See also: -fita and FITA

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Russian фита́ (fitá).

NounEdit

fita (plural fitas)

  1. The obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѳ, ѳ formerly used in Russian to write proper names and loanwords derived from or via Greek.

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin [petra] fīcta (fixed [stone]), from fīgō (I fasten, fix).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fita f (plural fites)

  1. milestone, boundary stone
    Synonym: molló
  2. waypoint
  3. (mathematics) bound

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Further readingEdit

GalicianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Probably from Latin vitta (ribbon), although the required evolution, with Latin <vi> becoming /fi/, is irregular. Alternatively from Suevic, from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *fetjō, compare Old High German fizza (thread, tissue), Old Norse fitja (to knit).[1] Compare also Italian fetta.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fita f (plural fitas)

  1. band, ribbon
  2. (sewing) wristband, girdle, hem
  3. elongated plot of land

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin fictum (fixed).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

fita f (masculine fito, feminine plural fitas, masculine plural fitos)

  1. fixed in place; erect
Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

fita

  1. third-person singular present indicative of fitar
  2. second-person singular imperative of fitar

ReferencesEdit

  • fita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • fita” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • fita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • fita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • fita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “veto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

fita

  1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌹𐍄𐌰

HausaEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /fì.táː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɸɪ̀.táː]

NounEdit

fìtā f (possessed form fìtar̃)

  1. graduation

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fita f (genitive singular fitu, no plural)

  1. fat
  2. fatness

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

fita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fitaði, supine fitað)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to fatten, make fat
    Bændurnir fita dýrin.
    The farmers fatten the animals.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

NounEdit

fita

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of fit

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

fita f (genitive fitu)

  1. fat, grease

DeclensionEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Icelandic: fita f
  • >? Norwegian Nynorsk: fete m

ReferencesEdit

  • fita”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: fi‧ta

Etymology 1Edit

Uncertain. Likely from Latin vitta (band, ribbon).

NounEdit

fita f (plural fitas)

  1. tape, ribbon, band
  2. (colloquial) film, movie
    Synonyms: filme, película
  3. (Portugal, education, slang) a colored ribbon to indicate membership of a faculty
QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fita.

Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin ficta.

NounEdit

fita f (plural fitas)

  1. act, deception, lie
    É tudo fita!
    It's all an act!
    Deixem-se de fitas!
    Stop pretending!
QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fita.

VolapükEdit

NounEdit

fita

  1. genitive singular of fit ( = fish)

West MakianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

fita

  1. (stative) to be right, correct

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of fita (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tifita mifita afita
2nd person nifita fifita
3rd person inanimate ifita difita
animate mafita
imperative —, fita —, fita

ReferencesEdit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (as fitá)