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Kapampangan
Etymology
From ma- + dikit. Compare Tagalog marikit.
Pronunciation
Adjective
marikit
- pretty
- Synonym: mayumi
Tagalog
Etymology
From ma- + dikit. Potet (2016) surmises the radiant sense to be influenced by Sanskrit मरीचि (marīci, “ray of light”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
marikít (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)
- pretty; beautiful; scintillating
- bright; radiant
References
- “marikit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 290
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