Sama, Central

small; little; tiny; minute.

This word is often reduplicated for a diminutive.

Mbal aku makabeyah ma kaam basa mbal talabbahan ku anak dikih.

I am not able to go with you because I cannot leave the small child.

Ndaun ba empon-na dikih-dikih!

Look at his tiny teeth!

pa-, caus.

to make small; to become small.

Kayu pamalla heya subey nisepak eh nu padikih-dikih.

Large cooking firewood should be split by you to make it smaller.

You should split the large cooking firewood to make it smaller.

1.

extreme youth.

Koleng-na naan somo bey min kadikih-dikih-na gih.

That paralysis of his has been from his extreme youth.

He has had that paralysis since he was very young.

2.

extreme smallness; littleness.