kawit Variant. kuit Sense 1 verb English. Assumes a hooked shape. Example sentence: Subanen. Su kia' nami, kali' patay, sug leliteken, kuminawit, kaas nda' metat. English. When our uncle died, the backs of his knees became locked like hooks, so they couldn't be straightened out. Sense 2 English. Hooks onto s.t., usu. a high tree limb in order to get fruit, or tall grass in order to cut it off; chins oneself on a branch, rafter and the like. Sense 3 English. Suffers an affliction of long duration characterized by loss of flexibility in the limbs, arthritis. Example sentence: Subanen. Su sumbalay nami, si Melawa, kuminawit kig leliteken labi na dua' pulu' taun. Sampay da dun minatay nda' mawa'. English. Our neighbor Melawa had arthritis in the back of his knees more than twenty years. Until he died it didn't go away.