dikit
Bikol Central edit
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *dikit (“little, few, small in amount”). Cognate with Maori riki, Samoan li'i and Malay dikit.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dikít (plural dirikit, intensified dikiton, plural intensified dirikiton, Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔) (Naga)
Adverb edit
dikít (plural dirikit, Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)
Determiner edit
dikít (plural dirikit, Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)
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Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Austronesian *dikit (“little, few, small in amount”). Cognate with Maori riki, Samoan li'i and Bikol Central dikit.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dikit (Jawi spelling ديکيت, plural dikit-dikit, informal 1st possessive dikitku, 2nd possessive dikitmu, 3rd possessive dikitnya)
Affixations edit
Further reading edit
- “dikit” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *dikit
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /diˈkit/, [dɪˈxit]
- Rhymes: -it
- Syllabification: di‧kit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
dikít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)
- pasting (with glue or paste)
- Synonyms: pagdidikit, pagkokola
- (figurative) act of getting very close to another
- (geometry, neologism) tangent (line)
Adjective edit
dikít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
dikít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)
- (literary, poetic) exquisite beauty loveliness
- Synonyms: ganda, kagandahan, dilag, karilagan, alindog, kaalindugan
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Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəkət (“ignite, set aflame”).
Noun edit
dikít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)