damit
Brunei Malay
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayic *dəmit. Cognate with Indonesian dedemit (“a mythological character”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /damit/
- Hyphenation: da‧mit
Adjective
damit
Antonyms
References
- Marshall, H. B. (April 1921), “A Vocabulary of Brunei Malay”, in Journal of The Straits Branch of The Royal Asiatic Society[1], volume 83, page 53
German
Etymology
From da + mit. Compare English theremid, therewith, Dutch daarmee, Swedish därmed, Icelandic þar með.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daˈmɪt/ (generally)
Audio: (file) Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - IPA(key): /ˈdaːmɪt/ (the adverb, when stressed)
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Adverb
damit
- pronominal adverb of mit
- 2016, DICE, Battlefield 1 (Historical Fiction), Stockholm: Electronic Arts, PC, Xbox One, Playstation 4, scene: Said when a German Medic revives a fellow soldier:
- Damit kommst du auf die Beine.
- That'll get you on your feet.
- therefore, as a result
- 2008, Iris Hammelmann, Alltagsphänomene, Compact-Verlag, →ISBN, page 186:
- Sind Radio und Fernseher nicht mit einer Antenne verbunden und bekommen damit kein Signal, verstummen sie nicht etwa. Stattdessen ist ein nervtötendes Rauschen zu hören, und auf dem Bildschirm flackern schwarze und weiße Pünktchen.
- If radio and TV are not connected to an antenna, and are therefore not receicing any signal, they don't go silent. Instead you hear an annoying static hiss, and little black and white dots flicker on the screen.
Conjunction
damit
- (subordinating, with indicative or subjunctive I) so that, in order that
- Synonym: (chiefly in colloquial usage) dass
- Beeil dich, damit wir bald losfahren können.
- Hurry up so that we can take off soon.
Further reading
Limos Kalinga
Noun
damít
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- ramit — dialectal, Rizal, informal
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *damít (“cloth; clothing”). Compare Ivatan lamit, Hanunoo ramit, Asi yamit, Masbatenyo yamit, and Mansaka damit.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /daˈmit/ [d̪ɐˈmɪt̪̚], (colloquial) /daˈmet/ [d̪ɐˈmɛt̪̚]
- Rhymes: -it
- Syllabification: da‧mit
Noun
damít (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜒᜆ᜔)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “damit”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “damit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*damít”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI