damit

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *dəmit. Cognate with Indonesian dedemit (“a mythological character”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /damit/
• Hyphenation: da‧mit

Adjective

damit

1. small

Antonyms

• basar

References

• Marshall, H. B. (April 1921), “A Vocabulary of Brunei Malay”, in Journal of The Straits Branch of The Royal Asiatic Society‎^[1], volume 83, page 53

German

Etymology

From da +‎ mit. Compare English theremid, therewith, Dutch daarmee, Swedish därmed, Icelandic þar með.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈmɪt/ (generally)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːmɪt/ (the adverb, when stressed)

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Adverb

damit

1. pronominal adverb of mit
   • 2016, DICE, Battlefield 1 (Historical Fiction), Stockholm: Electronic Arts, PC, Xbox One, Playstation 4, scene: Said when a German Medic revives a fellow soldier:

     Damit kommst du auf die Beine.

     That'll get you on your feet.

2. therefore, as a result
   • 2008, Iris Hammelmann, Alltagsphänomene, Compact-Verlag, →ISBN, page 186:

     Sind Radio und Fernseher nicht mit einer Antenne verbunden und bekommen damit kein Signal, verstummen sie nicht etwa. Stattdessen ist ein nervtötendes Rauschen zu hören, und auf dem Bildschirm flackern schwarze und weiße Pünktchen.

     If radio and TV are not connected to an antenna, and are therefore not receiving any signal, they don't go silent. Instead you hear an annoying static hiss, and little black and white dots flicker on the screen.

Conjunction

damit

1. (subordinating, with indicative or subjunctive I) so that, in order that

   Synonym: (chiefly in colloquial usage) dass

   Beeil dich, damit wir bald losfahren können.

   Hurry up so that we can take off soon.

Further reading

• “damit”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)
• “damit” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Limos Kalinga

Noun

damít

1. noise

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ramit — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *damít (“cloth; clothing”). Compare Ivatan lamit, Hanunoo ramit, Asi yamit, Masbatenyo yamit, and Mansaka damit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈmit/ [d̪ɐˈmɪt̪̚], (colloquial) /daˈmet/ [d̪ɐˈmɛt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: da‧mit

Noun

damít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜒᜆ᜔)

1. clothes; clothing; dress

   Synonyms: baro, bihisan, saplot

   Bumili ni Jose ng bagong damit.

   Jose bought new clothes.

2. cloth; textile

   Synonyms: tela, kayo

Derived terms

• damit-pambahay
• damit-pamburol
• damit-pansayaw
• damit-pantulog
• damit-pangkasal
• damitan
• damtin
• karamtan
• madamit
• madamtan
• magdamit
• magdaramit
• magpadamit
• manamit
• pananamit
• paramit
• paramitan

Further reading

• “damit”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “damit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*damít”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI