adlit

== Hanunoo == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʔadlit/ [ˈʔɐd.lɪt] Rhymes: -adlit Syllabification: ad‧lit === Noun === adlit (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜧ᜴ᜮᜲᜦ᜴) lancet (especially one fashioned from a sharp splinter of a bagakay bamboo) a person who supervises a blood pact ceremony drawing blood from both parties with a bamboo lancet the act of drawing blood in this manner ==== Usage notes ==== Since the performance of the blood pact is no longer strictly observed in most Hanunoo districts, usages involving blood pacts are rapidly being forgotten. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 19