paita

See also päitä

Basque

Noun

paita

  1. duck

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Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈpɑit̪ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑitɑ
  • Hyphenation: pai‧ta

Etymology 1

Maybe from a Germanic language, compare Old High German pheit and Gothic paida. Alternatively, the Finnish word existed earlier and Gothic borrowed the word from Finnish. The second opinion is weakened by the fact that a similar word exists in Greek.

Noun

paita

  1. shirt
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

paita

  1. Partitive singular form of pai.
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Last modified on 12 May 2013, at 16:35