ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*kawit hook

PAN kawit hook ⇫ ¶

Form.
Kavalan	q<m>awit	to knit
	m-qawit	to knit or weave
	sim-qawit	to join, to link
	pa-qawit	to hook; to carry by hanging from the arm
	sapa-qawit-an	a hook
Amis	kawit	to knit, crochet; to make nets
	ka-kawit	a small sickle
WMP
Isneg	káwit	a fishhook that is tied either to a line about two feet long or to a sliver of bamboo, which in turn is attached to a fishing rod; the whole fishing tackle
Itawis	káwit	hook
Bontok	káwit	use a hooked wire to get something out of reach, particularly to unlatch the inner lock of a granary; a piece of wire with a hook on the end
Ifugaw	káwit	what has the form of a sickle; first or last quarter of the moon
	kawít-an	cock, so called because his comb is sickle-like
Kankanaey	káwit	to hook; to catch with a hook
Ibaloy	kawit	hook (as fish hook, hook used to reach fruit in trees)
Casiguran Dumagat	kawet	to hand up, to hook, to snag
Ilokano	káwit	hook
Tagalog	káwit	hook; a fastener (as on a necklace); hasp, fastener for a door, window, box; a pole with a curved knife on the end for cutting down coconuts or other fruits
Chamorro	hagwet	hook; fishhook
Hanunóo	káwit	hook, in a general sense
Tboli	kawit	to cling to something, as bats in a cave holding on to one another as links in a chain; to make a chain; to link together
Kadazan Dusun	maŋ-avit	to pluck with a hook
	ta-kavit	what can be hooked
	kavit	hook
Acehnese	kawét	hook, as on clothing
Kayan (Uma Juman)	kawit	boat hook; hook used in weaving to pull the thread
Melanau (Mukah)	kawit	pole with a hook for picking fruit
Melanau Dalat (Kampung Teh)	kawit	to hook something (as a fruit with a fruiting pole, or anything to be pulled toward oneself)
Melanau Dalat	kawit	to hook something (as a fruit with a fruiting pole, or anything to be pulled toward oneself)
Toba Batak	hait	firmly hooked on something; bent like a hook
Karo Batak	kawit	hook
	si-kawit-en	hooked together; also an kin relationship based on marriage
Iban	kait	hook
	te-kait	be hooked or caught in passing, as clothing caught on a thorn
Malay	kait	to hook on to; crook-shaped; crook; of putting bait on a hook, a man caught on thorns in the jungle, a lamb in a tiger’s talons, etc.
Kayan	kawit	boat hook; hook used in weaving to pull the thread
	kawit	hook; barb; loop; hooked stick; a shaman’s set of charms, symbolizing magical powers to hook on to good fortune
Ngaju Dayak	ka-awit	be bent or curved
	kawit	a hook
Bare'e	to-kai	hooked firmly
	me-kai	be hooked, remain sitting tight
Mandar	mak-kaiʔ	hook onto something
	kaiʔ	hooked
Murik	kawit	hook (in general)
Buginese	kaiʔ	hook onto something
Muna	kais-i	pull up, hook up (many items)
	kai	hooked, unable to stretch (of elbow, knee); pull with a hook (fruits, fish), hook up
	ka-kai	hook
Old Javanese	k<in>awit	to hook
	kawit	hook
Bikol	káwit	a hook; also describing something shaped like a hook
Malagasy	hávitra	a pointed iron, a poker, a spit; in the provinces a hook, a boat hook
CMP
Buruese	kawi-k	to hook (as a cat hooking its claws into something)
Yamdena	ka-kait	a hook
	n-kait	to hook something, fish with a hook; to drag; turn a boat around by paddling
Selaru	r-kait	to drag
Tetun	kait	curved in the form of a hook; to gather fruit with a hook
OC
Arosi	kawi	a hook; to hang to, as a bat; be hitched, hooked to

PWMP ma-ŋawit to hook, catch with a hook ⇫ ¶

WMP
Ibaloy	me-ŋewit	to fish using a hook and line
Iban	ŋait	to hook (as a thorn hooking the clothes of a passer-by)
Ngaju Dayak	ma-ŋawit	to hook something, draw something with a hook
Bare'e	moŋ-kai	hook onto something
Old Javanese	a-ŋawit	to hook, catch, join by hooking on
Malagasy	ma-navitra	to hook a canoe, an eel or a drowning person

PWMP maR-kawit to hook ⇫ ¶

WMP
Isneg	mag-káwit	an angler who uses a
Casiguran Dumagat	mag-kawet	catch with a hook (as in dragging crabs from their holes by using a hooked wire)
Tagalog	mag-káwit	to hook, fasten with a hook (as a dress)
Acehnese	reunoŋ meu-kawét	fruiting pole, pole with a hook at the end for bringing down fruit
Bahasa Indonesia	ber-kait	use a hook
Bikol	mag-káwit	to hook

PWMP pa-ŋawit hooked instrument or tool ⇫ ¶

WMP
Hanunóo	pa-ŋáwit	a hook, i.e. an implement
Kadazan Dusun	paŋ-avit	the thing one uses for hooking, or a hook to be used for plucking
Iban	pe-ŋait	crook, hook (esp. the stick used in the left hand when cutting grass and bushes with a broad heavy knife)

PWMP kawit-an to hook something ⇫ ¶

WMP
Ibaloy	kawit-an	to get or catch something by means of a hook of some kind (as clothesline)
Tagalog	kawít-an	to hook up something; to hook onto something (stress is on place of hooking)
Kadazan Dusun	ko-kovit-an	act of hooking, plucking with a hook
Malay	kait-an benaŋ	a hook-shaped tool for gathering up threads in a loom; a stitch

PWMP kawit-en to hook something ⇫ ¶

WMP
Bontok	kawit-ən	get with a hook
Ibaloy	kewit-en	to hook something
Ilokano	kawít-en	to hook something
Tagalog	kawít-in	get or take something with a hook
Kadazan Dusun	kavit-on	be hooked, plucked with a hook
Karo Batak	kawit-en	ring in the ear from which the red bud at the tip of the fruiting body of the banana plant is hung (women’s earrings)
Bikol	kawít-on	be hooked
Malagasy	havit-ina	to be hooked, as a canoe by a boathook, or an eel by a fishhook

PWMP kawit-kawit (gloss uncertain) ⇫ ¶

WMP
Tagalog	kawit-kawit	hinge
Toba Batak	hait-hait	to hook in order to bring down fruits
Malay	kait-kait	various plants, as Uncaria ferruginea (a prickly creeper), and Uncaria pteropoda, so called because it is hung over door to catch the trailing entrails of the evil spirit

Reconstructions

PAN	kawit	hook
PWMP	ma-ŋawit	to hook, catch with a hook
PWMP	maR-kawit	to hook
PWMP	pa-ŋawit	hooked instrument or tool
PWMP	kawit-an	to hook something
PWMP	kawit-en	to hook something
PWMP	kawit-kawit	(gloss uncertain)

Note

Also Ilokano kawʔít ‘hook’, Tagalog kalawit ‘long-handled scythe; hook, drag-hook, grapnel; gaff; a strong hook used for pulling large fish into a boat; a hook for picking coconuts’, Hiligaynon káwʔit ‘hook’, Aklanon káwʔit ‘hook; to hook’, Old Javanese kahit ‘hook’ (said to be from Malay), Manggarai kaét ‘to hook, be hooked to,’ Kambera kaitu, ketu ‘hook’, Tetun kaʔit ‘to hold or pull with a hook’ (at least some of the Lesser Sunda forms may be loans from Malay). The Ngaju Dayak base awit is assumed to be a product of back-formation from *ma-ŋawit, which was ambiguous for a base that began with *k- or *a-. With root *-wit ‘hook-shaped’.

The decision whether certain Oceanic forms which have lost the final consonant should be attributed to *kawil ‘fishhook’ or *kawit ‘hook’ is somewhat difficult, but in many cases reflexes of the former term refer specifically to fishhooks, and reflexes of the latter have a more general reference to hooked structures with no specific reference to fishing. Arosi kawi fits the description of the latter type, and so is included here. Since *-l > t, Chamorro hagwet could reflect either form. It is possible that this word represents both proto-forms, but it is assigned only to *kawit.