tita

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See also: titá, tità, titã, títa, Tità, Titã, Tita, țița, and țiță

English

Etymology

From Tagalog tita, from Spanish tita.

Noun

tita (plural titas)

  1. (Philippines) an aunt; auntie
  2. (Philippines, slang) a young adult woman exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipina aunt

Coordinate terms

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tita, diminutive of tía (“aunt”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ti‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈtita/,

Noun

títa (masculine tito)

  1. an aunt (the sister of either parent)
    Synonyms: tiya, inaon

Catalan

Etymology

From tit.

Pronunciation

Noun

tita f (plural tites)

  1. turkey hen
  2. (childish) penis

Derived terms

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tita, diminutive of tía (“aunt”), from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ti‧ta

Noun

tita (masculine tito)

  1. an aunt; the sister of either parent
  2. a female cousin of either parent
  3. an affectionate or honorific term for a woman of an older generation than oneself

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tita.

Synonyms

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit तिक्त (tikta). Cognate with Bengali তিতা (tita).

Adjective

tita

  1. bitter

Romanian

Interjection

tita

  1. Obsolete form of atâta.

References

  • tita in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtita/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: ti‧ta

Etymology 1

Noun

tita f (plural titas)

  1. theta; the Greek letter Θ, θ
    Synonyms: zeta, theta

Etymology 2

From teta ("grandma").

Noun

tita f (plural titas, masculine tito, masculine plural titos)

  1. (colloquial, endearing, Mexico) grandma

Etymology 3

From tía +‎ -ita.

Noun

tita f (plural titas, masculine tito, masculine plural titos)

  1. (Philippines) aunt
  2. (colloquial, Spain) auntie

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

tita c

  1. a tit in the Poecile genus

Declension

Declension of tita 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tita titan titor titorna
Genitive titas titans titors titornas

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tita, from tía (“aunt”) + -ita (“diminutive suffix”), from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtita/,
  • Hyphenation: ti‧ta

Noun

tita (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆ)

  1. feminine of tito: aunt; auntie
    Synonyms: tiya, tiyang, tiyahin, ale, inain, (slang) nana, tsang
  2. (slang) young adult woman exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipino aunt

Derived terms

Related terms

Ternate

Etymology

From Indonesian titah (“word, command”).

Pronunciation

Verb

tita

  1. (intransitive) to speak
  2. (intransitive) to instruct

Conjugation

Conjugation of tita
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totita fotita mitita
2nd notita nitita
3rd Masculine otita itita, yotita†
Feminine motita
Neuter itita
† - archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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