sikat
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sikát.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: si‧kat
- IPA(key): /siˈkat/
Adjective
sikat
- renowned; famous
- Synonyms: bantog, pamoso
Derived terms
- magsikat
- pasikat
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: si‧kat
- IPA(key): /siˈkat/, [s̪ɪˈkat̪]
Adjective
sikat
- famous, popular
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay sikat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsikat̚]
- Hyphenation: si‧kat
Noun
sikat (first-person possessive sikatku, second-person possessive sikatmu, third-person possessive sikatnya)
- brush
- comb
- rake
- Synonym: garu
Derived terms
- disikat
- menyikat
- penyikat
- penyikatan
- sikat alis
- sikat bulu
- sikat cukur
- sikat duri
- sikat gigi
- sikat gigi listrik
- sikat kain
- sikat kawat
- sikat kuku
- sikat mandi
- sikat punggung
- sikat sepatu
Further reading
- “sikat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
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Noun
sikat (Jawi spelling سيکت, informal 1st possessive sikatku, 2nd possessive sikatmu, 3rd possessive sikatnya)
- comb
Descendants
- Indonesian: sikat
- → Min Nan: 士健 (sǐ-kiāⁿ)
Further reading
- “sikat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: si‧kat
- IPA(key): /ˈsikat/, [ˈsi.xɐt] (noun)
- IPA(key): /siˈkat/, [sɪˈxat] (adjective)
Noun
sikat
- rise; rising (on the sky of the sun, moon, stars, etc.)
- Synonyms: silang, pagsilang
- rays (of the sun, etc.)
- Synonym: banaag
- brightness; splendor; brilliance
- Synonyms: ningning, luningning
- (figurative) rise to popularity; becoming popular
- Synonym: pagtanyag
Derived terms
- biglang-sikat
- iapgpasikat
- kasikatan
- magpasikat
- pagpapasikat
- pagsikat
- pagsikat
- pasikat
- sikatan
- sikatsikat
- sumikat
Adjective
sikát
- (figurative) famous; popular; well-known
- Synonyms: bantog, tanyag, popular
- (figurative) brilliant; at the zenith