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Verb
fito
- first-person singular present indicative of fitar
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese fito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from fitar or directly from Latin fīctus (“fixed”) from fīgo (“I fix”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
fito (feminine fita, masculine plural fitos, feminine plural fitas)
- planted; firmly inserted in the ground
- fixed
- packed, compact, dense
- Synonym: mesto
Derived terms
Noun
fito m (plural fitos)
- aim, target; point towards the sight is directed
- Synonym: sisto
- boundary stone or landmark
- Synonyms: marco, mollón
Derived terms
Verb
fito
- first-person singular present indicative of fitar
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fito”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
fītō
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of faciō
Malagasy
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pitu, from Proto-Austronesian *pitu.
Numeral
fito
- seven
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -itu
- Hyphenation: fi‧to
Verb
fito
- first-person singular present indicative of fitar
West Makian
Etymology
Cognate with Ternate hito, Sahu itomo.
Pronunciation
Noun
fito
- kitchen
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics