nito

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ni‧to

Noun

nito

1. any of several climbing fern species:
   1. Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum)
   2. red finger fern (Lygodium circinnatum)
   3. maidenhair creeper (Lygodium flexuosum)
   4. scansorial climbing fern (Lygodium scandens)

Derived terms

• nito pula
• nito puti

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Niet and Polish nit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnito]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: ni‧to

Noun

nito (accusative singular niton, plural nitoj, accusative plural nitojn)

1. rivet

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from ng +‎ ito. See also ng (n-ang), ni (n-i), niyan (n-iyan), and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /niˈto/ [nɪˈto]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ni‧to

Determiner

nitó (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜆᜓ)

1. its

Pronoun

nitó (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜆᜓ)

1. this

See also

Tagalog demonstrative pronouns

	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)	Locative (nasa)	Existential	Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker*	ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari**	nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari†	dini/dine	nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari	ere/eri, here/heri, ayri	ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
Near speaker and listener*	ito	nito	dito	nandito, narito, naito**	heto, eto, ayto†	ganito, garito(garto)**
Near listener	iyan, yaan	niyan	diyan/diyaan	nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡	hayan, ayan	ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
Remote	iyon, yoon, yaon†	niyon, noon, niyaon†	doon	nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡	hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun	ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. †These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. ‡Rare in text.

Further reading

• “nito”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018