pitik
Cebuano
Etymology
Compare witik.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpitik/, [ˈpi.t̪ɪk]
- Hyphenation: pi‧tik
Verb
pitik
- to move or hit something with a short, quick motion; to flick
- (originally biker slang) to shoot; to photograph
Noun
pitik
- a flick; a short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip
- (originally biker slang) a photograph
- a slipper lobster
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Perhaps borrowed from a dialectal variant of Armenian պստիկ (pstik). Compare especially the form պտիկ (ptik).
Further reading
- Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 78
- Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “pitik”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 620b
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- pitic — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pitik (“to fillip, flick with the finger”). Compare Malay petik.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /piˈtik/ [pɪˈtik]
- Rhymes: -ik
- Syllabification: pi‧tik
Noun
pitík (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔)
- flick with the finger and thumb; snapping of the fingers
- spark of fire or light
- sound of sparking or spluttering from any form of ignition
- flicking of a whip or a rope
- (carpentry) carpenter's line for marking; chalk line
- Synonyms: baktaw, pamitik
- steering cord attached to the nose ring of carabao or cattle; a rein
- Synonym: pamitik
- (slang) small stolen goods
- Synonym: nakaw
Derived terms
- ipitik
- mamitik
- pamitik
- petiks
- pitik-bulag
- pitikan
- pitikin
- pumitik
See also
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpitik/ [ˈpi.tɪk]
- Rhymes: -itik
- Syllabification: pi‧tik
Alternative forms
- mitik
Further reading
- “pitik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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