carita

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See also: Carita and carità

Latin

Participle

carita

  1. inflection of caritus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

caritā

  1. ablative feminine singular of caritus

References

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चरित (carita, “acts, deeds”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃa.ri.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ta

Noun

carita

  1. event
  2. story

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦕꦿꦶꦠ (crita) (inherited)
  • → Malay: cerita

Further reading

  • "carita" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Portuguese

Noun

carita

  1. feminine singular of carito

Adjective

carita

  1. feminine singular of carito

Spanish

Etymology

From cara +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾita/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: ca‧ri‧ta

Noun

carita f (plural caritas)

  1. diminutive of cara; little face
  2. smiley, emoticon, emoji

Derived terms

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay cerita, possibly through Ternate, from Pali carita, from Sanskrit चरित (carita).

Pronunciation

Noun

carita

  1. a story

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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