besit

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English besitten, from Old English besittan (“to sit round, surround, beset, besiege, hold, council, occupy, possess”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisittjan, from Proto-Germanic *bisitjaną (“to sit near, sit among or around”), equivalent to be- +‎ sit. Cognate with Dutch bezitten, German besitzen, Norwegian Bokmål besitte, Danish besidde, Swedish besitta, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bisitan). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪt === Verb === besit (third-person singular simple present besits, present participle besitting, simple past besat, past participle besat or (archaic) besitten) (transitive) To sit around; sit about; besiege. (transitive) To sit upon; occupy. (transitive, obsolete) To sit properly upon, as clothes; to suit; become. ==== Related terms ==== beset === Anagrams === Betsi, Steib, biset, bites, ebits == Indonesian == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Malay besit (“to switch; to hit”) (Perak Malay). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bəˈsit/ [bəˈsɪt̪̚] Rhymes: -it Syllabification: be‧sit ==== Verb ==== besit (active membesit, reflexive passive terbesit, ordinary passive dibesit, imperative besit, emphatic-jussive besitlah) to whip === Etymology 2 === Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Root ==== besit occured ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Dutch bezit (“possession; assets”). ==== Noun ==== besit property === Further reading === “besit”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈsit/ === Verb === besit third-person singular present indicative of besittan