pita

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See also: Pita, PITA, píta, pitá, Pîta, Pītā, pită, pitā, and pitą

English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, pie), more at pizza. Doublet of pide and pizza.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

pita (plural pitas)

  1. A piece of pita bread; a flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.
Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish pita (century plant).

Noun[edit]

pita (countable and uncountable, plural pitas)

  1. A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper.
  2. The plant which yields the fiber.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pita”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams[edit]

Asturian[edit]

Noun[edit]

pita f (plural pites)

  1. hen (female bird (i.e. chicken))

Synonyms[edit]

Bikol Central[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: pi‧ta
  • IPA(key): /piˈtaʔ/, [piˈtaʔ]

Noun[edit]

pitâ

  1. (anatomy, childish) vagina of young girls
    Synonyms: buray, putay, buday, pipi

Buhi'non Bikol[edit]

Noun[edit]

pita

  1. morning
    Coordinate terms: udto, apon, gabi

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish pita (century plant).

Noun[edit]

pita f (plural pites)

  1. century plant
    Synonym: atzavara
  2. pita (fiber obtained from Agave americana)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Greek πίτα (píta).

Noun[edit]

pita f (plural pites)

  1. pita (flat bread pouch)

Further reading[edit]

Czech[edit]

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

pita f

  1. pita
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle[edit]

pita

  1. inflection of pít:
    1. feminine singular passive participle
    2. neuter plural passive participle

Further reading[edit]

  • pita in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pita in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Greek πίτα (píta).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpitɑ/, [ˈpit̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -itɑ
  • Syllabification(key): pi‧ta

Noun[edit]

pita

  1. pita

Declension[edit]

Inflection of pita (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative pita pitat
genitive pitan pitojen
partitive pitaa pitoja
illative pitaan pitoihin
singular plural
nominative pita pitat
accusative nom. pita pitat
gen. pitan
genitive pitan pitojen
pitainrare
partitive pitaa pitoja
inessive pitassa pitoissa
elative pitasta pitoista
illative pitaan pitoihin
adessive pitalla pitoilla
ablative pitalta pitoilta
allative pitalle pitoille
essive pitana pitoina
translative pitaksi pitoiksi
abessive pitatta pitoitta
instructive pitoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pita (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pitani pitani
accusative nom. pitani pitani
gen. pitani
genitive pitani pitojeni
pitainirare
partitive pitaani pitojani
inessive pitassani pitoissani
elative pitastani pitoistani
illative pitaani pitoihini
adessive pitallani pitoillani
ablative pitaltani pitoiltani
allative pitalleni pitoilleni
essive pitanani pitoinani
translative pitakseni pitoikseni
abessive pitattani pitoittani
instructive
comitative pitoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pitasi pitasi
accusative nom. pitasi pitasi
gen. pitasi
genitive pitasi pitojesi
pitaisirare
partitive pitaasi pitojasi
inessive pitassasi pitoissasi
elative pitastasi pitoistasi
illative pitaasi pitoihisi
adessive pitallasi pitoillasi
ablative pitaltasi pitoiltasi
allative pitallesi pitoillesi
essive pitanasi pitoinasi
translative pitaksesi pitoiksesi
abessive pitattasi pitoittasi
instructive
comitative pitoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pitamme pitamme
accusative nom. pitamme pitamme
gen. pitamme
genitive pitamme pitojemme
pitaimmerare
partitive pitaamme pitojamme
inessive pitassamme pitoissamme
elative pitastamme pitoistamme
illative pitaamme pitoihimme
adessive pitallamme pitoillamme
ablative pitaltamme pitoiltamme
allative pitallemme pitoillemme
essive pitanamme pitoinamme
translative pitaksemme pitoiksemme
abessive pitattamme pitoittamme
instructive
comitative pitoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pitanne pitanne
accusative nom. pitanne pitanne
gen. pitanne
genitive pitanne pitojenne
pitainnerare
partitive pitaanne pitojanne
inessive pitassanne pitoissanne
elative pitastanne pitoistanne
illative pitaanne pitoihinne
adessive pitallanne pitoillanne
ablative pitaltanne pitoiltanne
allative pitallenne pitoillenne
essive pitananne pitoinanne
translative pitaksenne pitoiksenne
abessive pitattanne pitoittanne
instructive
comitative pitoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative pitansa pitansa
accusative nom. pitansa pitansa
gen. pitansa
genitive pitansa pitojensa
pitainsarare
partitive pitaansa pitojaan
pitojansa
inessive pitassaan
pitassansa
pitoissaan
pitoissansa
elative pitastaan
pitastansa
pitoistaan
pitoistansa
illative pitaansa pitoihinsa
adessive pitallaan
pitallansa
pitoillaan
pitoillansa
ablative pitaltaan
pitaltansa
pitoiltaan
pitoiltansa
allative pitalleen
pitallensa
pitoilleen
pitoillensa
essive pitanaan
pitanansa
pitoinaan
pitoinansa
translative pitakseen
pitaksensa
pitoikseen
pitoiksensa
abessive pitattaan
pitattansa
pitoittaan
pitoittansa
instructive
comitative pitoineen
pitoinensa

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

compounds

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Pita ("hen")
Teño tres pitas... ("I have three hens...")

Etymology 1[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pita f (plural pitas)

  1. young hen
    Synonym: pola
  2. hen
    Synonym: galiña
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Spanish pita, from an American language.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pita f (plural pitas)

  1. century plant
    Synonyms: agave, piteira
  2. pita (fiber obtained from Agave americana)
  3. pita (the plant which yields the fiber)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

pita

  1. inflection of pitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References[edit]

  • pita” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • pita” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • pita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • pita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • pita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “pita”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Guaraní[edit]

Verb[edit]

pita

  1. smoke

Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French plus tard (later).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

pita

  1. later

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Malay pita, from Portuguese fita, from Latin vitta.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pita

  1. ribbon
  2. excise seal
  3. band
    1. (physics, computing) a part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Hyphenation: pì‧ta

Noun[edit]

pita f (plural pite)

  1. pita (type of slightly leavened flatbread)
    Synonym: pane arabo

Anagrams[edit]

Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

pita

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦶꦠ

Limos Kalinga[edit]

Noun[edit]

pita

  1. dirt

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Participle[edit]

pita

  1. nominative singular feminine of pity

Lubuagan Kalinga[edit]

Noun[edit]

pita

  1. land; earth

Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown, probably affixed hita (benefit, welfare) +‎ pa-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pita

  1. drunk

Noun[edit]

pita

  1. drink
  2. food

Descendants[edit]

  • >? Javanese: ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

Further reading[edit]

  • "pita" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

pita

  1. vocative singular of pitar (father)

Anagrams[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
pita

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Perhaps borrowed from Greek πίτα (píta). Doublet of pizza.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

pita f

  1. pita (piece of pita bread; a flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels)
    Hypernym: pieczywo
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle[edit]

pita

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of pity

Further reading[edit]

  • pita in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pita in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • pita in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

pita m (plural pitas)

  1. pita (a type of slightly leavened flatbread)
    Synonyms: pão sírio, pão árabe

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

pita f (plural pitas)

  1. Furcraea foetida, a fibrous, ornamental plant of the Americas
    Synonym: piteira
  2. agave (any plant of the genus Agave)
    Synonyms: agave, piteira
  3. pita (fibre obtained from agaves)
  4. feminine of puto
  5. (slang, Portugal) jailbait

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

pita

  1. inflection of pitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Greek πίτα (píta).

Noun[edit]

pȉta f (Cyrillic spelling пи̏та)

  1. pie (a type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling)
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

pita (Cyrillic spelling пита)

  1. third-person singular present of pitati

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Greek πίτα (píta).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

píta f

  1. pie (type of pastry)

Inflection[edit]

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. píta
gen. sing. píte
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
píta píti píte
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
píte pít pít
dative
(dajȃlnik)
píti pítama pítam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
píto píti píte
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
píti pítah pítah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
píto pítama pítami

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpita/ [ˈpi.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: pi‧ta

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

pita f (plural pitas)

  1. century plant (Agave americana)
    Synonym: (Latin America) maguey
  2. pita (fiber obtained from Agave americana)
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

pita f (plural pitas)

  1. pita (flat bread pouch)
    Synonym: pan de pita

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

pita

  1. inflection of pitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading[edit]

Swahili[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

-pita (infinitive kupita)

  1. to pass, exceed, surpass
  2. (euphemistic) to die
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fa

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of -pita
Positive present -napita
Subjunctive -pite
Negative -piti
Imperative singular pita
Infinitives
Positive kupita
Negative kutopita
Imperatives
Singular pita
Plural piteni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupita
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipita
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupita
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napita)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapita/napita tunapita
2nd person unapita mnapita
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapita wanapita
other classes positive subject concord + -napita
Negative present (negative subject concord + -piti)
Singular Plural
1st person sipiti hatupiti
2nd person hupiti hampiti
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapiti hawapiti
other classes negative subject concord + -piti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapita
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapita
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pite)
Singular Plural
1st person nipite tupite
2nd person upite mpite
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apite wapite
other classes positive subject concord + -pite
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipite
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepita
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepita
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipita
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipita
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apita)
Singular Plural
1st person napita twapita
2nd person wapita mwapita
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apita wapita
m-mi(III/IV) wapita yapita
ji-ma(V/VI) lapita yapita
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapita vyapita
n(IX/X) yapita zapita
u(XI) wapita see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapita
pa(XVI) papita
mu(XVIII) mwapita
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepita
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapita
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japita
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipita
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopita
Consecutive kapita / positive subject concord + -kapita
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapite
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipita -tupita
2nd person -kupita -wapita/-kupiteni/-wapiteni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpita -wapita
m-mi(III/IV) -upita -ipita
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipita -yapita
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipita -vipita
n(IX/X) -ipita -zipita
u(XI) -upita see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupita
pa(XVI) -papita
mu(XVIII) -mupita
Reflexive -jipita
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pita- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pitaye -pitao
m-mi(III/IV) -pitao -pitayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pitalo -pitayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pitacho -pitavyo
n(IX/X) -pitayo -pitazo
u(XI) -pitao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pitako
pa(XVI) -pitapo
mu(XVIII) -pitamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pita)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepita -opita
m-mi(III/IV) -opita -yopita
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopita -yopita
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopita -vyopita
n(IX/X) -yopita -zopita
u(XI) -opita see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopita
pa(XVI) -popita
mu(XVIII) -mopita
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpita/, [ˈpi.tɐ]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ta

Noun[edit]

pita (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ)

  1. intense, strong or eager desire
    Synonym: pithaya
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /piˈtaʔ/, [pɪˈtaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ta

Noun[edit]

pitâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ)

  1. low-lying land; lowland; watery land