The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*sipit tongs, pincers, claw of a crab or lobster; to pinch or squeeze

PAN sipit tongs, pincers, claw of a crab or lobster; to pinch or squeeze ⇫

Form.
Kavalan sipit pinch and twist, as someone’s ear
WMP
Itbayaten sipit hairpin
Isneg sípit chela, pincers, claw of lobsters, crabs, etc.
ma-sípit bitten, pinched (by crabs, centipedes, etc.)
Itawis sípit pincers, tongs
Bontok sípit pincers, as on a crab; the middle band of rattan binding on a basket
Ifugaw hīpit a cane thatch clamp made of arrow-grass canes placed horizontally two or three together on top and near the top edge of a thatch row, and tied securely to two or three cane purlins; for someone to clamp thatch with a thatch clamp
hípit liana thongs or reed stalks which are tightly lashed to the upper border of baskets in order to keep it (the upper border) more resistant
Kankanaey sípit pliers, pincers, nippers, tongs, tweezers; cloven stick
Ifugaw (Batad) hīpit a cane thatch clamp made of arrow-grass canes placed horizontally two or three together on top and near the top edge of a thatch row, and tied securely to two or three cane purlins; for someone to clamp thatch with a thatch clamp
Casiguran Dumagat sipet pincers of a crab or shrimp; to pinch, of a crab or shrimp
Pangasinan sípit pincers, tongs; pincers of a crab
Ilokano ag-sípit to use tongs, forceps or chopsticks
sípit tongs; forceps; chopsticks
Tagalog sípit naŋ Intsík chopsticks (lit’ ‘Chinese pincers’)
sípit claws, pincers or nippers of crabs, lobsters, etc.
Hanunóo sípit tongs, pincers
Aklanon sipít large tongs (used for asjusting a fire); hairpin
sípit carry under one’s arm
Agutaynen sipit hair clip
Hiligaynon mag-sípit to carry under the arm
Cebuano sípit to carry something between the arm and body; hold firmly between the legs; pincer of a crab or lobster
Binukid sipit claw, pincer (of a crustacean, scorpion); to grip something with pincers
Maranao sipit tongs, forceps, pincers of crabs or other animals; to clip or carry under the arm
Manobo (Western Bukidnon) sipit pliers; tweezers; tongs; the claw of a crab
Mansaka sipit to carry on the hip or in the arms (as a child)
Tiruray sifit-an a scorpion
sifit a set of pincers, as on a crab; to Pinch
Tombonuwo sipit tongs
Mapun sipit a clip (such as a hairpin, clothespin, paper clip); a clamp; a crab’s pincers, etc.
Manobo (Sarangani) sipit pinch something, clamp something, carry something under one’s arm
Tausug sipit a peg, clothespin, hairpin
sipit-sipit an earwig
Talaud sipitta to nip, pinch
Sangir sipiʔ pincers (of a lobster, crayfish, crab, etc.)
Iban sipit to nip; pincers
Malay sipit ~ sepet half-closed, of the eyes
Balaesang sipit narrow
Ngaju Dayak sipi-sipit rather narrow
sipit narrow (of a place, path, river, house)
Bare'e me-sipit-I squeeze oneself into something, as a sarong for sleeping
Mori Bawah sipi tongs
Tae' sipiʔ tongs, pincers
Rejang sipit the epicanthic eyefold, which most highland Rejang have, in common with Chinese
Muna ka-sipi hairpin
sipi put a pin in the hair
Makassarese sipiʔ tongs, pincers (as for picking up hot coals), claws of a crab
Sundanese sipit have Mongolian eyes
Balinese sipit slant-eyed
Proto-Bungku-Tolaki sipi tongs
Bikol sipít tongs, forceps, pincers; clips; chopsticks
mag-sipít to pick something up with tongs, chopsticks, etc.; to clip, to fasten with a clothes pin
Proto-Sangiric sipit to nip, pinch; nippers
CMP
Rembong sipit narrow (of the eyes)
Kambera hipitu pinch between two fingers (as in pinching someone’s cheek

PWMP ma-ñipit to pinch, squeeze between ⇫

WMP
Sangir ma-nipiʔ to pinch
Ngaju Dayak ma-ñipit to make something narrow

PPh pa-nípit tongs, pincers ⇫

WMP
Ilokano pa-nípit device used as tongs
Tagalog pa-nípit tongs; a tool for seizing, holding or lifting; tweezers; pincers

PPh s<in>ipit (gloss uncertain) ⇫

WMP
Bontok s<in>ípit a kind of basket about 18 inches high, with rattan binding on lip and base
Cebuano s<in>ípit a simple anchor made from a forked branch in between which a stone is tied

PWMP s<um>ipit to pinch or squeeze, as with tongs ⇫

WMP
Tagalog s<um>ípit to nip; to pinch, as crabs do
Mapun s<um>ipit to pinch or clamp something between something; to pin something; clip something; to carry something under one’s arm
Tausug s<um>ipit to catch something between two fingers, pincers, etc.; pinch something; to clip something, as paperclip clips paper, a clothespin clothes, or a hairpin hair; to carry something under the arm

PPh sipít-en to pick up with tongs or pincers ⇫

WMP
Isneg sipít-an to pinch, to bite, said of crabs, centipedes, etc.
Bontok sipít-ən to pinch, as with tweezers
Kankanaey sipít-en to pinch, to nip with a
Ilokano sipít-en to pick up with tongs
Hanunóo sipít-un be grasped by or with pincers

Mapun sipit-un ‘to pinch or clamp something between something’ is assumed to be a borrowing from a Greater Central Philippines language.