kulit
Central Melanau
Etymology
From Proto-North Sarawak *kulit, 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)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kulit, from Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *kulit, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.
Noun
kulit (plural kulit-kulit, first-person possessive kulitku, second-person possessive kulitmu, third-person possessive kulitnya)
- skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
- leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
- shell (covering of a nut)
Javanese
Etymology
From Old Javanese kulit, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *kulit, 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)
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *kulit, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /kulet/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /kulɪt/
- Rhymes: -ulet, -let, -et
Noun
kulit
- skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
- leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
- shell (covering of a nut)
Descendants
- Indonesian: kulit
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *kulit, 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)
Sundanese
Romanization
kulit
- Romanization of ᮊᮥᮜᮤᮒ᮪
Tagalog
Etymology
From kuliti (“eye boil”).
Noun
kulit
- misbehaving child
- persistent
Tiruray
Noun
kulit
- (anatomy) skin