aita

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aita, possibly from Proto-Uralic *ajta.^[1] Cognate with Karelian aituš, Livvi aidu, Estonian aed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯tɑ/, [ˈɑ̝i̯t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑitɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ai‧ta

Noun

aita

1. fence
2. (low) wall

References

Further reading

• “aita”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aita. Cognates include Finnish aita and Estonian aed.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯tɑ/, [ˈɑi̯t]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯tɑ/, [ˈɑi̯d̥ɑ]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯tɑ/, [ˈɑi̯d̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯t, -ɑi̯tɑ
• Hyphenation: ai‧ta

Noun

aita

1. fence
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 79:

     Aita kraasattii valkiaks

     The fence is painted white.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 5
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 16

Verb

aita

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

Romanization

aita

1. Rōmaji transcription of あいた

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aita. Cognates include Finnish aita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯tɑ/
• Hyphenation: ai‧ta

Noun

aita (genitive aijan, partitive aitua)

1. (North Karelian) fence

References

• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “забор”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronoun

aita

1. we (inclusive of the person spoken to)

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *aitā, from Proto-Indo-European *ey-, *oy- (“to go”) (cf. iet) with an extra syllable tā. The original meaning was thus “goer, one that goes (around),” a common source of words for “sheep” (cf. Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian баран (baran), a borrowing from Proto-Turkic *baran (“one that goes”)). An alternative theory, which derives aita from the diminutive avitiņa of dated avs (“sheep”) is less likely to be correct, since the avi > ai change would be irregular. Cognates include Lithuanian áita (feminine), áitas (“one who walks around a lot; restless person”) (masculine), Old Prussian aytegenis (“small (quick, restless) woodpecker”), Russian dialectal етенька (jetenʹka, “name used to call sheep”) (from *ěta- < *ait-), Hittite 𒇻 (iyant-, “sheep”) (lit. “goer, one that goes”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [àjta]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

aita f (4th declension)

1. sheep (esp. Ovis aries; generic word)

   mājas aita ― domestic sheep

   aitu gans ― sheep herd (shepherd, person)

   aitu suns ― sheep dog (shepherd, dog breed)

   cirpt aitas ― to shear the sheep

References

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque aita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaita/ [ˈai̯.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -aita
• Syllabification: ai‧ta

Noun

aita m (plural aitas)

1. (Spain, Basque Country, Navarre) dad
   • 2006, Fernando Aramburu, Los peces de la amargura:

     Intentó abrir la puerta y no pudo. Aitá, dijo.

     She tried to open the door and couldn't. Dad, she said.