peita

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.tɐ/ [ˈpeɪ̯.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.tɐ/ [ˈpeɪ̯.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.ta/ [ˈpeɪ̯.ta]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐj.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐj.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.tɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.tɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ejtɐ, -ɐjtɐ
• Hyphenation: pei‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin pāctus.

Noun

peita f (plural peitas)

1. (Brazil, slang) T-shirt
2. gift or promise for the purpose of bribing; bribery
3. (history) tribute paid by those who were not nobles

Etymology 2

Noun

peita f (plural peitas)

1. Diminutive of peia

Etymology 3

Verb

peita

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

Uneapa

Etymology

From earlier paita < *piata, from Proto-Oceanic *puia ta (“the good one”), from *puia (“good”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peita/

Adjective

peita

1. good

   Synonym: paita

Further reading

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 369