hito

See also: hīto and hitto

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• ito

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hituq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hi‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈhitoʔ/ [ˈhi.t̪oʔ]

Noun

hito (Badlit spelling ᜑᜒᜆᜓ)

1. a catfish

   Synonym: pantat

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hituq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhitoʔ/ [ˈhi.toʔ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔitoʔ/ [ˈʔi.toʔ] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: hi‧to

Noun

hitò (Basahan spelling ᜑᜒᜆᜓ)

1. catfish

   Synonyms: tabangungo, pantat

Japanese

Romanization

hito

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひと
2. Rōmaji transcription of ヒト

Portuguese

Verb

hito

1. first-person singular present indicative of hitar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈito/ [ˈi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: hi‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin fīctus, variant of Latin fīxus, perfect passive participle of fīgō. Doublet of fijo. Compare Catalan fita and Portuguese fito.

Noun

hito m (plural hitos)

1. milestone

   Synonyms: mojón, cipo

   Este día ha sido un hito importante en nuestro proyecto.

   This day has been an important milestone in our project.

2. landmark

   Synonym: coto

Verb

hito

1. first-person singular present indicative of hitar

Derived terms

• ahitar
• dar en el hito
• hitar
• mirar de hito en hito

Related terms

• hincar

Etymology 2

From the diminutive of hijo (hijito), with apheresis, from Old Spanish fijo, from Latin fīlius (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”).

Spelled as hito, rather than the expected jito, due to confluence of English and Spanish in rural New Mexico and southern Colorado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxito/ [ˈxi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito

Noun

hito m (plural hitos, feminine hita, feminine plural hitas)

1. Traditional New Mexican Spanish variant of hijo.

Further reading

• “hito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hituq. Compare Pangasinan ito, Kapampangan itu, Central Bikol hito, Cebuano hito, and Maranao ito.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhitoʔ/ [ˈhiː.t̪oʔ]
• Rhymes: -itoʔ
• Syllabification: hi‧to

Noun

hitò (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜆᜓ) (ichthyology)

1. (in general) catfish
2. (specifically) walking catfish (Clarias batrachus)

Derived terms

• matang-hito

See also

• kanduli
• tigiti

Further reading

• “hito”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• tiho

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhito]

Noun

hito

1. kitchen

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 24