dikta

From Spanish dictar.

díkta

1. dictate

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtikːta/

dikta

1. poem

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

• diktene

dikta n

1. definite plural of dikt

dikta n

1. definite plural of dikt

From Old Swedish dikta, from Latin dictāre. Cognate of Danish digte, Old English dihtan. Doublet of diktera.

dikta (present diktar, preterite diktade, supine diktat, imperative dikta)

1. compose poetry

   Synonym: författa

2. (figurative) lie

In figurative sense often with preposition upp.

• diktare
• diktning

• dikt

From German dichten (“seal; caulk”). Cognate with English tighten.

dikta (present diktar, preterite diktade, supine diktat, imperative dikta)

1. caulk, seal

• diktmejsel

• dikta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dikta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dikta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• dikta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Borrowed from Spanish dictar, from Latin dictāre.

• IPA^(key): /dikˈta/, [dɪkˈta]
• Hyphenation: dik‧ta

diktá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜆ)

1. dictation

   Synonym: pagdidikta

2. order; command

   Synonyms: utos, mando

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