Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpej.tɐ/ [ˈpeɪ̯.tɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpej.ta/ [ˈpeɪ̯.ta]
 

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin pāctus.

Noun edit

peita f (plural peitas)

  1. (Brazil, slang) T-shirt
  2. gift or promise for the purpose of bribing; bribery
  3. (history) tribute paid by those who were not nobles

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

peita f (plural peitas)

  1. Diminutive of peia

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

peita

  1. inflection of peitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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

  1. good
    Synonym: paita

Further reading edit

  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 369