kahit

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cahi, cahit — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kahi, kahi't — obsolete
• ket — colloquial

Etymology

From contraction of kahi +‎ at.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkahit/ [ˈka.hɪt]
• Rhymes: -ahit
• Syllabification: ka‧hit

Conjunction

kahit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜑᜒᜆ᜔)

1. even though; although; even if

   Synonyms: kahit na, bagaman, bagamat, maski, maski na, kahiman, kahima't, kahinya, kahinyaman, biksa, biksat, bistat

Derived terms

• kahitmanawari

 

Further reading

• “kahit” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “kahit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier