nita

nita

1. bear

nita

1. (possessive) our (inclusive form)

Cognate with Chickasaw nita' (“bear”), Koasati nita (“bear”)

• IPA^(key): /nɪtá/

nita

1. bear (animal)

From Proto-Austronesian *n-ita (“our (inclusive)”, 1st pers. incl. genitive). By surface analysis, ni +‎ ta.

• IPA^(key): /niˈta/ [niˈta]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ni‧ta

nitá (Hanunoo spelling ᜨᜲᜦ)

1. by us; of us; our (inclusive)

   Synonym: nitam

• 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

nita

1. bear

From Old Norse hníta, from Proto-Germanic *hnītaną.

• IPA^(key): /²niː.tɑ/

nita (present tense nit, past tense neit, supine nite, past participle niten, present participle nitande, imperative nit)

1. a-infinitive form of nite

• IPA^(key): /ˈniː.tɑ/

nita n

1. definite plural of nit

nita

1. Alternative spelling of níta

nita

1. Romanization of 𒍑 (nita)

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.

nita (present nitar, preterite nitade, supine nitat, imperative nita)

1. To rivet.
2. (colloquial) To brake suddenly.

   Synonym: bromsa

   Hon nitade för älgen!

   She braked for the moose!

3. (colloquial) To strongly hit or punch with a fist.

   Synonym: slå

   Ja' ska nita han!

   I'm gonna punch him!

4. (colloquial, sports) To defeat, especially with great advantage.

   Synonyms: besegra, slå

• tvärnita (“slam on the brakes”)

• → Finnish: niitata

• käftsmäll (“punch in the mouth”)
• smocka (“punch”)
• snyting (“punch to the face”)
• tjottablängare (“hard punch”)

• nita in Svensk ordbok (SO)

• nita in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• IPA^(key): [ˈni.ta]

nita (Jawi نيته)

1. daylight

nita (Jawi نيته)

1. (stative) to be light, lit, daylit
2. (stative) to be bright

• 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

• ńta

Contraction of ní ìta (“on the outside”).

IPA^(key): /nĩ́.ꜜtā/

níta

1. 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.

• used when no movement is implied, when movement is implied síta is used.