nita

See also: Nita, nita', nitʼą́, níta, and Nița

Cebuano

Pronoun

nita

1. (possessive) our (inclusive form)

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns

Person	Number	Direct		Indirect (postposed)		Indirect (preposed)		Oblique
Length		Full	Short*	Full	Short**	Base	Suffixed -a	Full	Short
First	singular	akó	ko	nakò***	ko***	akò	akoa	kanakò	nakò
	plural inclusive	kitá	ta	natò	ta	atò	atoa	kanatò	natò
	plural exclusive	kamí	mi	namò		amò	amoa	kanamò	namò
Second	singular	ikáw	ka	nimo	mo	imo	imoha	kanimo	nimo
	plural	kamó	mo	ninyo		inyo	inyoha	kaninyo	ninyo
Third	singular	siyá		niya		iya	iyaha	kaniya	niya
	plural	silá		nila		ila	ilaha	kanila	nila
*Forms under this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences **Forms under this column are literary and rarely used colloquially. ***Ta is used over nako or ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.

Choctaw

Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw nita' (“bear”), Koasati nita (“bear”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪtá/

Noun

nita

1. bear (animal)

Koasati

Noun

nita

1. bear

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hníta, from Proto-Germanic *hnītaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²niː.tɑ/

Verb

nita (present tense nit, past tense neit, supine nite, past participle niten, present participle nitande, imperative nit)

1. a-infinitive form of nite

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniː.tɑ/

Noun

nita n

1. definite plural of nit

Old Irish

Verb

nita

1. Alternative spelling of níta

Sumerian

Romanization

nita

1. Romanization of 𒍑 (nita)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German nieten or Middle Low German nêden, from Proto-Germanic *hneudaną. According to SO attested since 1790.

In punch and defeat sense; according to SO attested since 1958.

Verb

nita (present nitar, preterite nitade, supine nitat, imperative nita)

1. To rivet.
2. (colloquial) To brake suddenly.

   Synonym: bromsa

   Hon nitade för älgen!

   She braked for the moose!

3. (colloquial) To strongly hit or punch with a fist.

   Synonym: slå

   Ja' ska nita han!

   I'm gonna punch him!

4. (colloquial, sports) To defeat, especially with great advantage.

   Synonyms: besegra, slå

Conjugation

Conjugation of nita (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	nita		nitas
Supine	nitat		nitats
Imperative	nita		—
Imper. plural1	niten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	nitar	nitade	nitas	nitades
Ind. plural1	nita	nitade	nitas	nitades
Subjunctive2	nite	nitade	nites	nitades
	Participles
Present participle	nitande
Past participle	nitad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• tvärnita (“slam on the brakes”)

See also

• käftsmäll (“punch in the mouth”)
• smocka (“punch”)
• snyting (“punch to the face”)
• tjottablängare (“hard punch”)

References

• nita in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Further reading

• nita in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈni.ta]

Noun

nita (Jawi نيته)

1. daylight

Verb

nita (Jawi نيته)

1. (stative) to be light, lit, daylit
2. (stative) to be bright

Conjugation

Conjugation of nita
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tonita	fonita	minita
2nd	nonita	ninita
3rd	Masculine	onita	inita, yonita†
Feminine	monita
Neuter	inita
† - archaic

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ńta

Etymology

Contraction of ní ìta (“on the outside”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nĩ́.ꜜtā/

Adverb

níta

1. outside; out

   Àwọn ọmọdé máa ń ṣeré bojúbojú níta. ― The children tend to play hide and seek outside.

   Abúlé mi wà níta ìlú Ìlọrin. ― My village is outside of Ilorin.

   Kó o gbálẹ̀ níta àti nínú ilé. ― Sweep the floor outdoors and indoors.

Usage notes

• used when no movement is implied, when movement is implied síta is used.