nita
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Alabama
Noun
nita
Cebuano
Pronoun
nita
- (possessive) our (inclusive form)
See also
| direct | indirect (postposed) | indirect (preposed) | oblique | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length: | full | short1 | full | short2 | base | suffixed -a | full | short | ||
| singular | first person | akó | ko | nakò3 | ko3 | akò | akoa | kanakò | nakò | |
| second person | ikáw | ka | nimo | mo | imo | imoha | kanimo | nimo | ||
| third person | siyá | niya | iya | iyaha | kaniya | niya | ||||
| plural | first person |
inclusive | kitá | ta | natò | ta | atò | atoa | kanatò | natò |
| exclusive | kamí | mi | namò | amò | amoa | kanamò | namò | |||
| second person | kamó | mo | ninyo | inyo | inyoha | kaninyo | ninyo | |||
| third person | silá | nila | ila | ilaha | kanila | nila | ||||
1 Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences.
2 Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially.
3 Ta is used over nako or ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.
Choctaw
Etymology
Cognate with Chickasaw nita' (“bear”), Koasati nita (“bear”)
Pronunciation
Noun
nita
- bear (animal)
Hanunoo
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *n-ita (“our (inclusive)”, 1st pers. incl. genitive). By surface analysis, ni + ta.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nitá (Hanunoo spelling ᜨᜲᜦ)
See also
Hanunoo personal pronouns
Further reading
- Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 199
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ita₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Koasati
Noun
nita
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hníta, from Proto-Germanic *hnītaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
nita (present tense nit, past tense neit, supine nite, past participle niten, present participle nitande, imperative nit)
- a-infinitive form of nite
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
nita n
Old Irish
Verb
nita
- Alternative spelling of níta
Sumerian
Romanization
nita
- Romanization of 𒍑 (nita)
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from German nieten or Middle Low German nêden, from Proto-Germanic *hneudaną. According to SO attested since 1790.
In punch and defeat sense; according to SO attested since 1958.
Verb
nita (present nitar, preterite nitade, supine nitat, imperative nita)
- To rivet.
- (colloquial) To brake suddenly.
- Synonym: bromsa
- Hon nitade för älgen!
- She braked for the moose!
- (colloquial) To strongly hit or punch with a fist.
- Synonym: slå
- Ja' ska nita han!
- I'm gonna punch him!
- (colloquial, sports) To defeat, especially with great advantage.
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | nita | nitas | ||
| supine | nitat | nitats | ||
| imperative | nita | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | niten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | nitar | nitade | nitas | nitades |
| ind. plural1 | nita | nitade | nitas | nitades |
| subjunctive2 | nite | nitade | nites | nitades |
| present participle | nitande | |||
| past participle | nitad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
- tvärnita (“slam on the brakes”)
Descendants
- → Finnish: niitata
See also
- käftsmäll (“punch in the mouth”)
- smocka (“punch”)
- snyting (“punch to the face”)
- tjottablängare (“hard punch”)
References
Further reading
Ternate
Pronunciation
Noun
nita (Jawi نيته)
Verb
nita (Jawi نيته)
Conjugation
References
- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology
Contraction of ní ìta (“on the outside”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
níta
- outside; out
- Àwọn ọmọdé máa ń ṣeré bojúbojú níta. ― The children tend to play hide and seek outside.
- Abúlé mi wà níta ìlú Ìlọrin. ― My village is outside of Ilorin.
- Kó o gbálẹ̀ níta àti nínú ilé. ― Sweep the floor outdoors and indoors.
Usage notes
- used when no movement is implied, when movement is implied síta is used.
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