jiti

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English

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Noun

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jiti (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of jit (Zimbabwean dance music)

Karaim

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *jiti. Compare to Azerbaijani iti, Southern Altai јидӱ (ǰidü), etc.

Adjective

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jiti

  1. sharp

References

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N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “jiti”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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  • ajiti (crasis with the singular feminine definite article a)
  • agghiti (crasis with the singular feminine definite article a, determining gemination, Ragusanu)
  • gedi, gidi (Calatinu, Chiana di Catania)
  • geji (Niscemi)
  • nciti (Francufunti)
  • aiti, iti (eye dialect)

Etymology

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From an unattested Vulgar Latin *blēta, from Latin bēta (from which it takes the feminine gender) by contamination of blitum (a kind of spinach) (from which it changed the original ⟨bl-⟩ into ⟨j-⟩). Compare Sicilian gidi, Italian bieta, Catalan bleda~bledera, French blette. The transition from bl- to j- in is typical in the south-eastern area of Sicily, compare also Sicilian jancu, jastimia and Jasi (Blaise).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈji.t̪i/ (Standard)
  • Hyphenation: ji‧ti

Noun

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jiti f

  1. Beta vulgaris; beet

Derived terms

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