kita

See also: Kita, kýta, and kyttä

Cayubaba

Noun

kita

  1. water
    kikita
    the water

Further reading

  • Mily Crevels, Hein van der Voort, The Guaporé-Mamoré region as a linguistic area, in Pieter Muysken (editor), From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics (2008), Studies in Language Companion Series, volume 90
  • Harold Key, Morphology of Cayuvava (Mouton & Co., 1967), page 64

Cebuano

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

kita

  1. we

Etymology 2

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

Verb

kita

  1. to see, behold

Noun

kita

  1. money earned; earnings

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *kata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkitɑ/

Noun

kita

  1. mouth
  2. throat, pharynx

Declension

Inflection of kita (Kotus type 9/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative kita kidat
genitive kidan kitojen
partitive kitaa kitoja
illative kitaan kitoihin
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 kidalle kidoille
essive kitana kitoina
translative kidaksi kidoiksi
instructive — kidoin
abessive kidatta kidoitta
comitative — kitoineen

Derived terms

Anagrams

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

Ilocano

Etymology

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

Verb

kita (used in the form makita)

  1. to see

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kita/

Pronoun

kita

  1. we (inclusive)
    Kita akan pergi ke toko
    We will go to the store
  2. our / ours (inclusive)
    Kita mempunyai laboratorium komputer baru di sekolah kita
    We have a new computer laboratory at our school.

Anagrams

ikat, tika

Japanese

Romanization

kita

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きた
  2. Rōmaji transcription of キタ

Lingala

Verb

-kita (infinitive kokita)

  1. to descend, go down

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

kita

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

Derived terms

  • kekitaan
  • kami (“exclusive”)

Anagrams

ikat, tika

See also

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kyta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲi.ta/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

kita f (diminutive kitka)

  1. (fluffy) tail
  2. crest, brush, tuft

Declension

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

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

Swahili

Verb

kita

  1. To stand firm.

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.
  2. we; the two of us; you and I; also kata
    Magkaibigan kita.
    You and I are friends.

See also

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

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

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