FromProto-Philippine*sulit(“substitute, replacement”), fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*sulit(“difficult, complicated”). The close semantic agreement of the Casiguran Dumagat and Hanunóo terms suggests that one focal reference of this term was to replanting a crop that had failed, or had not been fully successful in some way.
- Hyphenation:su‧lit
- IPA(key): /suˈlit/ [suˈl̪it]
sulít
- manner ofreturning,putting backsomething to its original place
sulit
- second-personsingularpastindicative ofsulaa
suli +-t
- IPA(key): [ˈʃulit]
- Hyphenation:su‧lit
sulit
- accusativesingular ofsuli
FromMalaysulit, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*sulit(“difficult, complicated”).
sulit (superlativetersulit)
- hard,difficult
- Synonyms:sukar,susah
- Antonyms:mudah,gampang
- rare
- Synonym:jarang
- (rare)hidden,concealed,secret
- Synonyms:gelap,rahasia
- emergency
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*sulit(“difficult, complicated”).
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈsulit/[ˈsuː.lɪt̪̚](“cost-effective; worthwhile; regained(of capital)”,adjective;n, all meanings)
- IPA(key): /suˈlit/[sʊˈlit̪̚](“submitted(of a report); already recovered(of capital)”,adjective)
- Syllabification:su‧lit
sulit (Baybayin spellingᜐᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
- (colloquial)worth themoney;reasonablypriced;cost-effective(of a product or service)
Angsulit naman ng pagkain!- The food was reallyworth the money!
- (colloquial, by extension)worthwhile(of one's time spent, opportunities, etc.)
- regained; having one'scapital in aninvestment
- Synonym:bawi
sulit (Baybayin spellingᜐᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
- examination;test
- Synonyms:pagsusulit,eksamen
- taking of anexamination
- Synonym:pag-eksamen
- submission(of a report, etc.)
- Synonyms:paghaharap,pagbibigay
- return of somethingborrowed
- Synonyms:sauli,pagsasauli
- remittance ofmoney(by a bill collector)
- Synonyms:intrega,pag-iintrega,ingreso,pag-iingreso
- regain ofcapital(in business, gambling, etc.)
- (colloquial)cost-effectiveness;bang for the buck
sulít (Baybayin spellingᜐᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
- submitted(of reports, etc.)
- alreadyrecovered(of one's capital investment)
- Synonym:bawi
