Likely fromMalaygunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such asChinese[Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).
gunting
Likely fromMalaygunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such asChinese[Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).
guntíng
Likely borrowed fromMalaygunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such asChinese[Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).
guntíng (Basahan spellingᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)
Likely fromMalaygunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such asChinese[Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).
gúnting (Badlit spellingᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)
Likely fromMalaygunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such asChinese[Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).
gunting
Likely fromMalaygunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such asChinese[Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).
gúnting
FromMalaygunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such asChinese[Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).
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gunting (pluralgunting-gunting)
gunting
gunting
Likely fromMalaygunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such asChinese, according to Blust (2010-2020).
gunting
Likely fromMalaygunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such asChinese[Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).
gunting
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Blust (2010-2020) posits that, "The history of this word is still obscure. It is almost certainly a loan from some non-Austronesian source, and its distribution in most languages, including all those of thePhilippines and easternIndonesia, probably is a product of borrowing fromMalay. However, it is also found inOld Javanese texts that are centuries old, and its application to terms in carpentry (Bikol) and house construction (Asilulu) raises questions about a possible earlier meaning that was later transferred to scissors once these were introduced.
Despite the improbability of it being native, Dempwolff (1938) posited ‘Uraustronesisch’(Proto-Austronesian) *guntiŋ ‘scissors’, and Mills (1975) positedProto-South Sulawesi *gun(tc)iŋ ‘shears; to cut’. (Blust posits that) The most likely source of this word, which shows irregular sound correspondences in several languages, is some southern form ofChinese, but this is yet to be confirmed. The use of scissors presumably spread widely within a short time because they offered a far more convenient means of cutting hair than was previously possible with the use of single straight blades, as with knives."[1]
| Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “PossiblyHokkien銀剪 /银剪(gûn-chián)” |
gunting (Jawi spellingݢونتيڠ,pluralgunting-gunting)
Regular affixed derivations:
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
Likely fromMalaygunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such asChinese[Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).
gunting
Likely fromMalaygunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such asChinese[Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).
gunting
Likely fromMalaygunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such asChinese, according to Blust (2010–). CompareBikol Centralgunting,Cebuanogunting,Hiligaynongunting,Laboyagutti, andMansakagonting,Tausuggunting, andJavaneseꦒꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦶꦁ(gunting).
Manuel (1948) also wondered aboutgunting if it is fromChinese or originally traces back toProto-Austronesian, which Dr. Cecilio Lopez stoutly affirmed fromDempwolff's findings, although problems arose as the word is not found in the languages of theIgorot groups, which the only tenable conclusion was thatgunting is not originally fromProto-Austronesian but instead from“Southeastern Chinese” (seeMin Chinese languages, includingHokkien) which had a term for scissors from which most probably the original term was derived from.
| Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “PossiblyHokkien銀剪 /银剪(gûn-chián,“strong shears for cutting silver”)” |
guntíng (Baybayin spellingᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)
Likely fromMalaygunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such asChinese[Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).
gunting
Likely fromMalaygunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such asChinese[Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).
guntíng
