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English
Etymology 1
Noun
rito (uncountable)
- The young leaves of the coconut palm, used in traditional weaving in the Pacific.
Etymology 2
From an American Spanish term?
Pronunciation
Noun
rito (plural ritos)
- (US, rare) A stream in the western US.
1961, New Mexico Wildlife, volumes 6-10, page 3:Many small streams and ritos flow down the slopes feeding the Rio Puerco, Chama and Jemez Rivers.
1994, Roberto Andrés Lucero, Sangre Del Monte, page 125:[…] to form tiny rills that descended and gathered into larger rititos that rollicked and frollicked as they tumbled down into the ritos that carried the spring run-offs and summer rains across alpine meadows […]
2010, A. Kyce Bello, The Return of the River, page 192:On this day all the waters of the earth are blessed, the seas, the rivers and the ritos, the clear forest streams and all the muddy acequias meandering through the fields.
Further reading
- 1998, New Mexico's Wilderness Areas: The Complete Guide, page 89: "The trail parallels the tranquil little stream, or rito, until suddenly the stream leaps from a basalt ledge to dive 70 feet in a graceful, beautiful waterfall."
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
rito (accusative singular riton, plural ritoj, accusative plural ritojn)
- rite
Italian
Etymology
From Latin rītus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈri.to/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Hyphenation: rì‧to
Noun
rito m (plural riti)
- rite; ritual
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
rītō (present infinitive rītāre, perfect active rītāvī, supine rītātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin) to excite
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Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- RITARE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- rīto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,365/3.
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Verb
rìto
- third-person singular past of risti
- third-person plural past of risti
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hriþiz. Akin to Old Saxon hrido, Old English hriþ.
Noun
rito m
- fever
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin rītus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -itu
- Hyphenation: ri‧to
Noun
rito m (plural ritos)
- rite, ritual
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin rītus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrito/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: ri‧to
Noun
rito m (plural ritos)
- rite
- ritual
- Synonym: ritual
Derived terms
Further reading
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di-tu. See more at dito.
Adverb
rito (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)
- here (near the speaker and the listener)
- here (near the speaker)
- Synonyms: (dialectal) dine, (dialectal) rine
Usage notes
- When the preceding word does not end with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, dito is used instead.
See also
Tagalog demonstrative pronouns
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Direct (ang)
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Indirect (ng)
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Oblique (sa)
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Locative (nasa)
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Existential
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Manner (gaya ng)
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Near speaker*
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ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari**
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nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari†
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dini/dine
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nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari
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ere/eri, here/heri, ayri
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ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
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Near speaker and listener*
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ito
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nito
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dito
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nandito, narito, naito**
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heto, eto, ayto†
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ganito, garito(garto)**
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Near listener
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iyan, yaan
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niyan
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diyan/diyaan
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nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡
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hayan, ayan
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ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
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Remote
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iyon, yoon, yaon†
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niyon, noon, niyaon†
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doon
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nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡
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hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun
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ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
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*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. †These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. ‡Rare in text.
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish rito (“rite”), from Latin rītus.
Noun
rito (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)
- rite; ceremony
- Synonym: seremonya
Further reading
- “rito”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*-Cu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Tsonga
Noun
rito class 5 (plural marito class 6)
- word