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tito

See also: Tito, títo, -tito, and tî-tò

English

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Etymology

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From Tagalog tito, from Spanish tito.

Noun

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tito (plural titos)

  1. (Philippines) an uncle
  2. (Philippines, slang) an adult man exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipino uncle

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tito, diminutive of tío (“uncle”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ti‧to
  • IPA(key): /ˈtito/ [ˈti.to]

Noun

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títo (feminine tita)

  1. uncle
    Synonyms: tiyo, amaon

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tito, diminutive of tío (“uncle”), from Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ti‧to

Noun

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tito (feminine iyaan)

  1. an uncle; the brother of either parent
  2. a male cousin of either parent
  3. an affectionate or honorific term for a man of an older generation than oneself

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:tito.

Synonyms

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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tito

  1. animate masculine nominative plural of tento

Maranao

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Noun

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tito

  1. puppy

Slavomolisano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian tetto.

Noun

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tito m

  1. roof

Declension

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    declension of tito (inan series-1a masc cons-stem)
singular plural
nominative tito
 titola
genitive titola
 titoli
dative titolu
 titoli
accusative tito
 titola
locative titolu
 titola
instrumental titolom, titolam
 titoli

References

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  • Ivica Peša Matracki and Nada Županović Filipin (2014), Changes in the System of Oblique Cases in Molise Croatian Dialect.
  • Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

Spanish

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Etymology 1

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From tío +‎ -ito.

Noun

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tito m (plural titos, feminine tita, feminine plural titas)

  1. (Philippines) uncle
  2. (colloquial, Spain) unkie

Etymology 2

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From teto ("grandfather").

Noun

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tito m (plural titos, feminine tita, feminine plural titas)

  1. (informal, Mexico) grandfather, grandpa

Further reading

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish tito, from tío (“uncle”) + -ito (“diminutive suffix”), from Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

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Noun

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tito (feminine tita, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜓ)

  1. uncle
    Synonyms: tiyo, tiyong, tiyuhin, amain, amba, (slang) tsong
  2. (slang) adult man exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipino uncle
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Hokkien 豬肚／猪肚 (ti-tǒ͘, “pig tripe”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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titò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜓ)

  1. pig tripe
Usage notes
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  • It is often written as tito ng baboy (“pork tito”, literally “tripe of pig”) to differentiate it from the above sense of "uncle".
See also
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West Coast Bajau

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sama-Bajaw *təttawəh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawa, from Proto-Austronesian *Cawa.

Verb

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tito

  1. to laugh
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