titik

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay titik, from Classical Malay titik (“drop”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtitik/ [ˈt̪i.t̪ɪk̚]
• Rhymes: -itik
• Syllabification: ti‧tik

Noun

titik (plural titik-titik)

1. dot, spot

   Synonyms: bercak, bintik, noktah

2. period, full stop

   Synonym: tanda titik

3. point: a discrete division of something

   Synonyms: takat (Malay), taraf

4. (geometry) point
5. (graph theory) vertex

   Synonym: node

Derived terms

• bertitik
• bertitik-titik
• menitik
• menitiki
• menitikkan

• titik akhir
• titik akses
• titik api
• titik aries
• titik artikulasi
• titik asap
• titik awal
• titik balik
• titik beku
• titik burjamhal
• titik buta
• titik cair
• titik didih
• titik dua
• titik embun
• titik episentrum
• titik gading
• titik hiperbolik
• titik ibun
• titik impas
• titik inti surya
• titik kabut
• titik kaki
• titik kata
• titik kedalaman
• titik koma
• titik koordinat
• titik kulminasi
• titik layu permanen
• titik lebur
• titik leleh
• titik librasi
• titik lidah
• titik magnetik
• titik mata
• titik netral
• titik nyala
• titik optimum
• titik ordinat
• titik panas
• titik pangkal
• titik patah
• titik pegangan
• titik penalti
• titik penambah
• titik pengapungan
• titik penyangkaran
• titik pusar
• titik pusat
• titik putih
• titik sambung
• titik selera
• titik temu
• titik tendangan pojok
• titik tengah
• titik terang
• titik tolak
• titik tumpu
• titik uap
• titik zusanli

Related terms

• batik
• ketik

Further reading

• “titik”, 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

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Standard Southern Peninsular Malaysia) IPA^(key): /ˈtitek/ [ˈt̪i.t̪eʔ]
  • Rhymes: -iteʔ, -eʔ

• (Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ˈtitik/ [ˈt̪i.t̪iʔ]
  • Rhymes: -itiʔ, -iʔ
• Hyphenation: ti‧tik

Verb

titik (Jawi spelling تيتيق)

1. to drip, to let some liquid fall one drop at a time
2. (rare) (of ash, dew etc) to descend from high altitude precipitation or collections

Usage notes

Once used to describe large drips more than smaller ones with the titis

Noun

titik (Jawi spelling تيتيق, plural titik-titik or titik²)

1. dot, spot
2. period, full stop

   Synonym: noktah

3. specific position or location of something, point

Descendants

• > Indonesian: titik (inherited)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “تيتيق tiris”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 94
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “تيتق titek”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 208
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “titek”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 594

Further reading

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

Maranao

Noun

titik

1. diacritic

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtitik/ [ˈt̪iː.t̪ɪk̚]
• Rhymes: -itik
• Syllabification: ti‧tik

Noun

titik (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

1. letter (of the alphabet)

   Synonym: letra

2. inscription; writing

   Synonym: sulat

3. handwriting; penmanship

   Synonyms: sulat-kamay, letra

4. (music) lyrics

   Synonym: letra

Derived terms

• ititik
• katitikan
• magtitik
• malaking titik
• maliit na titik
• mamanitik
• nakatitik
• pagkakatitik
• palatitikan
• pampanitikan
• panitik
• panitikan
• salitikan
• titikan
• unang titik

Further reading

• “titik”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “titik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018