dikit

• diit

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

• IPA^(key): /diˈkit/ [d̪iˈkit]
• Hyphenation: di‧kit

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

dikít (plural dirikit, Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

1. (Naga) a little

   Dikit man sana an kinakan ko.

   I just ate a little.

dikít (plural dirikit, Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

1. (Naga) few, little

   Dikit sana an nag-abot sa handaan.

   Only a few came at the party.

• dakol
• gulpi

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

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

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

• “dikit” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *dikit

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

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”)).

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)

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

• digkit
• rikit — dialectal, Rizal

dikít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

1. (literary, poetic) exquisite beauty loveliness

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

• rikit

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

dikít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

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

• 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

• kitid