dikit
Bikol Central
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *dikit (“little, few, small in amount”). Cognate with Maori riki, Samoan li'i and Malay dikit.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: di‧kit
- IPA(key): /diˈkit/
Adjective
dikít (intensified dikiton)
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *dikit (“little, few, small in amount”). Cognate with Maori riki, Samoan li'i and Bikol Central dikit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dikit/
- Rhymes: -ikit, -kit, -it
Noun
dikit (Jawi spelling ديکيت, plural dikit-dikit, informal 1st possessive dikitku, 2nd possessive dikitmu, 3rd possessive dikitnya)
Further reading
- “dikit” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *dikit
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: di‧kit
- IPA(key): /diˈkit/, [dɪˈxit]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəkət (“paste, adhesive”) (compare Bikol Central dukot, Malay dekat (“near; close”), and Waray-Waray dukot), from Proto-Austronesian *dəkəC (compare Paiwan djekec (“rice crust”)).
Noun
dikít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)
Adjective
dikít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)
Alternative forms
- digkit
- rikit – dialectal, Teresa-Morong
Derived terms
- dikitan
- dikit-dikit
- dumikit
- idikit
- madikit
- magdikit
- magkadikit
- manikit
- mapadikit
- nakadikit
- padikitan
- pagdikit
- pagdikit-dikitin
- pandikit
- sanggang-dikit
See also
Noun
dikít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)
- (literary, poetic) exquisite beauty loveliness
- Synonyms: ganda, kagandahan, dilag, karilagan, alindog, kaalindugan
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- kariktan
- marikit
Etymology 3
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəkət (“ignite, set aflame”).
Derived terms
- kariktan
- magparikit
- pagdidikit
- pagpapadikit
- parikit