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English
Noun
jiti (uncountable)
- Alternative form of jit (“Zimbabwean dance music”)
Karaim
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *jiti. Compare to Azerbaijani iti, Southern Altai јидӱ (ǰidü), etc.
Adjective
jiti
- sharp
References
N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “jiti”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN
Sicilian
- ajiti (crasis with the singular feminine definite article a)
- agghiti (crasis with the singular feminine definite article a, determining gemination, Ragusanu)
- gedi, gidi (Calatinu, Chiana di Catania)
- geji (Niscemi)
- nciti (Francufunti)
- aiti, iti (eye dialect)
Etymology
From an unattested Vulgar Latin *blēta, from Latin bēta (from which it takes the feminine gender) by contamination of blitum (a kind of spinach) (from which it changed the original ⟨bl-⟩ into ⟨j-⟩). Compare Sicilian gidi, Italian bieta, Catalan bleda, French blette.
The transition from bl- to j- in is typical in the south-eastern area of Sicily, compare also Sicilian jancu, jastimia and Jasi (“Blaise”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈji.t̪i/ (Standard)
- Hyphenation: ji‧ti
Noun
jiti f
- Beta vulgaris; beet
Derived terms