Alternative forms

• pouit, poyet, poyit, puit — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• puwet — colloquial
• puyit, puyet — obsolete
• pwit, pwet — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#PUWITCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#PUWIT *puət. Compare Maranao powit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˈit/ [ˈpwɪt̪̚], (colloquial) /puˈet/ [ˈpwɛt̪̚]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#PUWITCategory:Tagalog 2-syllable words#PUWITCategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#PUWIT
• Rhymes: -itCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/it#PUWITCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/it/2 syllables#PUWIT
• Syllabification: pu‧witCategory:Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation#PUWIT

Noun

puwít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜆ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#PUWITCategory:Tagalog nouns#PUWITCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#PUWITCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#PUWITCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#PUWITCategory:Pages with entries#PUWITCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PUWIT

1. buttocks; butt; rear

   Synonyms: pigi, (western Marinduque) sasapnan

   Sa puwit ko, nagkakape.

   In my butt, drinking coffee.

   Category:Tagalog terms with usage examples#PUWIT

2. (figurative) bottom part of any container
3. (nauticalCategory:tl:Nautical#PUWIT) bottom of a vessel

Further reading

• “puwit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎ (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 83: “Aſiento) Poyit (pc) o el ſuelo de qual quier vaſija”
  • page 208: “Culo) Poyit (pc) todas las aſentaderas con ojete y todo, y aſi llaman atodo jenero de ſuelo”
  • page 509: “Rabo) Poyit (pc) ſobre q̃nos ſentamos”
  • page 557: “Solar) Poyit (pc) çesto arca &c.”
  • page 562: “Suelo) Poyit (pc) de çesto cantaro olla arca eſcriuania petaca. &c.”
  • page 584: “Traſero) Puyit (pc) del hombre”