nita

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nita"

Alabama

Noun

nita

1. bear

Cebuano

Pronoun

nita

1. (possessive) our (inclusive form)

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.

Choctaw

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪtá/

Noun

nita

1. bear (animal)

Hanunoo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

nitá (Hanunoo spelling ᜨᜲᜦ)

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

   Synonym: nitam

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 199
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ita₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Koasati

Noun

nita

1. bear

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²niː.tɑ/

Verb

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

1. a-infinitive form of nite

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniː.tɑ/

Noun

nita n

1. definite plural of nit

Old Irish

Verb

nita

1. alternative spelling of níta

Sumerian

Romanization

nita

1. 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)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of nita (weak)

	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

• “nita”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Further reading

• “nita”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnita/ [ˈn̪iː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ni‧ta

Verb

nita (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜆ) (obsolete)

1. complete aspect of mita

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnitaʔ/ [ˈn̪iː.t̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -itaʔ
• Syllabification: ni‧ta

Verb

nità (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜆ) (obsolete)

1. complete aspect of mita

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈni.ta]

Noun

nita (Jawi نيته)

1. daylight

Derived terms

• lofonita (“daybreak”)

Verb

nita (Jawi نيته)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of nita

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tonita	fonita	minita
2nd person		nonita	ninita
3rd person	masculine	onita	inita yonita (archaic)
	feminine	monita
	neuter	inita

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

• ńta

Etymology

Contraction of ní +‎ ìta, literally “on the outside”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nĩ́.ꜜtā/

Adverb

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.

Usage notes

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