English

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Etymology

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From Latin vīta (life). Doublet of quick and jiva.

Noun

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vita (plural vitae or vitas or (archaic) vitæ)

  1. A hagiography; a biography of a saint.
  2. A curriculum vitae.

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Czech

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Participle

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vita

  1. inflection of vít:
    1. feminine singular passive participle
    2. neuter plural passive participle

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vīta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vita f (plural vitae)

  1. (literature) vita (hagiography)
    Synonyms: heiligenleven, hagiografie
    Hypernyms: biografie, levensbeschrijving, leven
    Zijn vertaling van deze vita is onbetrouwbaar.His translation of this vita is unreliable.
    De eerste vita over haar leven werd in de achtste eeuw geschreven.The first vita concerning her life was written in the eighth century.

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  • When encountered in capitalized form (Vita), if not simply the female given name, the word is generally an abbreviated proper noun referring to a specific hagiography. Nonetheless, the common noun plural Vitae (e.g. "deze Vitae zijn [...]") is attested.
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Faroese

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see).

Verb

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vita (third person singular past indicative visti, third person plural past indicative vistu, supine vitað)

  1. To know.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of vita (irregular)
infinitive vita
supine vitað
present past
first singular veit visti
second singular veitst visti
third singular veit visti
plural vita vistu
participle
imperative
singular
plural
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Etymology 2

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Inflected form of viti

Noun

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vita m

  1. indefinite accusative singular of viti
  2. indefinite dative singular of viti
  3. indefinite genitive singular of viti
  4. indefinite genitive plural of viti

Finnish

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Etymology

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Means "water slime" in dialects. Origin unknown.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋitɑ/, [ˈʋit̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -itɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): vi‧ta

Noun

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vita

  1. pondweed (an aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton)

Declension

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Inflection of vita (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative vita vidat
genitive vidan vitojen
partitive vitaa vitoja
illative vitaan vitoihin
singular plural
nominative vita vidat
accusative nom. vita vidat
gen. vidan
genitive vidan vitojen
vitain rare
partitive vitaa vitoja
inessive vidassa vidoissa
elative vidasta vidoista
illative vitaan vitoihin
adessive vidalla vidoilla
ablative vidalta vidoilta
allative vidalle vidoille
essive vitana vitoina
translative vidaksi vidoiksi
abessive vidatta vidoitta
instructive vidoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vita (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vitani vitani
accusative nom. vitani vitani
gen. vitani
genitive vitani vitojeni
vitaini rare
partitive vitaani vitojani
inessive vidassani vidoissani
elative vidastani vidoistani
illative vitaani vitoihini
adessive vidallani vidoillani
ablative vidaltani vidoiltani
allative vidalleni vidoilleni
essive vitanani vitoinani
translative vidakseni vidoikseni
abessive vidattani vidoittani
instructive
comitative vitoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vitasi vitasi
accusative nom. vitasi vitasi
gen. vitasi
genitive vitasi vitojesi
vitaisi rare
partitive vitaasi vitojasi
inessive vidassasi vidoissasi
elative vidastasi vidoistasi
illative vitaasi vitoihisi
adessive vidallasi vidoillasi
ablative vidaltasi vidoiltasi
allative vidallesi vidoillesi
essive vitanasi vitoinasi
translative vidaksesi vidoiksesi
abessive vidattasi vidoittasi
instructive
comitative vitoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vitamme vitamme
accusative nom. vitamme vitamme
gen. vitamme
genitive vitamme vitojemme
vitaimme rare
partitive vitaamme vitojamme
inessive vidassamme vidoissamme
elative vidastamme vidoistamme
illative vitaamme vitoihimme
adessive vidallamme vidoillamme
ablative vidaltamme vidoiltamme
allative vidallemme vidoillemme
essive vitanamme vitoinamme
translative vidaksemme vidoiksemme
abessive vidattamme vidoittamme
instructive
comitative vitoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vitanne vitanne
accusative nom. vitanne vitanne
gen. vitanne
genitive vitanne vitojenne
vitainne rare
partitive vitaanne vitojanne
inessive vidassanne vidoissanne
elative vidastanne vidoistanne
illative vitaanne vitoihinne
adessive vidallanne vidoillanne
ablative vidaltanne vidoiltanne
allative vidallenne vidoillenne
essive vitananne vitoinanne
translative vidaksenne vidoiksenne
abessive vidattanne vidoittanne
instructive
comitative vitoinenne

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Gallurese

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Etymology

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From Classical Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (to live).

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Noun

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vita f (plural viti)

  1. life

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  1. ^ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Gallurese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Back-formation from vitat.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvitɒ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

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vita (plural viták)

  1. debate, dispute, discussion

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Possessive forms of vita
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. vitám vitáim
2nd person sing. vitád vitáid
3rd person sing. vitája vitái
1st person plural vitánk vitáink
2nd person plural vitátok vitáitok
3rd person plural vitájuk vitáik

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

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  • vita in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see).

Verb

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vita (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative veit, third-person singular past indicative vissi, supine vitað)

  1. to know (information), know of something
    Að heyra barn hlæja er það fallegasta sem ég veit.
    To hear a child laughing is the most beautiful thing I know.
    Vissir þú að við lentum aldrei á tunglinu í alvörunni? Það var allt feik.
    Did you know we never really landed on the moon? It was all fake.
  2. to see, check
    Vittu nú hvort þú getir ekki lagað þetta fyrir mig.
    Now see if you can't fix that for me.
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vita – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur vita
supine sagnbót vitað
present participle
vitandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég veit vissi viti vissi
þú veist vissir vitir vissir
hann, hún, það veit vissi viti vissi
plural við vitum vissum vitum vissum
þið vitið vissuð vitið vissuð
þeir, þær, þau vita vissu viti vissu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú vit (þú), vittu
plural þið vitið (þið), vitiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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vita

  1. inflection of viti:
    1. indefinite accusative
    2. indefinite dative singular
    3. indefinite genitive

Interlingua

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Noun

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vita (plural vitas)

  1. life
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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, possibly a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂, from the root *gʷeyh₃- (to live).

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vita f (plural vite)

  1. life
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[2], lines 1–3; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[3], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
      mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
      ché la diritta via era smarrita.
      Halfway through the journey of our life, I found myself inside a dark forest, for the straightforward path was lost.
  2. waist
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Anagrams

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Ladin

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Etymology

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From Latin vīta.

Noun

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vita f (plural vites)

  1. life

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *gʷītā. Possibly corresponds to a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos, life), Old Irish bethu, bethad, Irish beatha, Welsh bywyd, Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ, life), Lithuanian gyvatà (life), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan gayo (accusative ǰyātum) "life")), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (to live).

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vīta f (genitive vītae); first declension

  1. life
    Synonym: lūx
  2. (by extension) living, support, subsistence
  3. a way of life
  4. real life, not fiction
  5. (figuratively) mankind, the living
  6. (Medieval Latin) biography, life (particularly but not necessarily a hagiography)

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First-declension noun.

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Verb

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vītā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of vītō

References

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  • vita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vita”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
  • "vita", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Lombard

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Etymology

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From Latin vita.

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vita f (plural vite)

  1. life
    • 1274, Bonvesin de la Riva, Libro de Tre Scrigiure:
      Dra nassion da l’omo, dra vita e dra morte,
      From the tribe of the people, from the life and of the death,

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Adjective

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vita

  1. finished, complete, completed
  2. (figuratively) dead

Verb

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vita

  1. To finish, complete, do, accomplish.
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focus (voice)
agent
(active)
man-form mamita
mi-form
om-form
patient
(passive)
vitaina
alternate
a-form
voa-form
tafa-form
goal
(relative)
an-form amitana
i-form

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Mwani

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Noun

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vita

  1. war

Neapolitan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin vīta. Compare Italian vita.

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Noun

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vita f (plural vite)

  1. life

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see).

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²ʋɪ(ː)ta/
  • Hyphenation: vì‧ta

Verb

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vita (present tense veit, past tense visste, past participle visst, passive infinitive vitast, present participle vitande, imperative vit)

  1. To know.
    Veit du kva dette er?
    Do you know what this is?
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Etymology 2

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From Latin vita (life).

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vita n (definite singular vitaet, indefinite plural vita, definite plural vitaa)

  1. biography
    Synonym: biografi

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Noun

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vita n

  1. definite plural of vit

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *witaną (to know), from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (to have seen, know), originally a perfect form of *weyd- (to see).

Cognate with Old English witan, Old Frisian wita, Old Saxon witan, Old Dutch witan, Old High German wiȥȥan, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (witan).

Verb

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vita (singular past indicative vissi, plural past indicative vissu, past participle vitaðr)

  1. to know

Conjugation

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Conjugation of vita (preterite-present)
infinitive vita
present participle vitandi
past participle vitaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular veit vissa vita vissa
2nd person singular veizt vissir vitir vissir
3rd person singular veit vissi viti vissi
1st person plural vitum vissum vitim vissim
2nd person plural vituð vissuð vitið vissið
3rd person plural vitu vissu viti vissi
imperative present
2nd person singular vit
1st person plural vitum
2nd person plural vituð

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną.

Verb

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vita

  1. To know.
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse víta, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną.

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vīta

  1. To prove.
  2. To accuse.
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Piedmontese

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Etymology

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From Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, possibly a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂, from the root *gʷeyh₃- (to live).

Noun

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vita f (plural vite)

  1. life

Romansch

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Etymology 1

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From Latin vīta.

Noun

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vita f (plural vitas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) life
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Etymology 2

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Related to Etymology 1 above, similar to Italian vita.

Noun

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vita f (plural vitas)

  1. (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) waist
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Synonyms
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  • taglia (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter)

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Participle

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vita (Cyrillic spelling вита)

  1. inflection of viti:
    1. feminine singular passive past participle
    2. neuter plural passive past participle

Swahili

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Noun

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vita

  1. plural of kita

vita class VIII (plural vita class VIII)

  1. war

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Swedish

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Adjective

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vita

  1. inflection of vit:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Tsonga

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́dia, causative form of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da.

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vita

  1. To call.