peita
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
peita f (plural peitas)
- (Brazil, slang) T-shirt
- gift or promise for the purpose of bribing; bribery
- (history) tribute paid by those who were not nobles
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
peita f (plural peitas)
- Diminutive of peia
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
peita
- inflection of peitar:
Uneapa edit
Etymology edit
From earlier paita < *piata, from Proto-Oceanic *puia ta (“the good one”), from *puia (“good”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pia.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
peita
Further reading edit
- Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 369