pita

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

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Noun

pita (plural pitas)

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

Etymology 2

Spanish

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Asturian

Noun

pita f (plural pites)

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

Synonyms

Bikol Central

Noun

pitâ

  1. (anatomy) vagina of young girls

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

Anagrams

Guaraní

Verb

pita

  1. smoke

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese fita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.ta/

Noun

pita

  1. ribbon

Limos Kalinga

Noun

pita

  1. dirt

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲita]

Participle

pita

  1. nominative singular feminine of pity

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

pita

  1. land; earth

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʲi.ta/
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Noun

pita f

  1. pita

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

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

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

Spanish

Noun

pita f (plural pitas)

  1. century plant (Agave americana)

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.

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

Tagalog

Noun

pita

  1. intense, strong or eager desire

Derived terms

Synonyms

Noun

pitâ

  1. low-lying land; lowland; watery land
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