The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*kepit press together; pressed together

PAN kepit press together; pressed together ⇫

Form.
Kavalan kepit crowd two things together so that there is not much room between them
ma-kpit pressed in
Amis kepit to close eyes

PMP kepit press together; pressed together; carry under the arm, press between the legs ⇫

WMP
Toba Batak hopit narrow
Iban kepit squeeze, press (as sugarcane, a hand caught in a closing door); carry under the arm, hold under the elbow
kepit baŋkay caught between, of the inhabitants of a longhouse (family unit) where there has been a death in each of the adjoining so that one’s movements are restricted by taboo (lit. ‘hemmed in by death)
Malay kempit carry under the arm
kepit pressure between two connected surfaces, e.g. between two fingers or between the arm and the body; carry something under the arm
Toratán kipíʔ to carry under the arm; to squeeze; tight
Rejang kempit carry under the armpit
Javanese kempit-an that which is carried under the arm
ŋempit to hold or carry under the arm or between the thighs
Sasak kəpit press something between the thighs
CMP
Rembong kepit nipped, caught between pincers
kempit mousetrap
Manggarai kempét boil without a head in the armpit

POC kobit₁ press together; pressed together ⇫

OC
Hawaiian ʔopi fold, crease; wrinkled; bend of a wave; to fold, crease
Tuvaluan kopi sit a child astride one’s hip; carry under the arm
Anuta kopi to embrace
Rarotongan kopi a fold, a pleat in cloth, a hem; to hem; doubled together, as of anything hinged or jointed
Maori kopi doubled together, as of anything hinged or jointed; shut, closed; gorge of a river; gather up into small compass; nip between the legs