capit

• IPA^(key): /t͡saˈpit/

capit

1. alternative form of çapit (“to walk slowly”)

• capitu

From an alteration of Latin capita, or a derivative of cap (“head”). Compare Romanian capăt.

capit n (plural capiti/capite)

1. end, termination
2. extremity

• cap
• cãpitãnj

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈpit]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈpit]
• Rhymes: -it

capit (feminine capida, masculine plural capits, feminine plural capides)

1. past participle of capir

capit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of capiō

• "capit", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

From Proto-Malayic *ca(R)pit (“pincers, tongs”)

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃapit/
• Rhymes: -apit, -pit, -it

capit (plural capit-capit or capit²)

1. A pincer

• "capit" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Wilkinson, R. J. (1946), “capit”, in An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary, St. Martin's Street, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.