dikit

Central Bikol

Alternative forms

• diit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈkit/ [d̪iˈkit]
• 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.

Antonyms

• dakol
• gulpi

Derived terms

• kadikit
• kadikitan
• magdikit
• padikit
• pagkadikit

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dikit/, [diket]
• Rhymes: -kit, -it

Noun

dikit (Jawi spelling ديکيت, plural dikit-dikit or dikit²)

1. A small amount, a small quantity.

   dikit duit ― a small amount of money

Affixations

• berdikit-dikit
• mempersedikit
• mendikit-dikitkan
• menyedikit
• menyedikitkan
• sedikit
• sedikit-dikitnya
• sedikit-sedikitnya
• sedikitnya
• sikit
• tersedikit

Further reading

• "dikit" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "dikit" at PRPM first version)
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*dikit”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /diˈkit/ [d̪ɪˈx̠ɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: di‧kit

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəkət (“paste, adhesive”) (compare Central Bikol 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

Alternative forms

• digkit
• rikit — dialectal, Rizal

Derived terms

• dikit-dikit
• dikitan
• dumikit
• idikit
• madikit
• magdikit
• magkadikit
• manikit
• mapadikit
• nakadikit
• padikitan
• pagdikit
• pagdikit-dikitin
• pandikit
• sanggang-dikit

See also

• lagkit

Etymology 2

Noun

dikít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

1. (literary, poetic) exquisite beauty; loveliness

   Synonyms: ganda, kagandahan, dilag, karilagan, alindog, kaalindugan

Alternative forms

• rikit

Derived terms

• kariktan
• marikit

Etymology 3

Inherited 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

• kariktan
• magparikit
• pagdidikit
• pagpapadikit
• parikit

References

• Dalub-unlaran ng Wika, Takaran ng Pamantasang Gregorio Araneta (1979), Gonsalo del Rosario, editor, Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino], 2nd edition (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

Anagrams

• kitid