nita

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

Cebuano

Pronoun

nita

1. (possessive) our (inclusive form)

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolute (ang/si)		Ergative (sa/ni)		Ergative (preposed)	Oblique (sa/og)
Length		Full	Short	Full	Short	Full	Full	Short
First	singular	ako	ko*	nako	ko	ako/akoa	kanako	nako
	plural inclusive	kita	ta	nato	ta	ato/atoa	kanato	nato
	plural exclusive	kami	mi	namo	mo	amo/amoa	kanamo	namo
Second	singular	ikaw	ka	nimo	mo	imo/imoha	kanimo	nimo
	plural	kamo	ka	ninyo		inyo/inyoha	kaninyo	ninyo
Third	singular	siya		niya		iya/iyaha	kaniya	niya
	plural	sila		nila		ila/ilaha	kanila	nila
*Ta is used over ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.

Choctaw

Etymology

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

Noun

nita

1. bear (animal)

Alternative forms

• nita'

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.