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 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(key): /ɡunˈtiŋ/
Noun
gunting
- 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(key): /ɡunˈtiŋ/, [ɡʊn̪ˈt̪iŋ]
Noun
gunting
- scissors; 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
Verb
gunting
- to cut with a pair of scissors
Derived terms
- ginunting
- ginuntingan
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).
Noun
gunting
- scissors
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(key): [ˈɡʊntɪŋ]
- Hyphenation: gun‧ting
Noun
gunting (plural gunting-gunting, first-person possessive guntingku, second-person possessive guntingmu, third-person possessive guntingnya)
- scissors (tool used for cutting)
Derived terms
- bergunting
- 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
Further reading
- “gunting” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic 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 [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).
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."[1]
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Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /ɡunteŋ/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /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
References
- https://www.trussel2.com/acd/acd-lo_S.htm?zoom_highlight=gunti%C5%8B
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 [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020). Compare Bikol Central gunting, Cebuano gunting, Hiligaynon gunting, Laboya gutti, and Mansaka gonting.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: gun‧ting
- IPA(key): /ɡunˈtiŋ/, [ɡʊnˈtiŋ]
- Rhymes: -iŋ
Noun
guntíng
- scissors
- Synonym: panggupit
- shears; big scissors
- cutting with scissors or shears
- Synonym: paggupit
Derived terms
- gugunting
- guntingin
- paggunting
See also
- gupit
Further reading
- Robert Blust; Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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).
Noun
gunting
- scissors
Further reading
- Robert Blust; Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary