anito

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish anito, Tagalog anito, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu. === Noun === anito (countable and uncountable, plural anitos) (countable) ancestor spirit in Indigenous Philippine folk religions Hyponym: taotao (uncountable) Synonym of anitism (“folk religion of the Philippines”). === Anagrams === -ation, Aiton, Naito, Otani, Taino, Taíno, Tiano, Tonia == Kankanaey == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔaˈnito/ [ʔʌˈniː.to] Rhymes: -ito Syllabification: a‧ni‧to === Noun === aníto (plural aanito) spirit, either good or evil ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “aníto”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎[2], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 32 Allen, Larry (2021), “aníto”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Tagalog anito. === Noun === anito m (plural anitos) anito === Further reading === “anito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tagalog == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu (cf. Samoan aitu, Malay hantu), from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu (cf. Bunun hanitu). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈnito/ [ʔɐˈn̪iː.t̪o] Rhymes: -ito Syllabification: a‧ni‧to ==== Noun ==== anito (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜆᜓ) idol; heathen deity; god Synonym: diyos-diyosan idolatry; animism Synonym: animismo superstitious custom; superstitious practice Synonym: pamahiin amulet ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Spanish: anito ===== See also ===== diwata engkanto anino === Etymology 2 === Univerbation of ani +‎ nito. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌʔaniˈto/ [ˌʔaː.n̪ɪˈt̪o] Rhymes: -o Syllabification: a‧ni‧to ==== Adverb ==== ánitó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜆᜓ) according to this ===== Related terms ===== === Further reading === “anito”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaNiCu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI === Anagrams === Otani == Yami == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu (compare Samoan aitu, Malay hantu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu (compare Bunun hanitu). === Noun === anito evil spirit