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Where does “pirot” come from?

pirot (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pi(n)zit.

pirot (Tagalog): act of pinching and twisting with fingers

Definitions

  1. act of pinching and twisting with fingers

Ancestry of “pirot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pi(n)zit—

Words derived from “pirot”

  • pirutin
  • pagpirot
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