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tita

See also: titá, tità, titã, títa, Tità, Titã, Tita, țița, and țiță

English

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Etymology

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From Tagalog tita, from Spanish tita.

Noun

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tita (plural titas)

  1. (Philippines) an aunt; auntie
  2. (Philippines, slang) a young adult woman exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipina aunt

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tita, diminutive of tía (“aunt”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ti‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈtita/ [ˈti.ta]

Noun

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títa (masculine tito)

  1. an aunt (the sister of either parent)
    Synonyms: tiya, inaon

Catalan

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Etymology

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From tit.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tita f (plural tites)

  1. turkey hen
  2. (childish) penis

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tita, diminutive of tía (“aunt”), from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ti‧ta

Noun

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tita (masculine tito)

  1. an aunt; the sister of either parent
  2. a female cousin of either parent
  3. an affectionate or honorific term for a woman of an older generation than oneself

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:tita.

Synonyms

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Rohingya

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit तिक्त (tikta). Cognate with Bengali তিতা (tita).

Adjective

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tita

  1. bitter

Romanian

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Interjection

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tita

  1. Obsolete form of atâta.

References

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  • tita in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtita/ [ˈt̪i.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: ti‧ta

Etymology 1

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Noun

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tita f (plural titas)

  1. theta; the Greek letter Θ, θ
    Synonyms: zeta, theta

Etymology 2

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From teta ("grandma").

Noun

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tita f (plural titas, masculine tito, masculine plural titos)

  1. (colloquial, endearing, Mexico) grandma

Etymology 3

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From tía +‎ -ita.

Noun

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tita f (plural titas, masculine tito, masculine plural titos)

  1. (Philippines) aunt
  2. (colloquial, Spain) auntie

Further reading

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Swedish

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Noun

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tita c

  1. a tit in the Poecile genus

Declension

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Declension of tita 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tita titan titor titorna
Genitive titas titans titors titornas

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tita, from tía (“aunt”) + -ita (“diminutive suffix”), from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

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Noun

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tita (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆ)

  1. feminine of tito: aunt; auntie
    Synonyms: tiya, tiyang, tiyahin, ale, inain, (slang) nana, tsang
  2. (slang) young adult woman exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipino aunt

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Ternate

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Etymology

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From Indonesian titah (“word, command”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tita

  1. (intransitive) to speak
  2. (intransitive) to instruct

Conjugation

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Conjugation of tita
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totita fotita mitita
2nd notita nitita
3rd Masculine otita itita, yotita†
Feminine motita
Neuter itita
† - archaic

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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