dikit

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• diit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dikit (Jawi spelling ديکيت, plural dikit-dikit, informal 1st possessive dikitku, 2nd possessive dikitmu, 3rd possessive dikitnya)

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 | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *dikit

Tagalog

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəkət (“ignite, set aflame”).

Noun

dikít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

1. staring of a fire (especially for cooking)
2. start of a fire

Derived terms

• kariktan
• magparikit
• pagdidikit
• pagpapadikit
• parikit

 

References

• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL