guit

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Frankish *wiht (“thing, creature”). Cognate with English wight. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡit] === Adjective === guit (feminine guita, masculine plural guits, feminine plural guites) bucking, that kicks (of a horse or mule) ==== Derived terms ==== guitar ==== Related terms ==== guitza === Further reading === “guit”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch guyte, probably from ghoiten (“to berate”), gu(i)ten (“to make fun of”), possibly from Old Norse gautan (“drivel”), gauta (“to talk a lot”), connected with Old High German gauzen, gäuzen (“to namecall”), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂w- (“to yawn, gape”). Doublet of geus. Also compared is Norwegian gutt (“boy”), but this could be a reverse borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣœy̯t/ Hyphenation: guit Rhymes: -œy̯t === Noun === guit m (plural guiten, diminutive guitje n) tomboy, rascal, joker, troublemaker De guit krijgt een spuit. ― The rascal receives an injection. ==== Synonyms ==== deugniet, kapoen, schalk ==== Derived terms ==== guitig ==== Descendants ==== →? Italian: guitto →? Norwegian Bokmål: gutt === References === Études germaniques, Volume 61 (2006) van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “guit”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1259 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡit/ === Noun === guit f (plural guits) (colloquial, Quebec) guitar