dikit

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Bikol Central

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *dikit (“little, few, small in amount”). Cognate with Maori riki, Samoan li'i and Malay dikit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈkit/
  • Hyphenation: di‧kit

Adjective

dikít (plural dirikit, intensified dikiton, plural intensified dirikiton, Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔) (Naga)

  1. little, sparse, meager, scant
  2. short (in quantity of time)
    Synonym: halipot

Adverb

dikít (plural dirikit, Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. (Naga) a little
    Dikit man sana an kinakan ko.
    I just ate a little.

Determiner

dikít (plural dirikit, Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. (Naga) few, little
    Dikit sana an nag-abot sa handaan.
    Only a few came at the party.

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Derived terms

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *dikit (“little, few, small in amount”). Cognate with Maori riki, Samoan li'i and Bikol Central dikit.

Pronunciation

Noun

dikit (Jawi spelling ديکيت, plural dikit-dikit, informal 1st possessive dikitku, 2nd possessive dikitmu, 3rd possessive dikitnya)

  1. A small amount, a small quantity.
    dikit duit ― a small amount of money

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Further reading

Tagalog

Pronunciation

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)

  1. pasting (with glue or paste)
    Synonyms: pagdidikit, pagkokola
  2. (figurative) act of getting very close to another
  3. (geometry, neologism) tangent (line)

Adjective

dikít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. glued; pasted
    Synonyms: nakadikit, nakakola
  2. attached together
    Synonyms: kabit, kapit, dukot
  3. (figurative) physically very close to each other

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See also

Etymology 2

Noun

dikít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. (literary, poetic) exquisite beauty loveliness
    Synonyms: ganda, kagandahan, dilag, karilagan, alindog, kaalindugan
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəkət (“ignite, set aflame”).

Noun

dikít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. starting of a fire (especially for cooking)
  2. start of a fire
Derived terms

References

  • del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

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