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nita

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nita"

Alabama

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Noun

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nita

  1. bear

Cebuano

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Pronoun

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nita

  1. (possessive) our (inclusive form)

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Cebuano personal pronouns
direct indirect (postposed) indirect (preposed) oblique
Length: full short1 full short2 base suffixed -a full short
singular first person akó ko nakò3 ko3 akò akoa kanakò nakò
second person ikáw ka nimo mo imo imoha kanimo nimo
third person siyá niya iya iyaha kaniya niya
plural first
person 		inclusive kitá ta natò ta atò atoa kanatò natò
exclusive kamí mi namò amò amoa kanamò namò
second person kamó mo ninyo inyo inyoha kaninyo ninyo
third person silá nila ila ilaha kanila nila

1 Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences.
2 Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially.
3 Ta is used over nako or ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.


Choctaw

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Etymology

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Cognate with Chickasaw nita' (“bear”), Koasati nita (“bear”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nita

  1. bear (animal)

Hanunoo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *n-ita (“our (inclusive)”, 1st pers. incl. genitive). By surface analysis, ni +‎ ta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /niˈta/ [niˈta]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ni‧ta

Pronoun

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nitá (Hanunoo spelling ᜨᜲᜦ)

  1. by us; of us; our (inclusive)
    Synonym: nitam

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Hanunoo personal pronouns
Person Number Direct Indirect Oblique
First singular ako niko kangko, kang
plural inclusive kita nita kanta
plural exclusive kami nimi kanmi
Second singular kawo, ka nimo kanmo
plural kamo niyo kanyo
Third singular siya niya kanya
plural sida nida kanda

Further reading

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  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 199
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ita₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Koasati

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Noun

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nita

  1. bear

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse hníta, from Proto-Germanic *hnītaną.

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Verb

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nita (present tense nit, past tense neit, supine nite, past participle niten, present participle nitande, imperative nit)

  1. a-infinitive form of nite

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nita n

  1. definite plural of nit

Old Irish

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Verb

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nita

  1. Alternative spelling of níta

Sumerian

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Romanization

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nita

  1. Romanization of 𒍑 (nita)

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German nieten or Middle Low German nêden, from Proto-Germanic *hneudaną. According to SO attested since 1790.

In punch and defeat sense; according to SO attested since 1958.

Verb

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nita (present nitar, preterite nitade, supine nitat, imperative nita)

  1. To rivet.
  2. (colloquial) To brake suddenly.
    Synonym: bromsa
    Hon nitade för älgen!
    She braked for the moose!
  3. (colloquial) To strongly hit or punch with a fist.
    Synonym: slå
    Ja' ska nita han!
    I'm gonna punch him!
  4. (colloquial, sports) To defeat, especially with great advantage.
    Synonyms: besegra, slå

Conjugation

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Conjugation of nita (weak)
active passive
infinitive nita nitas
supine nitat nitats
imperative nita —
imper. plural1 niten —
present past present past
indicative nitar nitade nitas nitades
ind. plural1 nita nitade nitas nitades
subjunctive2 nite nitade nites nitades
present participle nitande
past participle nitad

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

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Descendants

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  • → Finnish: niitata

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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nita (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜆ) (obsolete)

  1. complete aspect of mita

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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nità (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜆ) (obsolete)

  1. complete aspect of mita

Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nita (Jawi نيته)

  1. daylight

Verb

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nita (Jawi نيته)

  1. (stative) to be light, lit, daylit
  2. (stative) to be bright

Conjugation

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Conjugation of nita
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tonita fonita minita
2nd person nonita ninita
3rd
person 		masculine onita inita
yonita (archaic)
feminine monita
neuter inita

References

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  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yoruba

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Contraction of ní ìta (“on the outside”).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /nĩ́.ꜜtā/

Adverb

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níta

  1. outside; out
    Àwọn ọmọdé máa ń ṣeré bojúbojú níta. ― The children tend to play hide and seek outside.
    Abúlé mi wà níta ìlú Ìlọrin. ― My village is outside of Ilorin.
    Kó o gbálẹ̀ níta àti nínú ilé. ― Sweep the floor outdoors and indoors.

Usage notes

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  • used when no movement is implied, when movement is implied síta is used.
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