kita

See also: kyttä and kýta

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *kata.

Noun

kita

1. maw
2. palate

Declension

Inflection of kita (Kotus type 9/kala, t-d gradation)

		singular	plural
nominative		kita	kidat
accusative	nom.?	kita	kidat
	gen.	kidan
genitive		kidan	kitojen kitainrare
partitive		kitaa	kitoja
inessive		kidassa	kidoissa
elative		kidasta	kidoista
illative		kitaan	kitoihin
adessive		kidalla	kidoilla
ablative		kidalta	kidoilta
allative		kidalleˣ	kidoilleˣ
essive		kitana	kitoina
translative		kidaksi	kidoiksi
instructive		—	kidoin
abessive		kidatta	kidoitta
comitative		—	kitoineen

Related terms

• kitalaki

Anagrams

• akti, kait, Kati

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Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronoun

kitá

1. we (inclusive)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita, from Proto-Austronesian *kita.

Verb

kítà

1. to see, behold

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Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita, from Proto-Austronesian *kita.

Verb

kita (used in the form makita)

1. to see

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kita, from Proto-Malayic *kita(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kita/

Pronoun

kita

1. we (inclusive); I and those ones I am addressing to.
2. us (inclusive); me and those ones I am addressing to.

Eg:. "Kita akan pergi ke toko": "We will go to the store".

1. our (inclusive); my and of those ones I am addressing to.

"Kita mempunyai komputer labotarorium baru di sekolah kita": "We have a new computer laboratory at our school".

1. ours (if used with milik, kepunyaan, etc.)

"Pertanian ini milik kita": "This farm is ours".

related:

• kami= We (exclusive)

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Japanese

Romanization

kita

1. rōmaji reading of きた

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kita(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kitə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kita/
• Rhymes: -itə, -tə, -ə

Pronoun

kita

1. we, us, our (inclusive)
2. I, me, my

Related terms

• kami (“exclusive”)

Derived terms

• kekitaan

See also

Malay personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	familiar	aku / اکو	kami / کامي (exclusive) kita / کيت (inclusive)
	polite	saya / ساي
2nd person	familiar	engkau / اڠکاو kamu / کامو awak / اوق
	polite	anda / اندا
3rd person		dia / دي ia / اي -nya / -ڽ	mereka / مريک

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kyta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kîta/
• Hyphenation: ki‧ta

Noun

kȉta f (Cyrillic spelling ки̏та)

1. bunch, bouquet
2. (slang) penis
3. (archaic) pretty girl
4. (Kajkavian) branch (of a tree)

Declension

    declension of kita

	singular	plural
nominative	kȉta	kite
genitive	kite	kȋtā
dative	kiti	kitama
accusative	kitu	kite
vocative	kito	kite
locative	kiti	kitama
instrumental	kitom	kitama

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kyta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkìːta/
• Tonal orthography: kíta

Noun

kíta f (genitive kíte, nominative plural kíte)

1. plait, braid
2. tendon

Declension

Declension of kíta (feminine, a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kíta	kíti	kíte
accusative	kíto	kíti	kíte
genitive	kíte	kít	kít
dative	kíti	kítama	kítam
locative	kíti	kítah	kítah
instrumental	kíto	kítama	kítami

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Swahili

Verb

kita

1. To stand firm.

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈta/

• pronoun

  (file)

Pronoun

kita

1. Second-person form, used when speaking directly to the receiver of a verb, combining the first- and second-person. Replacement for ko ikaw (I or my and you).

   Mahal ko siya, mahal ko sila, mahal ko tayong lahat—at ikaw, mahal kita.

   I love him, I love them, I love all of us—and you, I love you.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita, from Proto-Austronesian *kita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːtaʔ/

• noun and verb

  (file)

Verb

kita (root used in the form makita)

1. To see.

   Nakikita ko... nakikita ko ang iyong kapalaran sa palad mo!

   I can see... I can see your fortune in the palm of your hand!

Noun

kita

1. Income.

   Pabagu-bago ang kita

   Ever-changing income

Derived terms

• pagkikita

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Tokelauan

Pronoun

kita

1. 1st-person singular pronoun: I, me

Usage notes

This form of the 1st-person singular pronoun is commonly used in place of au to arouse the listener’s sympathy about some predicament that one is in.

See also

Tokelauan personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person			au, kita, kō	ki māua, ki mā (exclusive) ki tāua, ki tā (inclusive)	ki mātou (exclusive) ki tātou (inclusive)
2nd person			koe, kē	koulua	koutou
3rd person			ia	ki lāua, ki lā	ki lātou