pitsa

See also: pitša and pĭtsă

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitsɑ/

Noun

pitsa (genitive pitsa, partitive pitsat)

1. pizza

Declension

Declension of pitsa (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		pitsa	pitsad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	pitsa
genitive			pitsade
partitive		pitsat	pitsasid
illative		pitsasse	pitsadesse
inessive		pitsas	pitsades
elative		pitsast	pitsadest
allative		pitsale	pitsadele
adessive		pitsal	pitsadel
ablative		pitsalt	pitsadelt
translative		pitsaks	pitsadeks
terminative		pitsani	pitsadeni
essive		pitsana	pitsadena
abessive		pitsata	pitsadeta
comitative		pitsaga	pitsadega

Derived terms

• pitsabaar (“pizzeria”)
• pitsajahu (“pizza dough”)
• pitsamaitseaine (“pizza flavor/flavour”)
• pitsamüükla (“pizza shop”)
• pitsapoiss (“pizza boy”)
• pitsapõhi (“pizza base, pizza dough”)
• pitsarestoran (“pizza restaurant”)
• seenepitsa (“pizza with mushrooms”)
• vorstipitsa (“pizza with frankfurters, pizza with sausages”)

Faroese

Etymology

From Italian pizza, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “cake, pie”).

Noun

pitsa f (genitive singular pitsu, plural pitsur)

1. pizza

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pitsa	pitsan	pitsur	pitsurnar
accusative	pitsu	pitsuna	pitsur	pitsurnar
dative	pitsu	pitsuni	pitsum	pitsunum
genitive	pitsu	pitsunnar	pitsa	pitsanna

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitsɑ/, [ˈpits̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -itsɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pit‧sa
• Hyphenation^(key): pit‧sa

Noun

pitsa

1. alternative spelling of pizza

Usage notes

This is the standard spelling preferred by the Kotus (both forms are accepted), but pizza is more common.

Declension

Inflection of pitsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pitsa	pitsat
genitive		pitsan	pitsojen
partitive		pitsaa	pitsoja
illative		pitsaan	pitsoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pitsa	pitsat
accusative	nom.	pitsa	pitsat
	gen.	pitsan
genitive		pitsan	pitsojen pitsain rare
partitive		pitsaa	pitsoja
inessive		pitsassa	pitsoissa
elative		pitsasta	pitsoista
illative		pitsaan	pitsoihin
adessive		pitsalla	pitsoilla
ablative		pitsalta	pitsoilta
allative		pitsalle	pitsoille
essive		pitsana	pitsoina
translative		pitsaksi	pitsoiksi
abessive		pitsatta	pitsoitta
instructive		—	pitsoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pitsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pitsani pitsani accusative nom. pitsani pitsani gen. pitsani genitive pitsani pitsojeni pitsaini rare partitive pitsaani pitsojani inessive pitsassani pitsoissani elative pitsastani pitsoistani illative pitsaani pitsoihini adessive pitsallani pitsoillani ablative pitsaltani pitsoiltani allative pitsalleni pitsoilleni essive pitsanani pitsoinani translative pitsakseni pitsoikseni abessive pitsattani pitsoittani instructive — — comitative — pitsoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pitsasi pitsasi accusative nom. pitsasi pitsasi gen. pitsasi genitive pitsasi pitsojesi pitsaisi rare partitive pitsaasi pitsojasi inessive pitsassasi pitsoissasi elative pitsastasi pitsoistasi illative pitsaasi pitsoihisi adessive pitsallasi pitsoillasi ablative pitsaltasi pitsoiltasi allative pitsallesi pitsoillesi essive pitsanasi pitsoinasi translative pitsaksesi pitsoiksesi abessive pitsattasi pitsoittasi instructive — — comitative — pitsoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pitsamme pitsamme accusative nom. pitsamme pitsamme gen. pitsamme genitive pitsamme pitsojemme pitsaimme rare partitive pitsaamme pitsojamme inessive pitsassamme pitsoissamme elative pitsastamme pitsoistamme illative pitsaamme pitsoihimme adessive pitsallamme pitsoillamme ablative pitsaltamme pitsoiltamme allative pitsallemme pitsoillemme essive pitsanamme pitsoinamme translative pitsaksemme pitsoiksemme abessive pitsattamme pitsoittamme instructive — — comitative — pitsoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pitsanne pitsanne accusative nom. pitsanne pitsanne gen. pitsanne genitive pitsanne pitsojenne pitsainne rare partitive pitsaanne pitsojanne inessive pitsassanne pitsoissanne elative pitsastanne pitsoistanne illative pitsaanne pitsoihinne adessive pitsallanne pitsoillanne ablative pitsaltanne pitsoiltanne allative pitsallenne pitsoillenne essive pitsananne pitsoinanne translative pitsaksenne pitsoiksenne abessive pitsattanne pitsoittanne instructive — — comitative — pitsoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pitsansa pitsansa accusative nom. pitsansa pitsansa gen. pitsansa genitive pitsansa pitsojensa pitsainsa rare partitive pitsaansa pitsojaan pitsojansa inessive pitsassaan pitsassansa pitsoissaan pitsoissansa elative pitsastaan pitsastansa pitsoistaan pitsoistansa illative pitsaansa pitsoihinsa adessive pitsallaan pitsallansa pitsoillaan pitsoillansa ablative pitsaltaan pitsaltansa pitsoiltaan pitsoiltansa allative pitsalleen pitsallensa pitsoilleen pitsoillensa essive pitsanaan pitsanansa pitsoinaan pitsoinansa translative pitsakseen pitsaksensa pitsoikseen pitsoiksensa abessive pitsattaan pitsattansa pitsoittaan pitsoittansa instructive — — comitative — pitsoineen pitsoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• ananaspitsa
• einespitsa
• pannupitsa
• pitsamauste
• pitsamyymälä
• pitsapaikka
• pitsapohja
• pitsaravintola
• pitsataksi
• pitsauuni
• valmispitsa

Further reading

• “pitsa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• aspit, tapsi

Ibaloi

Etymology

Borrowed either directly from Spanish fecha or through Ilocano petsa.

Noun

pítsa

1. date

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• pítsa, pizza (proscribed)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰitsa]

Noun

pitsa f (genitive singular pitsu, nominative plural pitsur)

1. pizza

   Synonym: (rare) flatbaka

Declension

Declension of pitsa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pitsa	pitsan	pitsur	pitsurnar
accusative	pitsu	pitsuna	pitsur	pitsurnar
dative	pitsu	pitsunni	pitsum	pitsunum
genitive	pitsu	pitsunnar	pitsa	pitsanna

Further reading

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “pitsa”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Kankanaey

Etymology

Borrowed either directly from Spanish fecha or through Ilocano petsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitsa/ [ˈpi̞t̚.sʌ]
  • Rhymes: -itsa
• IPA^(key): /ˈpit͡ʃa/ [ˈpiː.t͡ʃʌ]
  • Rhymes: -it͡ʃa
• (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA^(key): /ˈpitha/ [ˈpi̞t̚.hʌ]
  • Rhymes: -itha
• Syllabification: pit‧sa

Noun

pítsa

1. date
   • 2000 & 2017, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Kalin Diyos‎^[2], Translators Association of the Philippines, Inc., →ISBN, Nehemiah 6:15:

     Limapolo ya dowa ay agew din naamagan di alad, et nakdeng sin pitsa 25 di bowan ay Elul.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of pitsa

Southern / Central
Mt. Province	Tadian	pitsa, (Lubon) pitha, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) potha
	Bauko	pitsa, (Banao, Bila, Otucan) pitha
	Sabangan	pitsa, (Tambingan, Supang, Data, Lagan, Losad, Poblacion) pitsa, (Bun-ayan, Pingad, Bao-angan, Camatagan, Napua, Gayang, Capinitan, Busa, Namatec) pitha

References

• Wallace, Judy (2018), “pitsa”, in Northern Kankanay – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fecha (“date”).

Noun

pitsa

1. date

Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fecha (“date”).

Noun

pitsa

1. date

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mbɪ̀dìá, which is an agent nominalization of the causative of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ̀da, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da (“to boil”).

Noun

pitsa class 9/10 (plural dipitsa)

1. cooking pot

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish ficha, from French fiche.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpit͡ʃa/ [ˈpiː.t͡ʃɐ], /piˈt͡ʃa/ [pɪtˈt͡ʃa]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈpitsa/ [ˈpit̪.sɐ], (no palatal assimilation) /pitˈsa/ [pɪt̪ˈsa]
• Rhymes: -it͡ʃa, (no palatal assimilation) -itsa, -a
• Syllabification: pit‧sa

Noun

pitsa or pitsá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐ)

1. (games, gambling) chip (token used in gambling)
2. (mahjong) mahjong tile

See also

• bato
• peon

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta)bor.

Neapolitan pizzabor.

English pizzabor.

Tagalog pitsa

Borrowed from English pizza, borrowed from Neapolitan pizza (1590), the Neapolitan dialectal form of Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “cake, pie”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpitsa/ [ˈpit̪.sɐ], (slightly dated) /ˈpit͡ʃa/ [ˈpiː.t͡ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -itsa, (slightly dated) -it͡ʃa
• Syllabification: pit‧sa

Noun

pitsa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐ) (colloquial)

1. pizza

Alternative forms

• pizza — unadapted spelling
• picha — colloquial
• pisa — colloquial, dated

Anagrams

• patis, pista, sipat, pitas, tapis, sapit

Tausug

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /pit͡ʃa/ [pɪˈt͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pit‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish fecha (“date”). Compare Cebuano petsa and Tagalog petsa.

Noun

pitsa (Sulat Sūg spelling فِچَ)

1. (Philippines, time) date

   Synonyms: tarik (Malaysia), tanggal (Indonesia)

   Pitsa pila adlaw ini?

   What is the date today?

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pizza.

Noun

pitsa (Sulat Sūg spelling فِچَ)

1. pizza

   Kimaun hi Jaafar sin pitsa ha Shakey's.

   Jaafar eats pizza at Shakey's.

Alternative forms

• picha

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mbɪ̀dìá, which is an agent nominalization of the causative of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ̀da, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da (“to boil”).

Noun

pitsa (plural dipitsa)

1. cooking pot

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пи́цца (pícca), from Italian pizza.

Noun

pitsa (plural pitsalar)

1. pizza

Declension

Declension of pitsa

	singular	plural
nominative	pitsa	pitsalar
genitive	pitsaning	pitsalarning
dative	pitsaga	pitsalarga
definite accusative	pitsani	pitsalarni
locative	pitsada	pitsalarda
ablative	pitsadan	pitsalardan
similative	pitsadek	pitsalardek

Possessive forms of pitsa

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	pitsam	pitsalarim
genitive	pitsamning	pitsalarimning
dative	pitsamga	pitsalarimga
definite accusative	pitsamni	pitsalarimni
locative	pitsamda	pitsalarimda
ablative	pitsamdan	pitsalarimdan
similative	pitsamdek	pitsalarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	pitsang	pitsalaring
genitive	pitsangning	pitsalaringning
dative	pitsangga	pitsalaringga
definite accusative	pitsangni	pitsalaringni
locative	pitsangda	pitsalaringda
ablative	pitsangdan	pitsalaringdan
similative	pitsangdek	pitsalaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	pitsasi	pitsalari
genitive	pitsasining	pitsalarining
dative	pitsasiga	pitsalariga
definite accusative	pitsasini	pitsalarini
locative	pitsasida	pitsalarida
ablative	pitsasidan	pitsalaridan
similative	pitsasidek	pitsalaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	pitsamiz	pitsalarimiz
genitive	pitsamizning	pitsalarimizning
dative	pitsamizga	pitsalarimizga
definite accusative	pitsamizni	pitsalarimizni
locative	pitsamizda	pitsalarimizda
ablative	pitsamizdan	pitsalarimizdan
similative	pitsamizdek	pitsalarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	pitsangiz	pitsalaringiz
genitive	pitsangizning	pitsalaringizning
dative	pitsangizga	pitsalaringizga
definite accusative	pitsangizni	pitsalaringizni
locative	pitsangizda	pitsalaringizda
ablative	pitsangizdan	pitsalaringizdan
similative	pitsangizdek	pitsalaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	pitsasi	pitsalari
genitive	pitsasining	pitsalarining
dative	pitsasiga	pitsalariga
definite accusative	pitsasini	pitsalarini
locative	pitsasida	pitsalarida
ablative	pitsasidan	pitsalaridan
similative	pitsasidek	pitsalaridek