jiti
English edit
Noun edit
jiti (uncountable)
- Alternative form of jit (“Zimbabwean dance music”)
Karaim edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *jiti. Compare to Azerbaijani iti, Southern Altai јидӱ (ǰidü), etc.
Adjective edit
jiti
References edit
N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “jiti”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN
Sicilian edit
Alternative forms edit
- ajiti (crasis with the singular feminine definite article a)
- agghiti (crasis with the singular feminine definite article a, determining gemination)
- gidi
- nciti
- aiti (Eye dialect)
Etymology edit
From an unattested Vulgar Latin *blēta, from Latin bēta (from which it takes the feminine gender) by contamination of blitum (a kind of spinach) (from which it changed the original ⟨bl-⟩ into ⟨j-⟩). Compare Sicilian gidi, Italian bieta, Catalan bleda, French blette. The transition from bl- to j- in is typical in the south-eastern area of Sicily, compare also Sicilian jancu and jastimia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jiti f