gitta
Hausa edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gittā̀ f (plural gittōcī, possessed form gittàr̃)
Verb edit
gittā̀ (grade 1)
References edit
- Paul Newman, A Hausa-English Dictionary (2007)
Northern Sami edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Samic *kintëk.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
gitta
Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- gita (dialectal)
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish gita (“succeed, accomplish, bring”), a later form of Old Swedish gæta (“tell, guess, get hold of”), from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“take, seize”). Related to Danish gide and Icelandic geta and also to Swedish förgäta, gissa, gåta, gäta.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gitta (present gitter, preterite gitte, supine gittat, imperative gitt)
- to bring oneself to, to care, to have strength or power enough, to be able to
- 1921, Hjalmar Bergman, Farmor och Vår Herre:
- Hon gitte inte tala till honom. Han var så dum, att det äcklade henne.
- She couldn't stand talking to him. He was so dumb, it sickened her.
Usage notes edit
- In earlier times this verb governed the supine, as it still does in Icelandic.
- Thus, Revelations 6:17 (KJV "For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?") was in the 1400s translated as "thy at ſtora daghen theras wredhis kombir oc huar gither tha staat" (modern spelling: "Ty att stora dagen deras vredes kommer, och ho gitter då stått?")
- Stått (staat) is here the supine of stå (“to stand”).
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of gitta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | gitta | — | ||
| Supine | gittat | — | ||
| Imperative | gitt | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | gitten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | gitter | gitte | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | gitta | gitte | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | gitte | gitte | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | — | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of gitta (class 5 strong, rare, archaic)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | gitta | — | ||
| Supine | gittat | — | ||
| Imperative | gitt | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | gitten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | gitter | gat | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | gitta | gåto | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | gitte | gåte | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | — | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Etymology 2 edit
From Turkish gitmek, from Ottoman Turkish كتمك (gitmek), from Proto-Turkic *kē(y)t- (“to go (away)”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gitta (present gittar, preterite gittade, supine gittat, imperative gitta)
- (slang) to leave; take off, clear out, scram.
- 1994, The Latin Kings (lyrics and music), “Mecka”, in Välkommen till förorten:
- Jag gitta hemifrån, jag komma till centrum. Jag komma tunnelbanan känner suttla parfumen.
- I take off from home, I come to the shopping center. I come to the metro and smell the subtle perfume.
- 2006, “Glassigt”, in Mange Schmidt (lyrics), Samtidigt, i Stockholm:
- Dags för mig att gitta från lägenheten, men först alltid en dusch, inte lukta usch, stå högt i kurs, för det är glassigt.
- Time for me to take off from the apartment, but first a shower. Not smell like yuck, be classy. Because it's flashy.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of gitta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | gitta | — | ||
| Supine | gittat | — | ||
| Imperative | gitta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | gitten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | gittar | gittade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | gitta | gittade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | gitte | gittade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | gittande | |||
| Past participle | gittad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- gitta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gitta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)