cubit

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English cubite, from Latin cubitum (“elbow, cubit”). Doublet of cubitus, covado, and codo. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkjuː.bɪt/ (US) enPR: kyo͞o'bĭt, IPA(key): /ˈkju.bɪt/ Rhymes: -uːbɪt Homophone: qubit === Noun === cubit (plural cubits) The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length. (historical) Any of various units of length approximating this distance, usually around 35–60 cm. (anatomy, archaic) Synonym of ulna, the bone of the human forearm. ==== Usage notes ==== In English, most commonly encountered in biblical Hebrew measures based on the shorter of the two Egyptian cubits, although the term is also used broadly for other units between the length of a foot and a yard. These may be clarified with a preceding adjective: Greek cubit, Roman cubit, etc. ==== Synonyms ==== (unit of length): ell (now properly a separate unit), coudee (obsolete) ==== Hyponyms ==== arshin, Russian cubit codo, Spanish cubit covado, Portuguese cubit dira (modern Middle Eastern contexts) royal cubit (ancient Egypt) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== cubitus qubit ==== Translations ==== == Albanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡subit/ === Noun === cubit definite dative/ablative singular of cub == Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay cubit. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃubit/ [ˈt͡ʃu.bɪt̪̚] Rhymes: -ubit Syllabification: cu‧bit === Verb === cubit (active formal mencubit, active informal nyubit, reflexive passive tercubit, ordinary passive dicubit, imperative cubit, emphatic-jussive cubitlah) to pinch === Noun === cubit (plural cubit-cubit) pinch === Derived terms === === Further reading === “cubit”, 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 == Malay == === Etymology === Unknown. Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *cəbit, from root *bit (“to raise up, to pinch up”). Cognate with Sundanese ciwit. === Pronunciation === (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃubet/ [ˈt͡ʃu.bet̪̚] Rhymes: -ubet, -bet, -et (Literary Standard) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃubit/ [ˈt͡ʃu.bit̪̚] Rhymes: -ubit, -bit, -it Hyphenation: cu‧bit === Verb === cubit (Jawi spelling چوبيت) to pinch (to squeeze a small amount of skin) ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: cubit (inherited) → Macanese: chubí == Middle English == === Noun === cubit alternative form of cubite