nita

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Alabama

Noun

nita

  1. bear

Cebuano

Pronoun

nita

  1. (possessive) our (inclusive form)

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns
Person Number Direct Indirect (postposed) Indirect (preposed) Oblique
Length Full Short* Full Short** Base Suffixed -a Full Short
First singular akó ko nakò*** ko*** akò akoa kanakò nakò
plural inclusive kitá ta natò ta atò atoa kanatò natò
plural exclusive kamí mi namò amò amoa kanamò namò
Second singular ikáw ka nimo mo imo imoha kanimo nimo
plural kamó mo ninyo inyo inyoha kaninyo ninyo
Third singular siyá niya iya iyaha kaniya niya
plural silá nila ila ilaha kanila nila
*Forms under this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences
**Forms under this column are literary and rarely used colloquially.
***Ta is used over nako or ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.


Choctaw

Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw nita' (“bear”), Koasati nita (“bear”)

Pronunciation

Noun

nita

  1. bear (animal)

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *n-ita (“our (inclusive)”, 1st pers. incl. genitive). By surface analysis, ni +‎ ta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈta/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ni‧ta

Pronoun

nitá (Hanunoo spelling ᜨᜲᜦ)

  1. by us; of us; our (inclusive)
    Synonym: nitam

See also

Hanunoo personal pronouns
Person Number Direct Indirect Oblique
First singular ako niko kangko, kang
plural inclusive kita nita kanta
plural exclusive kami nimi kanmi
Second singular kawo, ka nimo kanmo
plural kamo niyo kanyo
Third singular siya niya kanya
plural sida nida kanda

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 199
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ita₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Koasati

Noun

nita

  1. bear

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hníta, from Proto-Germanic *hnītaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

nita (present tense nit, past tense neit, supine nite, past participle niten, present participle nitande, imperative nit)

  1. a-infinitive form of nite

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

nita n

  1. definite plural of nit

Old Irish

Verb

nita

  1. Alternative spelling of níta

Sumerian

Romanization

nita

  1. Romanization of 𒍑 (nita)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German nieten or Middle Low German nêden, from Proto-Germanic *hneudaną. According to SO attested since 1790.

In punch and defeat sense; according to SO attested since 1958.

Verb

nita (present nitar, preterite nitade, supine nitat, imperative nita)

  1. To rivet.
  2. (colloquial) To brake suddenly.
    Synonym: bromsa
    Hon nitade för älgen!
    She braked for the moose!
  3. (colloquial) To strongly hit or punch with a fist.
    Synonym: slå
    Ja' ska nita han!
    I'm gonna punch him!
  4. (colloquial, sports) To defeat, especially with great advantage.
    Synonyms: besegra, slå

Conjugation

Conjugation of nita (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive nita nitas
Supine nitat nitats
Imperative nita —
Imper. plural1 niten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative nitar nitade nitas nitades
Ind. plural1 nita nitade nitas nitades
Subjunctive2 nite nitade nites nitades
Participles
Present participle nitande
Past participle nitad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Finnish: niitata

See also

References

Further reading

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

nita (Jawi نيته)

  1. daylight

Verb

nita (Jawi نيته)

  1. (stative) to be light, lit, daylit
  2. (stative) to be bright

Conjugation

Conjugation of nita
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tonita fonita minita
2nd nonita ninita
3rd Masculine onita inita, yonita†
Feminine monita
Neuter inita
† - archaic

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

Contraction of ní ìta (“on the outside”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /nĩ́.ꜜtā/

Adverb

níta

  1. outside; out
    Àwọn ọmọdé máa ń ṣeré bojúbojú níta. ― The children tend to play hide and seek outside.
    Abúlé mi wà níta ìlú Ìlọrin. ― My village is outside of Ilorin.
    Kó o gbálẹ̀ níta àti nínú ilé. ― Sweep the floor outdoors and indoors.

Usage notes

  • used when no movement is implied, when movement is implied síta is used.
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