kita

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kita"

Languages (42)

Aklanon • Amis • Bangi • Betawi • Cayubaba • Cebuano • Central Bikol • Chavacano • Finnish • Hanunoo • Higaonon • Hiligaynon • Iban • Ilocano • Indonesian • Inonhan • Japanese • Javanese • Kituba • Lindu • Lingala • Malay • Manado Malay • Mansaka • Maranao • Mongo • Mongondow • North Moluccan Malay • Old Sundanese • Papiamentu • Polish • Ratagnon • Sakizaya • Serbo-Croatian • Slovene • Sora • Swahili • Tagalog • Tausug • Tokelauan • Yoruba • Zacatepec Chatino

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Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronoun

kita

1. we (inclusive)

Amis

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronoun

kita

1. we (inclusive of the person spoken to)

See also

Amis personal pronouns

	singular	plural
1st person	kako	kami (exclusive) kita (inclusive)
2nd person	kiso	kamo
3rd person	ciira	caira

Bangi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-gìt.

Verb

kita

1. to fall down

Betawi

Alternative forms

• kitah (Bekasi dialect)
• kite (Tanah Abang dialect)
• kitè (Meester dialect)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kita(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita. Compare Tagalog kita.

Pronunciation

• (literary) IPA^(key): /kita/, [ki.ˈta]

  • Audio:

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• (Bekasi) IPA^(key): [ki.ˈtah]
  • Rhymes: -ah
• (Meester) IPA^(key): [ki.ˈtɛ]

  • Audio:

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  • Rhymes: -ɛ
• (Tanah Abang) IPA^(key): [ki.ˈtɤː]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ki‧ta

Pronoun

kita

1. we

   Kita ni ari bakal pegi ke Bandung.

   We are going to Bandung today.

2. our / ours

   Ada orang ngebètak bola kita.

   Someone seized (stole) our ball.

3. (euphemistic) I

   Synonym: gua

Usage notes

Sometimes, instead of gua, someone may use kita to sound more polite.

Synonyms

• ané
• gua

See also

Betawi personal pronouns

	singular	plural
1st person	gua, saya, anè, kita1	kita1
2nd person	lu, énté, situ
3rd person	dia
possessive	punya
reflexive	diri
emphatic	kendiri', dèwèk

¹ Primarily plural, but also used singularly.

• Except for 1st person singular pronouns, plurality can
  be specified by reduplication, appending pada, or both.
  

See each entry for more information.

Cayubaba

Noun

kita

1. water

   kikita ― the water

Further reading

• Mily Crevels, Hein van der Voort, The Guaporé-Mamoré region as a linguistic area, in Pieter Muysken (editor), From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics (2008), Studies in Language Companion Series, volume 90
• Harold Key, Morphology of Cayuvava (Mouton & Co., 1967), page 64

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita

Cebuano kita

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kiˈta/ [kiˈt̪a]

• Hyphenation: ki‧ta

Pronoun

kitá (Badlit spelling ᜃᜒᜆ)

1. (inclusive) we, us

   kita ra ― only us, just us

   1. (as the subject of a verb)

      Nangadto ta niaging tuig

      We went last year

   2. (as the subject of a nominal predicate); we are

      Anak ta sa Ginoo

      We are children of God

2. (with verb root or in the infinitive) let us, let's

   Adto ta / mangadto ta

   Let's go

3. (colloquial, rhetorical) I, me, myself (used as a first-person singular pronoun by the speaker to refer to themselves in a humble, downplaying, self-deprecating, or mildly passive-aggressive manner).

   Tagai sad ta ana bi.

   Come give me some of that, please.

   Di jud ta kahuman sa atong trabaho ani sige ka og samok-samok.

   I am not going to be able to finish my work if you keep bothering me.

Usage notes

• Subject (direct) pronouns are most commonly placed after the verb, or the first noun of the nominal predicate that they modify. Pronouns in this position are almost always in their short form (in this case, ta); the full form (kita) may be used to make the sentence sound more formal, or it may be placed before the verb or noun which gives the same effect. See ako for examples.
• When a speaker swaps the explicit first-person singular ako or nako (I/me) for the inclusive plural ta / kita, they are structurally masking their own individual ego or agency. In casual or high-friction environments, this serves to soften a demand or frame an individual burden as a collective condition. This maneuver is specifically preferred over ko or nako when the conversational focus or the source of friction is a second-person singular pronoun (ka, nimo, or nimo). By pulling the individual "I" and the disruptive "you" into a shared "we/us" structural container, the speaker forces a linguistic connection—neutralizing direct hostility, sharing the psychological weight, or trapping the addressee within the immediate systemic consequences of their own actions.

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns

			direct		indirect (postposed)		indirect (preposed)		oblique
	Length:		full	short1	full	short2	base	suffixed -a	full	short
singular	first person		akó	ko	nakò3	ko3	akò	akóa	kanakò	nakò
	second person		ikáw	ka	nímo	mo	ímo	imóha	kanímo	nímo
	third person		siyá		níya		íya	iyáha	kaníya	níya
plural	first person	inclusive	kitá	ta	natò	ta	atò	atóa	kanatò	natò
		exclusive	kamí	mi	namò		amò	amóa	kanamò	namò
	second person		kamó	mo	nínyo		ínyo	inyóha	kanínyo	nínyo
	third person		silá		níla		íla	iláha	kaníla	níla

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 focus is a second-person singular pronoun.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *kita

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita

Cebuano kita

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita, from Proto-Austronesian *kita.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kiˈtaʔ/ [kiˈt̪aʔ] IPA^(key): /ˈkitaʔ/ [ˈkiː.t̪aʔ]

• Hyphenation: ki‧ta

Verb

kitâ/kità (Badlit spelling ᜃᜒᜆ)

1. to see

   Nakakita na ka sa pelikula?

   Have you seen the movie?

2. to find

   Synonyms: kaplag, hipalag

   Nakit-an nako ang lapis

   I found the pencil

3. to meet with

   Synonyms: abot, tabo, tungka, bagat, sugat

4. to earn

   Synonyms: sapi, diya

Derived terms

• hangita
• hingita
• kinitaan
• kita mo
• kitakita
• magkita
• magpakita
• makakita
• makit-an
• makita
• mangita
• pakakita
• pakita
• palakita
• pangita
• pangitaon
• pinangita
• pinangitaan

Noun

kità (Badlit spelling ᜃᜒᜆ)

1. money earned; earnings

Anagrams

• atik, kati, kiat

Central Bikol

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita

Central Bikol kita

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈta/ [kiˈta]
• Hyphenation: ki‧ta

Pronoun

kitá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜒᜆ)

1. we; us (inclusive of the person spoken to)

   Luwas na kita.

   Let's (Let us) get out.

   Kita sana digdi an yaon.

   We're the only ones present.

Derived terms

• kita-kita

See also

Central Bikol personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolute		Ergative		Oblique
Length		Full	Short	Full	Short
First	singular	ako		ko		sakuya, sako
	plural inclusive	kita		nyato	ta	satuya, sato
	plural exclusive	kami		nyamo	mi	samuya, samo
Second	singular	ika	ka	mo		saimo, simo
	plural	kamo		nindo		saindo
Third	singular	siya		niya		saiya
	plural	sinda		ninda		sainda

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hiligaynon kita.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kiˈta/ [ki.ˈta]

• Hyphenation: ki‧ta
• Homophone: quita

Pronoun

kitá

1. (Cotabateño, Zamboangueño) we (inclusive of the person spoken to)

See also

Chavacano personal pronouns

	person	subject	object	possessive
singular	first	yo	conmigo	de mio mio
	second	tu usted vos	contigo con usted con vos	de tuyo de usted de vos tuyo
	third	ele	con ele	de suyo suyo
plural	first	nosotros nisos mihotro motro	con nosotros	de nosotros
	first inclusive	kita	kanaton konaton	de aton
	first exclusive	kame	kanamon konamon	de amon
	second	kamo ustedes vosotros	kaninyo con ustedes	de inyo de ustedes de vosotros
	third	sila ellos esos	kanila con ellos	de ila

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kita (compare Estonian kida, Karelian kita, Livonian ki’d, Ludian kida, Veps kida).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkitɑ/, [ˈk̟it̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -itɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ki‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): ki‧ta

Noun

kita

1. mouth, especially a large, wide open mouth
2. throat, pharynx
3. maw, the upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature
4. the empty gap between the jaws of a wrench, vise, etc.
5. (metallurgy) roll gap

Declension

Inflection of kita (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t–d gradation)
nominative		kita	kidat
genitive		kidan	kitojen
partitive		kitaa	kitoja
illative		kitaan	kitoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kita	kidat
accusative	nom.	kita	kidat
	gen.	kidan
genitive		kidan	kitojen kitain rare
partitive		kitaa	kitoja
inessive		kidassa	kidoissa
elative		kidasta	kidoista
illative		kitaan	kitoihin
adessive		kidalla	kidoilla
ablative		kidalta	kidoilta
allative		kidalle	kidoille
essive		kitana	kitoina
translative		kidaksi	kidoiksi
abessive		kidatta	kidoitta
instructive		—	kidoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kita (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t–d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kitani kitani accusative nom. kitani kitani gen. kitani genitive kitani kitojeni kitaini rare partitive kitaani kitojani inessive kidassani kidoissani elative kidastani kidoistani illative kitaani kitoihini adessive kidallani kidoillani ablative kidaltani kidoiltani allative kidalleni kidoilleni essive kitanani kitoinani translative kidakseni kidoikseni abessive kidattani kidoittani instructive — — comitative — kitoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kitasi kitasi accusative nom. kitasi kitasi gen. kitasi genitive kitasi kitojesi kitaisi rare partitive kitaasi kitojasi inessive kidassasi kidoissasi elative kidastasi kidoistasi illative kitaasi kitoihisi adessive kidallasi kidoillasi ablative kidaltasi kidoiltasi allative kidallesi kidoillesi essive kitanasi kitoinasi translative kidaksesi kidoiksesi abessive kidattasi kidoittasi instructive — — comitative — kitoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kitamme kitamme accusative nom. kitamme kitamme gen. kitamme genitive kitamme kitojemme kitaimme rare partitive kitaamme kitojamme inessive kidassamme kidoissamme elative kidastamme kidoistamme illative kitaamme kitoihimme adessive kidallamme kidoillamme ablative kidaltamme kidoiltamme allative kidallemme kidoillemme essive kitanamme kitoinamme translative kidaksemme kidoiksemme abessive kidattamme kidoittamme instructive — — comitative — kitoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kitanne kitanne accusative nom. kitanne kitanne gen. kitanne genitive kitanne kitojenne kitainne rare partitive kitaanne kitojanne inessive kidassanne kidoissanne elative kidastanne kidoistanne illative kitaanne kitoihinne adessive kidallanne kidoillanne ablative kidaltanne kidoiltanne allative kidallenne kidoillenne essive kitananne kitoinanne translative kidaksenne kidoiksenne abessive kidattanne kidoittanne instructive — — comitative — kitoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kitansa kitansa accusative nom. kitansa kitansa gen. kitansa genitive kitansa kitojensa kitainsa rare partitive kitaansa kitojaan kitojansa inessive kidassaan kidassansa kidoissaan kidoissansa elative kidastaan kidastansa kidoistaan kidoistansa illative kitaansa kitoihinsa adessive kidallaan kidallansa kidoillaan kidoillansa ablative kidaltaan kidaltansa kidoiltaan kidoiltansa allative kidalleen kidallensa kidoilleen kidoillensa essive kitanaan kitanansa kitoinaan kitoinansa translative kidakseen kidaksensa kidoikseen kidoiksensa abessive kidattaan kidattansa kidoittaan kidoittansa instructive — — comitative — kitoineen kitoinensa

Derived terms

• kidus

compounds

• kieli-kitahermo
• kissankita
• kita-aukko
• kitahalkio
• kitakaari
• kitakala
• kitakieleke
• kitakulma
• kitalaki
• kitaluu
• kitapurje
• kitapuu
• kitarisa
• kitasampi
• kitasola
• kitasyvyys
• leijonankita
• moolokinkita

Further reading

• “kita”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• Kati, akti, kait, kati

Hanunoo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *k-ita (“we (inclusive)”).

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

kitá (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜲᜦ)

1. we; us (inclusive)

   Synonyms: (literary) kitam, (literary) ta

See also

Hanunoo personal pronouns

Person	Number	Direct	Indirect	Oblique
First	singular	ako	niko	kangko, kang
	plural inclusive	kita	nita	kanta
	plural exclusive	kami	nimi	kanmi
Second	singular	kawo, ka	nimo	kanmo
	plural	kamo	niyo	kanyo
Third	singular	siya	niya	kanya
	plural	sida	nida	kanda

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 149
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ita₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Higaonon

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita

Higaonon kita

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronoun

kita

1. we

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita

Hiligaynon kita

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈta/ [kiˈta]
• Hyphenation: ki‧ta

Pronoun

kitá

1. we (inclusive)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *kita

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kitader.

Hiligaynon kita

Derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita, from Proto-Austronesian *kita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkitaʔ/ [ˈki.taʔ]
• Hyphenation: ki‧ta

Verb

kità

1. to see, behold

See also

Hiligaynon personal pronouns

		absolute (ang/si)		ergative (sa/ni)		ergative (preposed)	oblique (sa)
		full	short	full	short	full
first	singular	ako	ko*	nakon	ko	akon	sa akon
	plural inclusive	kita		naton	ta	aton	sa aton
	plural exclusive	kami		namon		amon	sa amon
second	singular	ikaw	ka	nimo	mo	imo	sa imo
	plural	kamo		ninyo		inyo	sa inyo
third	singular	siya		niya		iya	sa iya
	plural	sila		nila		ila	sa ila

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kita(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kitaʔ/

Pronoun

kita

1. you (plural)

   Dini kita?

   Where are you guys?

Ilocano

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *kita

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita

Ilocano kita

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita, from Proto-Austronesian *kita.

Noun

kíta (plural kitkita)

1. kind; class; species
2. look; shape; appearance

Derived terms

• agkita
• agpakita
• ipakita
• kitaen
• kumita
• makita
• pagkita
• pakakitaan
• pakakitkitaan

Etymology 2

Noun

kíta (plural kitkita)

1. salary; wages

   Synonym: sueldo

Declension

Possessive forms of kita

	singular	plural/distributive
1st singular	kitak	kitkitak
2nd singular	kitam	kitkitam
3rd singular	kitana	kitkitana
1st dual	kitata	kitkitata
1st plural exclusive	kitami	kitkitami
1st plural inclusive	kitatayo	kitkitatayo
2nd plural	kitayo	kitkitayo
3rd plural	kitada	kitkitada

Derived terms

• kitaen
• kumita
• kumitaan

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kita, from Proto-Malayic *kita(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkita/ [ˈki.t̪a]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ki‧ta

Pronoun

kita

1. First person plural inclusive pronoun: we, us, our (includes the addressee).

   Siapkan pakaian gantimu, karena kita akan pergi ke pantai.

   Get your change of clothes ready, because we are going to the beach.

   Pak guru baru kita sangat ramah.

   Our new teacher is very friendly.

   Di sini saja, biar dia tidak dapat kita.

   Just stay here, so he can't get us.

2. (colloquial, nonstandard) First person plural exclusive pronoun: we, us, our (excludes the addressee).

   Synonyms: kami, kita-kita, kita orang

   Kita nggak mau temenan sama kamu.

   We don't want to be friends with you.

   Tanya kita aja kalau kakak masih bingung cara mainnya.

   Ask us if you are still confused about how to play it.

See also

• kami pl (exclusive or editorial we) (“we, us, our”)

Indonesian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person exclusive	regular	aku, saya1	kami
	enclitic	-ku	-
	proclitic	ku-	-
1st person inclusive		-	kita
2nd person	regular	kamu, Anda2, kau3	kalian, Anda2, Anda sekalian2, Anda semua2
	enclitic	-mu	-
3rd person	regular	dia, beliau4, ia3	mereka
	enclitic	-nya	-
reflexive		diri5, diri sendiri
emphatic		sendiri

¹ Polite.
² Formal.
³ Now mostly literary.
⁴ Respectful.

⁵ Sometimes used as an emphatic marker instead of being reflexive.

Notes:

• This table only shows personal pronouns that are commonly used in the standard language.
• The second person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
• The enclitics are only used obliquely (object or possessor), while the proclitic is only used as a subject.

See each entry for more information.

Further reading

• “kita”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Anagrams

• ikat, tika

Inonhan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita

Inonhan kita

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronoun

kita

1. we; us (inclusive of the person spoken to)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of kita – see the following entry.

【来きた】 [verb] past tense form of 来る (kuru)

(This term, kita, is the romaji of the above term.)

Javanese

Romanization

kita

1. romanization of ꦏꦶꦠ
2. nonstandard spelling of kitha, romanization of ꦏꦶꦛ

Kituba

Verb

kita

1. to descend, go down

Lindu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita

Pronoun

kita

1. we (inclusive)

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Bangi kita.

Verb

-kita (infinitive kokita)

1. to fall down
2. to descend, go down

Malay

Alternative forms

• kite (pronunciation spelling)
• kiter (Internet, text messaging, women's speech)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *kita(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈkitə/ [ˈki.t̪ə]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -itə, -tə, -ə
• (/a/-variety, Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkita/ [ˈki.t̪a]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -ita, -ta
• Hyphenation: ki‧ta

Pronoun

kita (Jawi spelling کيت)

1. we, us (inclusive of the person spoken to)

   Antonym: kami

   Kita akan pergi ke sana esok.

   We will go there tomorrow.

2. our (inclusive possessive; includes the listener)

   Ini rumah kita.

   This is our house.

3. (informal) we, us (exclusive of the person spoken to)

   Synonyms: kita orang, kami

4. (informal, chiefly women's speech in Malaysia) I, me (used by women and tenderhearted person)

   Synonyms: saya, aku

5. (archaic) you
6. (Brunei, humble) you (singular)

Derived terms

• kekitaan

Descendants

• > Indonesian: kita
• >⇒ Manado Malay: (first-person singular personal pronoun) kita (“I”)
• >⇒ North Moluccan Malay: (first-person singular personal pronoun) kita (“I”)

See also

Malay personal pronouns

	Singular	Plural
1st person	saya1 aku3	kita4 kami2 & 5 kita orang3 & 5
2nd person	awak1 anda2 awda8 (eng)kau3 kamu3	(2nd person) + semua6 kalian2 (eng)kau orang3
3rd person	dia ia beliau7 -nya2	mereka2 dia orang3

¹ Polite.
² Formal.
³ Informal.
⁴ Includes the listener (inclusive).
⁵ Excludes the listener (exclusive).
⁶ Formality depends on the second person pronoun used.
⁷ Honorific.
⁸ Formal (Brunei).

Notes:

• This table mostly only shows personal pronouns that are commonly used in the standard language and within the Klang Valley area.
• The second person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
• The enclitic -nya is only used obliquely (as an object or possessor).
• The second person pronoun kamu is usually only used when speaking with younger speakers.

See each entry for more information.

Further reading

• "kita" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "kita" at PRPM first version)

Anagrams

ikat, tika

Manado Malay

Etymology

From North Moluccan Malay kita, from Malay kita, from Proto-Malayic *kita(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronoun

kita

1. I, me, my.

Mansaka

Pronoun

kita

1. we (inclusive)

Maranao

Pronoun

kita

1. we (inclusive)

Mongo

Verb

kita

1. to arrive

Mongondow

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kita/

Pronoun

kita

1. we (first person plural inclusive nominative pronoun; including you)

See also

• kami (“we (exclusive), not including you”)

Mongondow personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person exclusive	nominative	akuoy	kami
	genitive	ku	nami
	oblique	inako'	inami
1st person inclusive	nominative	-	kita
	genitive	-	naton
	oblique	-	inaton
2nd person	nominative	iko	mo'iko, kamu1
	genitive	mu	monimu, namu1
	oblique	inimu	imonimu, inamu1
3rd person	nominative	sia	mosia, taya1
	genitive	-ea, -nya	monia, naya1
	oblique	inia	imonia, inaya1

¹Only used with a numeral.

North Moluccan Malay

Alternative forms

• ta
• atik (back slang)
• kta, kt, t (text messaging)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita

Proto-Malayic *kita(ʔ)

Malay kita

North Moluccan Malay kita

Inherited from Malay kita (“we (inclusive)”), from Proto-Malayic *kita(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkita/
• Hyphenation: ki‧ta

Pronoun

kita

1. (colloquial, informal) First-person singular pronoun; I, me, my

   Synonym: (polite, formal) saya

   Kita mo pi batobo di pante.

   I want to go swimming at the beach.

   De kase kita doi. ― He gave me money.

   Itu kita pe buku. ― That's my book.

Usage notes

• This pronoun is generally used with people of the same age, peers, younger, or a similar social position.
• If used with someone of a socially higher position such an older person or someone respected, it would be considered disrespectful and saya is used instead.

See also

North Moluccan Malay personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	long	kita, saya1	torang
	short	ta	tong
2nd person	long	ngana	ngoni
	short	nga	ngo
3rd person	long	dia	dorang
	short	de	dong
possessive		pe
reflexive		diri
emphatic		sandiri

¹ Polite.

• The short forms are mostly dependent.
• The second person pronouns are usually avoided when talking to someone of higher status or older.
  

See each entry for more information.

Old Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita (“we, us, our”).

Pronoun

kita

1. you (singular)

   Naha kita pulaṅ dĕi?

   Why are you going back

   Tĕhĕr bawa ku kita!

   Bring it immediately!

   • c. late 15th century, Bujangga Manik, folio 12, verso:

     ... / pawkas pajĕĕṅ bĕṅĕt / ambu, kita, dĕṅ awakiṅ / sapoe ayĕna ini / pajĕĕṅ bĕṅĕt dĕṅ aiṅ

     This is the final time we meet, face to face — Mother, you and I. There is still one more day. For today, let's look at each other once more.

2. we, us (inclusive of the person spoken to)
   • 1518, Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian, folio 20, recto:

     Bayu kita pinahka prĕbu, sabda kita pinahka rama. hidĕp kita pinahka saṅ rĕsi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Papiamentu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis

Proto-Italic *kʷjētis

Latin quiēs

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Italic *-skō

Latin -scō

Latin quiēscō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin quiētus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Medieval Latin quiētāre

▲

Medieval Latin quiētus

Medieval Latin quitāreder.?

Spanish quitarder.

Papiamentu kita

Derived from Spanish quitar.

Verb

kita

1. to remove, to take away
2. to subtract

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ki‧ta
• Homophone: Kita

Noun

kita f (diminutive kitka)

1. fluffy tail
2. crest, brush, tuft

Declension

Declension of kita

	singular	plural
nominative	kita	kity
genitive	kity	kit
dative	kicie	kitom
accusative	kitę	kity
instrumental	kitą	kitami
locative	kicie	kitach
vocative	kito	kity

Further reading

• “kita”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kita”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Ratagnon

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita

Ratagnon kita

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronoun

kitá

1. we (inclusive)

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ˈta/, [ki.ˈta]

Pronoun

kita

1. we (inclusive)

See also

Sakizaya personal pronouns

				nominative	oblique	genitive	possessive
singular	1st person			kaku	takunan / takuwan / takuwanan	aku	nu maku
	2nd person			kisu	tisuwan / tisuwanan	isu	nu misu
	3rd person			ciniza	cinizaan	niza	(nu) niza
plural	1st person		inclusive	kita	titanan/titaanan	ita	nu mita
	1st person		exclusive	kami	tamiyan / tamiyanan	niyam	(nu) niyam
	2nd person			kamu	tamuwan / tamuwanan	namu	(nu) namu
	3rd person			nuheni / ku(nu)heni	tunuheniyan	nuheni	(nu) nuheni

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kîta/

• Hyphenation: ki‧ta

Noun

kȉta f (Cyrillic spelling ки̏та)

1. bunch, bouquet
2. (slang) penis
3. (archaic) pretty girl
4. (Kajkavian) branch (of a tree)

Declension

Declension of kita

	singular	plural
nominative	kȉta	kite
genitive	kite	kȋtā
dative	kiti	kitama
accusative	kitu	kite
vocative	kito	kite
locative	kiti	kitama
instrumental	kitom	kitama

Further reading

• “kita”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyta. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kìːta/

Noun

kíta f

1. plait, braid
2. tendon

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	kíta
gen. sing.	kíte
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kíta	kíti	kíte
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kíte	kít	kít
dative (dajȃlnik)	kíti	kítama	kítam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kíto	kíti	kíte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kíti	kítah	kítah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kíto	kítama	kítami

Further reading

• “kita”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Sora

Alternative forms

• kina
• kida
• -kid- , -kil-, -kit- (noun incorporation forms)

Etymology

From Proto-Munda *kᵊla (“tiger”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *kla(ː)ʔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kita/

Noun

kita

1. tiger

Swahili

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táàder.

Proto-Bantu *bìtáà

Swahili kita

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bìtáà (“war, army”), from *bʊ̀táà (“bow”).

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈki.tɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

kita class VII (plural vita class VIII)

1. (usually in the plural) a war, a battle

Verb

-kita (infinitive kukita)

1. to stand one's ground

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kita
Positive present -nakita Subjunctive -kite Negative -kiti Imperative singular kita
Infinitives
Positive kukita Negative kutokita
Imperatives
Singular kita Plural kiteni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukita Positive past positive subject concord + -likita Negative past negative subject concord + -kukita
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakita) Singular Plural 1st person ninakita/nakita tunakita 2nd person unakita mnakita 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakita wanakita other classes positive subject concord + -nakita
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kiti) Singular Plural 1st person sikiti hatukiti 2nd person hukiti hamkiti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakiti hawakiti other classes negative subject concord + -kiti
Positive future positive subject concord + -takita Negative future negative subject concord + -takita
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kite) Singular Plural 1st person nikite tukite 2nd person ukite mkite 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akite wakite other classes positive subject concord + -kite
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikite Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekita Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekita Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikita Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikita
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akita) Singular Plural 1st person nakita twakita 2nd person wakita mwakita 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akita wakita m-mi(III/IV) wakita yakita ji-ma(V/VI) lakita yakita ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakita vyakita n(IX/X) yakita zakita u(XI) wakita see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakita pa(XVI) pakita mu(XVIII) mwakita
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekita "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakita "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakita "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikita "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokita Consecutive kakita / positive subject concord + -kakita Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakite
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikita -tukita 2nd person -kukita -wakita/-kukiteni/-wakiteni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkita -wakita m-mi(III/IV) -ukita -ikita ji-ma(V/VI) -likita -yakita ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikita -vikita n(IX/X) -ikita -zikita u(XI) -ukita see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukita pa(XVI) -pakita mu(XVIII) -mukita Reflexive -jikita
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kita- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kitaye -kitao m-mi(III/IV) -kitao -kitayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kitalo -kitayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitacho -kitavyo n(IX/X) -kitayo -kitazo u(XI) -kitao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kitako pa(XVI) -kitapo mu(XVIII) -kitamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kita) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekita -okita m-mi(III/IV) -okita -yokita ji-ma(V/VI) -lokita -yokita ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokita -vyokita n(IX/X) -yokita -zokita u(XI) -okita see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokita pa(XVI) -pokita mu(XVIII) -mokita
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita

Tagalog kita

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kiˈta/ [k̠ɪˈt̪a]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ki‧ta

Pronoun

kitá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜆ)

1. Replaces ko ka or ko ikaw (I or my and you).

   Mahal ko siya, mahal ko sila, mahal ko tayong lahat—at ikaw, mahal kita.

   I love him/her, I love them, I love all of us—and you, I love you.

   Anak kita.

   You are my child.

2. (now dialectal, Batangas, Marinduque, uncommon in Bulacan) we; the two of us; you and I

   Synonyms: kata, tayong dalawa

   Magkaibigan kita.

   You and I are friends.

Usage notes

• Used when speaking directly to the receiver of a verb.
• Beyond the above dialects, tayo is used instead.

See also

Tagalog personal pronouns

Person	Number	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)
First	singular	ako	ko	akin
	dual1	kita, kata	nita, nata, ta	kanita, kanata, ata
	plural inclusive	tayo	natin	atin
	plural exclusive	kami	namin	amin
First & Second	singular	kita2
Second	singular	ikaw, ka	mo	iyo
	plural	kayo, kamo	ninyo, niyo	inyo
Third	singular	siya	niya	kaniya
	plural	sila	nila	kanila

¹ First person dual pronouns are not commonly used in Standard Tagalog.
² Replaces ko ikaw.

• mahal kita
• gusto kita

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *kita

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita

Proto-Philippine *kitaʔ

Tagalog kita

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *kitaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita, from Proto-Austronesian *kita.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkita/ [ˈk̠iː.t̪ɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ita
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkitaʔ/ [ˈk̠iː.t̪ɐʔ]

    • Audio:

      (file)

    • Rhymes: -itaʔ
• Syllabification: ki‧ta

Noun

kita or kità (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜆ)

1. state or quality of being seen; visibility
2. observation

   Synonym: pagkakita

Adjective

kita or kità (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜆ)

1. seen; visible

   Synonyms: nakikita, litaw, nakalitaw, hayag, nakahayag, tanaw, natatanaw

   Kita ang bahay namin mula rito.

   Our house can be seen from here.

   (literally, “Our house is visible from here.”)

   Kita kitá.

   I see you.

   (literally, “You are seen by me.”)

2. obvious; easily seen or understood

Derived terms

• ipakita
• kini-kinita
• kinikita
• kita-kita
• kita-kitain
• kitain
• kitakits
• kitang-kita
• kumita
• magkita
• magkita-kita
• magpakita
• magpangita
• makakita
• makini-kinita
• makipagkita
• makita
• mapakita
• pagkakita
• pagkikita
• pagpapakita
• pakikipagkita
• pakita
• pakitaan
• pakitang-gilas
• pakitang-tao
• palapangita
• pangita
• pangitain

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis

Proto-Italic *kʷjētis

Latin quiēs

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Italic *-skō

Latin -scō

Latin quiēscō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin quiētus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Medieval Latin quiētāre

▲

Medieval Latin quiētus

Medieval Latin quitāreder.?

Spanish quitardeverb.

Spanish quita

▲

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ō

Latin -ōnem

Latin -tiōnemlbor.

Spanish -ción

Spanish quitaciónbor.

Tagalog kita

Borrowed from Spanish quitación (“rent; wages; salary”), from quita (“debt relief”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkita/ [ˈk̠iː.t̪ɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ita
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkitaʔ/ [ˈk̠iː.t̪ɐʔ]

    • Audio:

      (file)

    • Rhymes: -itaʔ
• Syllabification: ki‧ta

Noun

kita or kità (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜆ) (business)

1. earnings; income; salary; wage

   Synonyms: sahod, suweldo, salaryo

   pabago-bagong kita ― ever-changing income

2. gain; profit; revenue

   Synonyms: tubo, ganansiya, pakinabang

Derived terms

• atik
• kinikita
• kitain
• kumita
• pagkakitaan
• walang-kita

Adjective

kita or kità (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜆ) (business)

1. earned; received (of salary or income)

   Synonym: pinagtrabahuhan

2. gained; benefited (of business or interest money)

Further reading

• “kita”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “kita”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• kati, atik, itak, tika, akit, kait

Tausug

• ta

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita

Tausug kita

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /kita/ [k̟ɪˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ki‧ta

Pronoun

kita (Sulat Sūg spelling كِتَ)

1. we; us (inclusive of the person spoken to)

   Kunsum na kita mangista' ha ragat.

   We will go fishing by tommorrow.

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈki.ta]
• Hyphenation: ki‧ta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ki-ta. Cognates include Tongan kita and Samoan kita.

Pronoun

kita

1. I, me

Usage notes

• kita is commonly used in place of au to arouse the listener’s sympathy about some predicament that one is in.

See also

Tokelauan personal pronouns

independent	singular	dual		plural
		long	short
1st person (exclusive)	au, kita1	ki māua	ki mā	ki mātou
1st person (inclusive)	―	ki tāua	ki tā	ki tātou
2nd person	koe	koulua		koutou
3rd person	ia	ki lāua	ki lā	ki lātou
agentive clitic	singular	dual		plural
1st person (exclusive)	kō	ki mā		ki mātou
1st person (inclusive)	―	ki tā		ki tātou
2nd person	kē	koulua		koutou
3rd person	ia	ki lā		ki lātou

¹⁾ Sympathetic
Pronouns preceded by ki may drop this preposition when in a possessive phrase.

Tokelauan possessive pronouns

inalienable (O-type)	singular	dual		plural
		long	short
1st person (exclusive)	o oku, o kita1	o māua	o mā	o mātou
1st person (inclusive)	―	o tāua	o tā	o tātou
2nd person	o ōu, o koe	o koulua		o koutou
3rd person	o ona	o lāua	o lā	o lātou
alienable (A-type)	singular	dual		plural
		long	short
1st person (exclusive)	a aku, a kita1	a māua	a mā	a mātou
1st person (inclusive)	―	a tāua	a tā	a tātou
2nd person	a āu, a koe	a koulua		a koutou
3rd person	a ana	a lāua	a lā	a lātou

¹⁾ Sympathetic
Only the singular pronouns differ from the personal pronouns.

Etymology 2

Noun

kita

1. coconut palm with many coconuts

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 162

Yoruba

Kítà é hùn

Etymology

Probably from Edo ekita, see Igbo nkịta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kí.tà/

Noun

kítà

1. (Ikalẹ) dog

   Synonyms: ajá, olókílì

   Olú ó pa kítà ọdẹ. ― Olu killed the hunter's dog. (Ìkálẹ̀)

Zacatepec Chatino

Noun

kita

1. dust
2. herb