# 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: /diˈkit/ [d̪iˈkit]
* Hyphenation: di‧kit

### Adjective

dikít (plural dirikit, intensified dikiton, plural intensified dirikiton, Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔) (Naga)
* little, sparse, meager, scant
* short (in quantity of time)
    Synonym: halipot

### Adverb

dikít (plural dirikit, Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)
* (Naga) a little
    Dikit man sana an kinakan ko.I just ate a little.

### Determiner

dikít (plural dirikit, Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)
* (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: /dikit/, [diket]
* Rhymes: -kit, -it

### Noun

dikit (Jawi spelling ديکيت, plural dikit-dikit, informal 1st possessive dikitku, 2nd possessive dikitmu, 3rd possessive dikitnya)
* 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: /diˈkit/ [d̪ɪˈxit̪̚]
* 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)
* pasting (with glue or paste)
    Synonyms: pagdidikit, pagkokola
* (figurative) act of getting very close to another
* (geometry, neologism) tangent (line)

#### Adjective

dikít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)
* glued; pasted
    Synonyms: nakadikit, nakakola
* attached together
    Synonyms: kabit, kapit, dukot
* (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)
* (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)
* starting of a fire (especially for cooking)
* 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

### Anagrams

* kitid