chita

See also: Chita, Chitá, and chītā

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kɪ́ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ta/

Verb

-chita (infinitive kuchíta)

1. to do

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -chitira
  • Causative: -chititsa
  • Negative: -sachita
  • Passive: -chitidwa
  • Repetitive: -chitanso
  • Stative: -chitika
  • Other formations: -chita chizimezime (“to be dim/to be hard to see”), -chita chizinda (“to be rude or impatient”), -chita magulagula (“to buy food when there's a shortage”), -chita mazangazime (“to hallucinate”), -chita ngati (“to pretend”), -chita ngwangwangwa (“to shiver due to being wet or cold”), -chita njiru (“to be envious or jealous”), -chita nthantha (“to hesitate or doubt, to be on the point of death”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • ntchíto (“work, job”)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From Saint Dominican Creole French sitta, from French assieds-toi (“sit down”, imperative, second person singular). Compare Louisiana Creole assite, Cajun French assir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.ta/

Verb

chita

1. sit down

See also

• kanpe

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.ta/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.tɐ/

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• Hyphenation: chi‧ta

Etymology 1

Uma chita.

Borrowed from English cheetah, from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard, panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored, speckled”).

Noun

chita f (plural chitas)

1. (chiefly Portugal) cheetah (Acinonyx)

   Synonym: guepardo

Etymology 2

From Hindi छींट (chī̃ṭ).

Noun

chita f (plural chitas)

1. chintz

   Synonym: beirame

   • 1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:

     Ela que devia ter ficado no Sertão de Alagoas com vestido de chita e sem nenhuma datilografia, já que escrevia tão mal, só tinha até o terceiro ano primário.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheetah, from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard", "panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored", "speckled”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃita/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: chi‧ta

Noun

chita m or f same meaning (plural chitas)

1. (zoology) cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

   Synonym: guepardo

Further reading

• “chita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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