# pait
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pa‧it
* IPA: /paˈʔit/ [paˈʔit]

### Noun

paít
* bitterness (taste)

#### Derived terms

* kapaitan
* magpait
* mapait

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pa‧it
* IPA: /paˈʔit/ [pɐˈʔit̪]

### Adjective

paít
* bitter

#### Derived terms

* kapait
* kapaiton

### Noun

pait
* Barbodes amarus; a cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in the Philippines
* spotted barb (Barbodes binotatus)

## French
### Alternative forms

* paît

### Verb

pait
* third-person singular present indicative of paitre

### Anagrams

* pâti, tapi

## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *pahit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.

### Adjective

pait
* bitter

## Javanese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC. Compare Malay pahit.

### Adjective

pait
* bitter

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pəˈit/ [pəˈiːt]
* Hyphenation: pa‧it

### Noun

paít
* bitterness
* harshness; severity

## Mansaka
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.

### Adjective

pait
* bitter

## Tagal Murut
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.

### Noun

pait
* bitterness

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /paˈʔit/ [pɐˈʔit̪̚], (colloquial) /paˈʔet/ [pɐˈʔɛt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -it
* Syllabification: pa‧it

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC. Cognate with Malay pahit (“bitter”), Tboli héét (“bitter”), Eastern Cham ꨜꨪꩀ (phik, “bitter”), Malagasy faitra (“bitterness”), Chamorro fa'et (“salty”).

#### Noun

paít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜁᜆ᜔)
* bitterness
* disagreeableness; harshness; severity

##### Alternative forms

* paet — colloquial

##### Derived terms

* ampait
* mapait
* papaitan
* pumait

### Etymology 2

See paet.

#### Noun

paít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜁᜆ᜔)
* Alternative form of paet

### Anagrams

* pati, pita, atip, tapi

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /paʔit/ [paˈʔit̪̚]
* Rhymes: -it
* Syllabification: pa‧it

### Noun

pait (Sulat Sūg spelling فَئِتْ)
* bitterness

#### Derived terms

* mapait (“bitter”)

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology 1

From Malay pahit.

#### Adjective

pait
* bitter
* sharp, spicy

### Etymology 2

From English fight.

#### Noun

pait
* fight, battle, war

#### Verb

pait
* to fight

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.it̪/

### Verb

pait
* (transitive) to rise (of the moon)

#### See also

* palat (“to rise (of the sun)”)

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Yami
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC. Cognate with Malay pahit (“bitter”), Tboli héét (“bitter”), Eastern Cham ꨜꨪꩀ (phik, “bitter”), Malagasy faitra (“bitterness”), Chamorro fa'et (“salty”).

### Adjective

pait
* salty