bitin

See also: bit in

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi‧tin

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

bitin

1. a snake; a legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue
2. (humorous) the penis

Synonyms

• halas

Etymology 2

B +‎ ten

Noun

bitin

1. (bingo) the number ten

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bitin.

Finnish

Noun

bitin

1. genitive singular of bitti

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bitin

1. meat

Hiligaynon

Noun

bitín

1. snake

Verb

bítin

1. haul, lift

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bítin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbitin/ [ˈbiː.t̪ɪn̪] (“hanging position; hanging object; act of hanging; type of game; prizes in that game”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -itin
  • IPA^(key): /biˈtin/ [bɪˈt̪in̪] (“too short (of clothes, etc.); inadequate; dissatisfied”, adjective; “boa that hangs from trees”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: bi‧tin

Noun

bitin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔)

1. hanging position

   Synonyms: lawit, sabit

2. suspended object; hanging object
3. act of hanging something

   Synonyms: paglalawit, pagbibitin

4. a kind of game where participants grab hung prizes from a square trellis

   Synonym: pabitin

5. hung prizes from such a game
6. (figurative, colloquial) inadequacy of something leaving one dissatisfied (of food, storyline, fun, etc.)

Derived terms

• bitinan
• ibitin
• mabitin
• magbitin
• nakabitin
• nakabiting halamanan
• pabitin
• pagbibitin
• pagbitinan
• pagkakabitin
• payong-bitinan

 

See also

• lambitin

 

Adjective

bitín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔) (colloquial, figurative)

1. awkwardly short (of clothes, fabric, etc.)
2. inadequate, leaving one dissatisfied (of food, storyline, fun, etc.)
3. dissatisfied due to inadequacy (of food, storyline, fun, etc.)

Noun

bitín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔)

1. large boa that hangs from tree branches

Alternative forms

• biting

Further reading

• “bitin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bítin”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• binti

Turkish

Noun

bitin

1. genitive singular of bit
2. second-person singular possessive of bit