sakit

See also: säkit, sakıt, and Sakıt

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *sakit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakit.

Noun

sakit

1. illness

Derived terms

• masakit

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic سَاكِت (sākit, “silent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑːˈcit/

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• Hyphenation: sa‧kit

Adjective

sakit (comparative daha sakit, superlative ən sakit)

1. quiet

   Synonyms: səssiz, dinc

   Antonym: səs-küylü

2. silent

   Synonyms: səssiz, dinməz

3. calm

   Synonyms: dinc, rahat

   Antonyms: rahatsız, aramsız, narahat, nadinc

4. peaceful

   Synonyms: dinc, sülhsevər

Derived terms

• sakitlik (“calmness”)
• sakitcə (“quietly”)
• sakitləşmək (“to calm down”)

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sakit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsakit/ [ˈsa.kit]
• Hyphenation: sa‧kit

Noun

sákit (Basahan spelling ᜐᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

1. manner of suffering, bearing hardship

   Synonym: tios

2. (Naga) an instance of becoming difficult, hard, and/or complicated

   Synonym: hidap

   Antonym: dali

Derived terms

• hinakit
• kasakitan
• magsakit
• masakit
• masakitan
• pagkasakit
• pagsakit
• pasakit

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

sakit

1. nominative plural of sakki

Etymology 2

Noun

sakit

1. nominative plural of saki

Anagrams

• askit, kasit, kasti, kisat, taksi, tikas

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *sakit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakit.

Noun

sakit

1. torment

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sakit, from Old Malay sākit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakit, *masakit. Compare Tagalog sakit, Waray-Waray sakit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsakit/ [ˈsa.kɪt̪̚]

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• Rhymes: -akit
• Syllabification: sa‧kit

Adjective

sakit (comparative lebih sakit, superlative paling sakit)

1. ill; sick; hurt

   sakit hati ― heartache

   sakit perut ― stomachache

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bersakit-sakit [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
• menyakiti (“to hurt”) [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• menyakitkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• sakit-sakitan [reduplication + timespan / emotion] (redup + -an)
• mempersakiti [causative agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (mempeR- + -i)
• penyakit (“disease”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penyakitan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• berpenyakitan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + stative / habitual + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + beR- + -an)
• pesakitan [passive / name of profession + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (pe- + -an)
• kesakitan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

• rumah sakit
• sakit baka
• sakit batuk darah
• sakit cahar
• sakit dada
• sakit gula
• sakit hati
• sakit ingatan
• sakit jerih
• sakit jiwa
• sakit karang
• sakit kepala
• sakit kuning
• sakit malaria
• sakit mangga
• sakit mata
• sakit paru-paru
• sakit perut
• sakit raja singa
• sakit rejan
• sakit sabun
• sakit terminal

Further reading

• “sakit”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• sacuit, saquit (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *sakit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakit. Compare Tagalog sakit, Tongan mahaki, and Yogad takit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈkit/ [səˈxit]
• IPA^(key): /səˈket/ [səˈxɛːt]
• IPA^(key): /ˈsakit/ [ˈsäː.xit]
• Hyphenation: sa‧kit

Noun

sakit

1. disease; sickness; illness; ailment; tough; difficult
2. pain; painfulness; hard

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *sakit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakit.

First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (sākit).

Pronunciation

• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈsakit/ [ˈsa.kit̪̚]
• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ˈsaket/ [ˈsa.ket̪̚]
• Rhymes: -akit, -kit, -it
• Hyphenation: sa‧kit

Adjective

sakit (Jawi spelling ساکيت, comparative lebih sakit, superlative paling sakit)

1. ill, painful, sick

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penyakit (“disease”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pesakit (“patient”) [passive / name of profession] (pe-)
• kesakitan (“pain”) [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• sakit-sakit [reduplication] (redup)
• sesakit [comparability] (se-)
• kesakitan [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
• persakit [causative passive] (peR-)
• sakitkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• sakiti [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
• menyakitkan (“to hurt”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• tersakit [agentless action] (teR-)
• bersakit [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: sakit

Noun

sakit (Jawi spelling ساکيت, plural sakit-sakit or sakit²)

1. pain

Further reading

• "sakit" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *sakit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakit.

Noun

sakit

1. illness

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sacqit, saquit — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakit

Proto-Philippine *sakit

Tagalog sakit

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sakit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakit. Compare Karao sahit, Yogad takit, Kapampangan sakit, Central Bikol sakit, Cebuano sakit, Malay sakit, and Tongan mahaki.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /saˈkit/ [sɐˈxɪt̪̚], (colloquial) /saˈket/ [sɐˈxɛt̪̚] (“disease, sickness; pain”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -it
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsakit/ [ˈsaː.xɪt̪̚] (“diligence; interest, concern; suffering”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -akit
• Syllabification: sa‧kit

Noun

sakít (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

1. disease; sickness; illness; ailment

   Synonyms: karamdaman, empermedad, (obsolete) balintamad

2. pain; painfulness

   Synonyms: pagkamasakit, kasakitan, kirot, hapdi, antak, kakirutan, kahapdian, kaantakan

Alternative forms

• saket — colloquial

Derived terms

• ansakit
• hinanakit
• hinanakitan
• ipaghinanakit
• kasakitan
• maghanap ng sakit ng katawan
• maghinanakit
• maghinanakitan
• magkahinanakitan
• magkasakit
• magpasakit
• magsakit-sakitan
• mahihinanaktin
• makasakit
• manakit
• mapaghinanakit
• mapanakit
• masakit
• masakitin
• masasaktin
• maysakit
• naghahanap ng sakit ng katawan
• nakasasakit
• paghihinanakit
• paghinanaktan
• pagkakasakit
• pagkamasakit
• pagkasaktan
• pasakit-loob
• pasakitin
• sakit sa tiyan
• sakit sa ulo
• sakit-babae
• sakit-ngipin
• sakit-puso
• sakit-sakitan
• sakit-tiyan
• sakit-ulo
• sakitin
• saktan
• sumakit
• walang-sakit

Noun

sakit (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

1. diligence; perseverance; consistent effort

   Synonyms: sikap, pagsisikap, tiyaga, pagtitiyaga, sigasig, pagsisigasig

2. interest; concern (for)

   Synonyms: malasakit, pagmamalasakit, asikaso, pagaasikaso

3. suffering

   Synonyms: dusa, pagdurusa, hirap, tiisin, pagtitiis

Derived terms

• kawalang-malasakit
• magmalasakit
• magpasakit
• magsakit
• malasakit
• malasakitan
• mapagmalasakit
• mapagpakasakit
• pagmalasakitan
• pagmamalasakitan
• pagpapakasakit
• pagsakitan
• pagsasakit
• pagsusumakit
• pasakit
• pasakitan
• sakitin

See also

• bulusakit
• labusakit

Further reading

• sakit on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl
• “sakit”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “sakit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sakit”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• sikat, tikas, taksi, tsika, tasik

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakit.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /sakit/ [saˈk̟it̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: sa‧kit

Noun

sakit (Sulat Sūg spelling سَكِتْ)

1. pain

Derived terms

• masakit

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sakit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakit.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧kit
• IPA^(key): /saˈkit/, [saˈkit]

Noun

sakít

1. sickness; disease; malady
2. pain

   Synonyms: hapdos, ul-ol

Derived terms

• masakit