Interes) Colit (pc) del que no haçe nada fin el”
** page 432: “Morder) Colit (pp) en algo”

### Anagrams

* tulik, tukil

## Tetum
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit (“skin; hide; rind; bark”), from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC (“rind, peeling of fruits or tubers”).

### Noun

kulit
* skin
* leather; hide

### References

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

## Tiruray
### Noun

kulit
* (anatomy) skin