pikit

See also: Pikit

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare pilit.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pi‧kit
• IPA^(key): /piˈkit/ [pɪˈkit̪]

Verb

pikit

1. to adhere; to stick

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• piquit — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈkit/ [pɪˈxɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: pi‧kit

Noun

pikít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

1. act of closing the eyes

Derived terms

• mapagpikitan
• mapikit
• pagpikitan
• papikit-pikit
• pikit-mata
• pikitan

See also

• kurap

Adjective

pikít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

1. closed (referring to the eyes)

Derived terms

• nakapikit

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈkit/ [pɪˈxɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: pi‧kit

Noun

pikít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

1. metal cap for tips of canes, lances, etc.

   Synonym: balumbong

Further reading

• “pikit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

Anagrams

• pitik, tipik

Volapük

Etymology

From pik- (“magpie”) +‎ -it (“bird morpheme”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pi.ˈkit]

Noun

pikit (nominative plural pikits)

1. woodpecker (bird)

Declension

Declension of pikit

	singular	plural
nominative	pikit	pikits
genitive	pikita	pikitas
dative	pikite	pikites
accusative	pikiti	pikitis
vocative 1	o pikit!	o pikits!
predicative 2	pikitu	pikitus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

• pigit (older term)

Hypernyms

• böd
• nim

Hyponyms

• hipikit
• jipikit
• pikitil
• pikitül

Derived terms

• blägapikit (“black woodpecker; Dryocopus martius”)
• grünapikit (“green woodpecker, European green woodpecker; Picus viridis”)