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• poguita — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Central Philippine *kugita with irregular p, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀita, from Proto-Austronesian *guʀiCa. Compare Ilocano kurita, Bikol Central kugita, Cebuano kugita, Maranao kogita, Maguindanao kuleta, Yakan kuhita', Malay kurita, Malagasy horita, Javanese ꦒꦸꦫꦶꦠ (gurita), Fijian kuita, Marshallese kweet, Kavalan qlita, and Paiwan guritsa. Doublet of kurita and kugita.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˈɡita/ [pʊˈɣiː.t̪ɐ], /puˈɡitaʔ/ [pʊˈɣiː.t̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ita, -itaʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧gi‧ta

pugita or pugità (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜄᜒᜆ)

1. (zoology) octopus

   Synonym: oktopus

2. any member of the order Octopoda

• → Palauan: bukitang, bokitang

• “pugita”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018