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bita

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bita"

African Romance

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Etymology

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From Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

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Noun

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bita f

  1. life

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bitte.

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Noun

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bita f (plural bites)

  1. (nautical) bitt

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Crimean Tatar

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Noun

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bita

  1. grandmother

Declension

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Declension of bita
nominative bita
genitive bitanıñ
dative bitağa
accusative bitanı
locative bitada
ablative bitadan

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Czech

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Participle

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bita

  1. inflection of bít:
    1. feminine singular passive participle
    2. neuter plural passive participle

Galician

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bitas

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Etymology

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From French bitte (“bitt”), from Old Norse biti (“beam”).

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Noun

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bita f (plural bitas)

  1. (nautical) bitt
  2. (nautical) mooring post

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Icelandic

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Noun

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bita

  1. indefinite accusative singular of biti
  2. indefinite dative singular of biti
  3. indefinite genitive singular of biti
  4. indefinite accusative plural of biti
  5. indefinite genitive plural of biti

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English byte, from alteration of the word bite. Compare to Standard Malay bait.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ta

Noun

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bita

  1. (computing) byte
    1. a unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values
    2. a short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word

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Jamamadí

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Noun

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bita

  1. (Banawá) mosquito

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Latvian

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Noun

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bita

  1. genitive singular of bits

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Akin to English bite.

Alternative forms

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  • bite (e and split infinitives)

Verb

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bita (present tense bit, past tense beit, supine biten, past participle biten, present participle bitande, imperative bit, reciprocal bitast)

  1. to bite

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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bita n

  1. definite plural of bit (Etymology 3)

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *bitô. See the verb *bītaną (“to bite”).

Cognate with Old Frisian bita, Old High German bizzo (German Bisse), Old Norse biti.

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Noun

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bita m (nominative plural bitan)

  1. bite (of food), mouthful
  2. biter, one who bites

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Weak:

singular plural
nominative bita bitan
accusative bitan bitan
genitive bitan bitena
dative bitan bitum

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  • English: bit

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *bītan.

Verb

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bīta

  1. to bite

Conjugation

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Conjugation of bīta (strong class 1)
infinitive bīta
indicative present past
1st person singular bīte bēt
2nd person singular bītest, bītst bētest, bētst
3rd person singular bīteth, bītth bēt
plural bītath biten
subjunctive present past
singular bīte bite
plural bīte, bīten bite, biten
imperative present
singular bīt
plural bīteth
participle present past
bītande ebiten, biten

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  • North Frisian: (Mooring) bite, (Föhr-Amrum) bitj
  • Saterland Frisian:
  • West Frisian: bite

Old High German

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Etymology 1

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From the verb bitten.

Noun

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bita f

  2. request, inquiry
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Etymology 2

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From the verb bītan.

Noun

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bīta f [1]

  2. anticipation, expectation, hesitation, wait
  3. stay

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  1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “bʰei̯dʰ-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 12

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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Presumably from bit (“a bite”) or biti (“bit, mouthful”).

Verb

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bita

  1. to cut into bits
Conjugation
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Conjugation of bita — active (weak class 2)
infinitive bita
present participle bitandi
past participle bitaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular bita bitaða bita bitaða
2nd person singular bitar bitaðir bitir bitaðir
3rd person singular bitar bitaði biti bitaði
1st person plural bitum bituðum bitim bitaðim
2nd person plural bitið bituðuð bitið bitaðið
3rd person plural bita bituðu biti bitaði
imperative present
2nd person singular bita
1st person plural bitum
2nd person plural bitið
Conjugation of bita — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive bitask
present participle bitandisk
past participle bitazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular bitumk bituðumk bitumk bituðumk
2nd person singular bitask bitaðisk bitisk bitaðisk
3rd person singular bitask bitaðisk bitisk bitaðisk
1st person plural bitumsk bituðumsk bitimsk bitaðimsk
2nd person plural bitizk bituðuzk bitizk bitaðizk
3rd person plural bitask bituðusk bitisk bitaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular bitask
1st person plural bitumsk
2nd person plural bitizk

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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bita

  1. genitive plural of bit
  2. inflection of biti:
    1. oblique singular
    2. accusative plural
    3. genitive plural

Verb

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bita

  1. first-person singular past subjunctive active of bíta

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną.

Verb

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bita

  1. bite

Conjugation

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Conjugation of bīta (strong)
present past
infinitive bīta —
participle bītandi, bītande bitin
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk bīter bīti, bīte — bēt biti, bite
þū bīter bīti, bīte bīt *bēst biti, bite
han bīter bīti, bīte — bēt biti, bite
vīr bītum, bītom bītum, bītom bītum, bītom bitum, bitom bitum, bitom
īr bītin bītin bītin bitin bitin
þēr bīta bītin — bitu, bito bitin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk bīts bītis, bītes — bēts bitis, bites
þū bīts bītis, bītes — *bēsts bitis, bites
han bīts bītis, bītes — bēts bitis, bites
vīr bītums, -oms bītums, bītoms — bitums, bitoms bitums, bitoms
īr bītins bītins — bitins bitins
þēr bītas bītins — bitus, bitos bitins

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: bi‧ta

Participle

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bita

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of bity

Noun

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bita m inan

  1. genitive singular of bit

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Sranan Tongo

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From English bitter.

Adjective

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bita

  1. bitter

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bita

  1. bile

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Dutch bitter.

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bita

  1. a type of strong liquor

Swazi

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Verb

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-bíta

  1. to call

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Swedish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

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bita (present biter, preterite bet, supine bitit, imperative bit)

  1. to bite
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Conjugation of bita (class 1 strong)
active passive
infinitive bita bitas
supine bitit bitits
imperative bit —
imper. plural1 biten —
present past present past
indicative biter bet bits, bites bets
ind. plural1 bita beto bitas betos
subjunctive2 bite bete bites betes
present participle bitande
past participle biten

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Etymology 2

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bit (“bit”) +‎ -a; which comes from the same root as the above.

Verb

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bita (present bitar, preterite bitade, supine bitat, imperative bita)

  1. to dice, to split into bits (e.g. sugar into cubes)
    Lägg blandade grönsaker som bitats i lergrytans botten.
    Put mixed vegetables that have been diced in the bottom of the clay pot.
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Conjugation of bita (weak)
active passive
infinitive bita bitas
supine bitat bitats
imperative bita —
imper. plural1 biten —
present past present past
indicative bitar bitade bitas bitades
ind. plural1 bita bitade bitas bitades
subjunctive2 bite bitade bites bitades
present participle bitande
past participle bitad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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