pitik

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare witik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitik/, [ˈpi.t̪ɪk]
• Hyphenation: pi‧tik

Verb

pitik

1. to move or hit something with a short, quick motion; to flick
2. (originally biker slang) to shoot; to photograph

Noun

pitik

1. a flick; a short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip
2. (originally biker slang) a photograph
3. a slipper lobster

Javanese

Noun

pitik

1. fowl, hen, chicken

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from a dialectal variant of Armenian պստիկ (pstik). Compare especially the form պտիկ (ptik).

Noun

pitik f

1. suckling (female)

Further reading

• Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 78
• Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “pitik”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 620b

Old Javanese

Noun

pitik

1. fowl, hen, chicken

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pitic — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pitik (“to fillip, flick with the finger”). Compare Malay petik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈtik/, [pɪˈtik]
• Hyphenation: pi‧tik

Noun

pitík (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

1. flick with the finger and thumb; snapping of the fingers
2. spark of fire or light

   Synonyms: pisik, tilamsik

3. sound of sparking or spluttering from any form of ignition
4. flicking of a whip or a rope

   Synonyms: pilantik, labtik

5. (carpentry) carpenter's line for marking; chalk line

   Synonyms: baktaw, pamitik

6. steering cord attached to the nose ring of carabao or cattle; a rein

   Synonym: pamitik

7. (slang) small stolen goods

   Synonym: nakaw

Derived terms

• ipitik
• mamitik
• pamitik
• petiks
• pitik-bulag
• pitikan
• pitikin
• pumitik

 

See also

• kaltak

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitik/, [ˈpi.tɪk]
• Hyphenation: pi‧tik

Noun

pitik (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

1. (medicine) numbness

   Synonyms: bitig, mitig, manhid

Alternative forms

• mitik

Further reading

• “pitik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018