bita

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African Romance

Etymology

From Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (to live).

Pronunciation

Noun

bita f

  1. life

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French bitte.

Pronunciation

Noun

bita f (plural bites)

  1. (nautical) bitt

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Crimean Tatar

Noun

bita

  1. grandmother

Declension

Declension of bita
nominative bita
genitive bitanıñ
dative bitağa
accusative bitanı
locative bitada
ablative bitadan

Synonyms

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

bita

  1. inflection of bít:
    1. feminine singular passive participle
    2. neuter plural passive participle

Galician

bitas

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French bitte (bitt), from Old Norse biti (beam).

Pronunciation

Noun

bita f (plural bitas)

  1. (nautical) bitt
  2. (nautical) mooring post

References

Icelandic

Noun

bita

  1. indefinite accusative singular of biti
  2. indefinite dative singular of biti
  3. indefinite genitive singular of biti
  4. indefinite accusative plural of biti
  5. indefinite genitive plural of biti

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English byte, from alteration of the word bite. Compare to Standard Malay bait.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ta

Noun

bita

  1. (computing) byte
    1. a unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values
    2. a short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word

Further reading

Jamamadí

Noun

bita

  1. (Banawá) mosquito

References

Latvian

Noun

bita

  1. genitive singular of bits

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (to split). Akin to English bite.

Alternative forms

  • bite (e and split infinitives)

Verb

bita (present tense bit, past tense beit, supine biten, past participle biten, present participle bitande, imperative bit, reciprocal bitast)

  1. to bite

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bita n

  1. definite plural of bit (Etymology 3)

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bitô. See the verb *bītaną (to bite).

Cognate with Old Frisian bita, Old High German bizzo (German Bisse), Old Norse biti.

Pronunciation

Noun

bita m (nominative plural bitan)

  1. bite (of food), mouthful
  2. biter, one who bites

Declension

Weak:

Descendants

  • English: bit

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bītan.

Verb

bīta

  1. to bite

Conjugation

Conjugation of bīta (strong class 1)
infinitive bīta
indicative present past
1st person singular bīte bēt
2nd person singular bītest, bītst bētest, bētst
3rd person singular bīteth, bītth bēt
plural bītath biten
subjunctive present past
singular bīte bite
plural bīte, bīten bite, biten
imperative present
singular bīt
plural bīteth
participle present past
bītande ebiten, biten

Descendants

  • North Frisian: (Mooring) bite, (Föhr-Amrum) bitj
  • Saterland Frisian:
  • West Frisian: bite

Old High German

Etymology 1

From the verb bitten.

Noun

bita f

  1. request, inquiry
Descendants

Etymology 2

From the verb bītan.

Noun

bīta f

  1. anticipation, expectation, hesitation, wait
  2. stay

References

  1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “bʰei̯dʰ-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 12

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Presumably from bit (a bite) or biti (bit, mouthful).

Verb

bita

  1. to cut into bits
Conjugation
Conjugation of bita — active (weak class 2)
infinitive bita
present participle bitandi
past participle bitaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular bita bitaða bita bitaða
2nd person singular bitar bitaðir bitir bitaðir
3rd person singular bitar bitaði biti bitaði
1st person plural bitum bituðum bitim bitaðim
2nd person plural bitið bituðuð bitið bitaðið
3rd person plural bita bituðu biti bitaði
imperative present
2nd person singular bita
1st person plural bitum
2nd person plural bitið
Conjugation of bita — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive bitask
present participle bitandisk
past participle bitazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular bitumk bituðumk bitumk bituðumk
2nd person singular bitask bitaðisk bitisk bitaðisk
3rd person singular bitask bitaðisk bitisk bitaðisk
1st person plural bitumsk bituðumsk bitimsk bitaðimsk
2nd person plural bitizk bituðuzk bitizk bitaðizk
3rd person plural bitask bituðusk bitisk bitaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular bitask
1st person plural bitumsk
2nd person plural bitizk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bita

  1. genitive plural of bit
  2. inflection of biti:
    1. oblique singular
    2. accusative plural
    3. genitive plural

Verb

bita

  1. first-person singular past subjunctive active of bíta

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną.

Verb

bita

  1. bite

Conjugation

Descendants

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: bi‧ta

Participle

bita

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of bity

Noun

bita m inan

  1. genitive singular of bit

Alternative forms

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From English bitter.

Adjective

bita

  1. bitter

Noun

bita

  1. bile

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch bitter.

Noun

bita

  1. a type of strong liquor

Swazi

Verb

-bíta

  1. to call

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (to split).

Verb

bita (present biter, preterite bet, supine bitit, imperative bit)

  1. to bite
Conjugation
Conjugation of bita (class 1 strong)
active passive
infinitive bita bitas
supine bitit bitits
imperative bit
imper. plural1 biten
present past present past
indicative biter bet bits, bites bets
ind. plural1 bita beto bitas betos
subjunctive2 bite bete bites betes
present participle bitande
past participle biten

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

bit (bit) +‎ -a; which comes from the same root as the above.

Verb

bita (present bitar, preterite bitade, supine bitat, imperative bita)

  1. to dice, to split into bits (e.g. sugar into cubes)
    Lägg blandade grönsaker som bitats i lergrytans botten.
    Put mixed vegetables that have been diced in the bottom of the clay pot.
Conjugation
Conjugation of bita (weak)
active passive
infinitive bita bitas
supine bitat bitats
imperative bita
imper. plural1 biten
present past present past
indicative bitar bitade bitas bitades
ind. plural1 bita bitade bitas bitades
subjunctive2 bite bitade bites bitades
present participle bitande
past participle bitad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References