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

Conjugation of nita
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tonita	fonita	minita
2nd	nonita	ninita
3rd	Masculine	onita	inita, yonita†
Feminine	monita
Neuter	inita
† - archaic

• 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.