pita

See also: Pita, PITA, píta, pitá, Pîta, and pită

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːtə/
• Rhymes: -ɪtə, -iːtə
• Homophone: PETA (US)
• Homophone: Peter (non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

From Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”).

Alternative forms

• pita bread
• pitta
• pitta bread

Noun

pita (plural pitas)

1. A flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.

Translations

bread pouch used for making sandwiches

• Arabic: خُبْز عَرَبِيّ‎‎ m (ḵubz ʿarabiyy)
• Catalan: pita (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮塔餅 (zh), 皮塔饼 (zh) (pítǎbǐng)

• Czech: pita chléb m
• Finnish: pitaleipä (fi), pita
• French: pita (fr) m
• German: Pita f
• Greek: πίτα (el) f (píta)

• Hebrew: פיתה‎‎ (he) f (pita)
• Hungarian: pita (hu)
• Italian: pita (it) f, pane arabo m
• Persian: پیتا‎‎ (pitâ)
• Polish: pita (pl) f
• Portuguese: pita (pt)
• Russian: пи́та (ru) f (píta), лава́ш (ru) m (laváš)
• Spanish: pita (es) m
• Turkish: pide (tr)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish pita (“century plant”).

Noun

pita (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• Pait, TAPI

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Asturian

Noun

pita f (plural pites)

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

Synonyms

• gallina

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Bikol Central

Noun

pitâ

1. (anatomy) vagina of young girls

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ta/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish pita (“century plant”).

Noun

pita f (plural pites)

1. century plant

   Synonym: atzavara

2. pita (fiber obtained from Agave americana)

Etymology 2

Noun

pita f (plural pites)

1. pita (flat bread pouch)

Further reading

• “pita” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pita” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “pita” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pita” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Finnish

Noun

pita

1. pita

Declension

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
instructive		—	pitoin
abessive		pitatta	pitoitta
comitative		—	pitoineen

Synonyms

• pitaleipä

Anagrams

• apit, pati

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Galician

Pita ("hen")

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpita̝/

Noun

pita f (plural pitas)

1. hen

   Synonym: galiña

Derived terms

• Pita
• pita cega
• pita de río
• pita do monte

Related terms

• pitiño
• pito

Etymology 2

From Spanish pita, from an American language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpita̝/

Noun

pita f (plural pitas)

1. century plant

   Synonyms: agave, piteira

Derived terms

• piteira

References

• “pita” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “pita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “pita” in Santamarina, Antón (dir.), Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja: Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (v 4.0). Santiago: ILG.
• “pita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Guaraní

Verb

pita

1. smoke

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese fita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ta/

Noun

pita

1. ribbon

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Italian

Noun

pita f (plural pite)

1. pita (type of slightly leavened flatbread)

   Synonym: pane arabo

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Limos Kalinga

Noun

pita

1. dirt

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲita]

Participle

pita

1. nominative singular feminine of pity

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Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

pita

1. land; earth

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• पित (Devanagari script)
• পিত (Bengali script)
• පිත (Sinhalese script)
• ပိတ (Burmese script)
• ปิต (Thai script)
• ᨷᩥᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• បិត (Khmer script)

Noun

pita

1. vocative singular of pitar (“father”)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲi.ta/

• Audio

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Noun

pita f

1. pita

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Portuguese

Noun

pita m (plural pitas)

1. pita (a type of slightly leavened flatbread)

Synonyms

• pão sírio, pão árabe

Noun

pita f (plural pitas)

1. Furcraea foetida, a fibrous, ornamental plant of the Americas
2. agave (any plant of the genus Agave)
3. pita (fibre obtained from agaves)

Synonyms

• (Furcraea foetida): piteira
• (agave): agave, piteira

Verb

pita

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of pitar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of pitar

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish pite), from Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”). Balkanic grecism, compare Romanian pită, Bulgarian пита (pita, “loaf”), Albanian pite (“pie”).

Noun

pȉta f (Cyrillic spelling пи̏та)

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

Declension

Declension of pita

	singular	plural
nominative	pita	pite
genitive	pite	pita
dative	piti	pitama
accusative	pitu	pite
vocative	pito	pite
locative	piti	pitama
instrumental	pitom	pitama

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Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish pite), from Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpìːta/
• Tonal orthography: píta

Noun

píta f (genitive píte, nominative plural píte)

1. pie (type of pastry)

Declension

Declension of píta (feminine, a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	píta	píti	píte
accusative	píto	píti	píte
genitive	píte	pít	pít
dative	píti	pítama	pítam
locative	píti	pítah	pítah
instrumental	píto	pítama	pítami

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpita/, [ˈpit̪a]

Etymology 1

Noun

pita f (plural pitas)

1. century plant (Agave americana)

   Synonym: maguey (Latin America)

2. pita (fiber obtained from Agave americana)

Descendants

• Catalan: pita
• English: pita

Etymology 2

Noun

pita m (plural pitas)

1. pita (flat bread pouch)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

pita

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pitar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pitar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of pitar.

Further reading

• “pita” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swahili

Verb

-pita (infinitive kupita)

1. to pass, exceed, surpass
2. (euphemism) die

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pita
Non-finite forms
Form					Positive							Negative
Infinitive					kupita							kutopita
Simple finite forms
Positive form					Singular							Plural
Imperative					pita							piteni
Habitual					hupita
Complex finite forms
Polarity	Persons				Persons / Classes		Classes
	1st		2nd		3rd / M-wa		M-mi		Ma		Ki-vi		N		U	Ku	Pa	Mu
	Sg.	Pl.	Sg.	Pl.	Sg. / 1	Pl. / 2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11 / 14	15 / 17	16	18
Past Positive nilipita nalipita tulipita twalipita ulipita walipita mlipita mwalipita alipita walipita ulipita ilipita lilipita yalipita kilipita vilipita ilipita zilipita ulipita kulipita palipita mulipita Relative niliopita naliopita tuliopita twaliopita uliopita waliopita mliopita mwaliopita aliopita waliopita uliopita iliopita liliopita yaliopita kiliopita viliopita iliopita ziliopita uliopita kuliopita paliopita muliopita Negative sikupita hatukupita hukupita hamkupita hakupita hawakupita haukupita haikupita halikupita hayakupita hakikupita havikupita haikupita hazikupita haukupita hakukupita hapakupita hamukupita
Present Positive ninapita napita tunapita unapita mnapita anapita wanapita unapita inapita linapita yanapita kinapita vinapita inapita zinapita unapita kunapita panapita munapita Relative ninaopita naopita tunaopita unaopita mnaopita anaopita wanaopita unaopita inaopita linaopita yanaopita kinaopita vinaopita inaopita zinaopita unaopita kunaopita panaopita munaopita Negative sipiti hatupiti hupiti hampiti hapiti hawapiti haupiti haipiti halipiti hayapiti hakipiti havipiti haipiti hazipiti haupiti hakupiti hapapiti hamupiti
Future Positive nitapita tutapita utapita mtapita atapita watapita utapita itapita litapita yatapita kitapita vitapita itapita zitapita utapita kutapita patapita mutapita Relative nitakaopita tutakaopita utakaopita mtakaopita atakaopita watakaopita utakaopita itakaopita litakaopita yatakaopita kitakaopita vitakaopita itakaopita zitakaopita utakaopita kutakaopita patakaopita mutakaopita Negative sitapita hatutapita hutapita hamtapita hatapita hawatapita hautapita haitapita halitapita hayatapita hakitapita havitapita haitapita hazitapita hautapita hakutapita hapatapita hamutapita
Subjunctive Positive nipite tupite upite mpite apite wapite upite ipite lipite yapite kipite vipite ipite zipite upite kupite papite mupite Negative nisipite tusipite usipite msipite asipite wasipite usipite isipite lisipite yasipite kisipite visipite isipite zisipite usipite kusipite pasipite musipite
Present Conditional Positive ningepita tungepita ungepita mngepita angepita wangepita ungepita ingepita lingepita yangepita kingepita vingepita ingepita zingepita ungepita kungepita pangepita mungepita Negative nisingepita singepita tusingepita hatungepita usingepita hungepita msingepita hamngepita asingepita hangepita wasingepita hawangepita usingepita haungepita isingepita haingepita lisingepita halingepita yasingepita hayangepita kisingepita hakingepita visingepita havingepita isingepita haingepita zisingepita hazingepita usingepita haungepita kusingepita hakungepita pasingepita hapangepita musingepita hamungepita
Past Conditional Positive ningalipita tungalipita ungalipita mngalipita angalipita wangalipita ungalipita ingalipita lingalipita yangalipita kingalipita vingalipita ingalipita zingalipita ungalipita kungalipita pangalipita mungalipita Negative nisingalipita singalipita tusingalipita hatungalipita usingalipita hungalipita msingalipita hamngalipita asingalipita hangalipita wasingalipita hawangalipita usingalipita haungalipita isingalipita haingalipita lisingalipita halingalipita yasingalipita hayangalipita kisingalipita hakingalipita visingalipita havingalipita isingalipita haingalipita zisingalipita hazingalipita usingalipita haungalipita kusingalipita hakungalipita pasingalipita hapangalipita musingalipita hamungalipita
Conditional Contrary to Fact Positive ningelipita tungelipita ungelipita mngelipita angelipita wangelipita ungelipita ingelipita lingelipita yangelipita kingelipita vingelipita ingelipita zingelipita ungelipita kungelipita pangelipita mungelipita
General Relative Positive nipitao tupitao upitao mpitao apitao wapitao upitao ipitao lipitao yapitao kipitao vipitao ipitao zipitao upitao kupitao papitao mupitao Negative nisiopita tusiopita usiopita msiopita asiopita wasiopita usiopita isiopita lisiopita yasiopita kisiopita visiopita isiopita zisiopita usiopita kusiopita pasiopita musiopita
Gnomic Positive napita twapita wapita mwapita apita wapita wapita yapita lapita yapita chapita vyapita yapita zapita wapita kwapita papita mwapita
Perfect Positive nimepita tumepita umepita mmepita amepita wamepita umepita imepita limepita yamepita kimepita vimepita imepita zimepita umepita kumepita pamepita mumepita
"Already" Positive nimeshapita tumeshapita umeshapita mmeshapita ameshapita wameshapita umeshapita imeshapita limeshapita yameshapita kimeshapita vimeshapita imeshapita zimeshapita umeshapita kumeshapita pameshapita mumeshapita
"Not yet" Negative sijapita hatujapita hujapita hamjapita hajapita hawajapita haujapita haijapita halijapita hayajapita hakijapita havijapita haijapita hazijapita haujapita hakujapita hapajapita hamujapita
"If/When" Positive nikipita tukipita ukipita mkipita akipita wakipita ukipita ikipita likipita yakipita kikipita vikipita ikipita zikipita ukipita kukipita pakipita mukipita
"If not" Negative nisipopita tusipopita usipopita msipopita asipopita wasipopita usipopita isipopita lisipopita yasipopita kisipopita visipopita isipopita zisipopita usipopita kusipopita pasipopita musipopita
Consecutive Positive nikapita tukapita ukapita mkapita akapita wakapita ukapita ikapita likapita yakapita kikapita vikapita ikapita zikapita ukapita kukapita pakapita mukapita
Not all possible forms are listed in the table. Transitive verbs can take object concords, relative concords can agree with all noun classes, and many other forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -pitia
  • Causative: -pitisha
  • Passive: -pitiwa
  • Reciprocal: -pitiana
  • Stative: -pitika

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Tagalog

Noun

pita

1. intense, strong or eager desire

Derived terms

• pitahin
• pumita

Related terms

• hangad
• layon
• nais
• nasa

Synonyms

• pithaya

Noun

pitâ

1. low-lying land; lowland; watery land