bita

See also: bíta, bitā, and bitą

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French bitte.

Pronunciation

Noun

bita f (plural bites)

  1. (nautical) bitt

Derived terms

See also

  • manegueta
  • norai

Further reading

Crimean Tatar

Noun

bita

  1. grandmother

Declension

Synonyms

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɪta]

Participle

bita

  1. inflection of bít:
    1. feminine singular passive participle
    2. neuter plural passive participle

Galician

bitas

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French bitte (bitt), from Old Norse biti (beam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbitɐ]

Noun

bita f (plural bitas)

  1. (nautical) bitt
  2. (nautical) mooring post

References

Icelandic

Noun

bita

  1. indefinite accusative singular of biti
  2. indefinite dative singular of biti
  3. indefinite genitive singular of biti
  4. indefinite accusative plural of biti
  5. indefinite genitive plural of biti

Jamamadí

Noun

bita

  1. (Banawá) mosquito

References

Latvian

Noun

bita

  1. genitive singular of bits

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²biːtɑ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (to split). Akin to English bite.

Alternative forms

  • bite (e and split infinitives)

Verb

bita (present tense bit, past tense beit, supine biten, past participle biten, present participle bitande, imperative bit)

  1. to bite

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bita n

  1. definite plural of bit (Etymology 3)

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bitô. See the verb *bītaną (to bite).

Cognate with Old Frisian bita, Old High German bizzo (German Bisse), Old Norse biti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.tɑ/

Noun

bita m (nominative plural bitan)

  1. bite (of food), mouthful
  2. biter, one who bites

Declension

Descendants

  • English: bit

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bītan.

Verb

bīta

  1. to bite

Descendants

  • North Frisian: (Mooring) bite, (Föhr-Amrum) bitj
  • Saterland Frisian:
  • West Frisian: bite

Old High German

Etymology 1

From the verb bitten.

Noun

bita f

  1. request, inquiry
Descendants

Etymology 2

From the verb bītan.

Noun

bīta f [1]

  1. anticipation, expectation, hesitation, wait
  2. stay

References

  1. Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “bʰei̯dʰ-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 12

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Presumably from bit (a bite) or biti (bit, mouthful).

Verb

bita

  1. to cut into bits
Conjugation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bita

  1. genitive plural of bit
  2. inflection of biti:
    1. oblique singular
    2. accusative plural
    3. genitive plural

Verb

bita

  1. first-person singular past subjunctive active of bíta

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną.

Verb

bita

  1. bite

Conjugation

Descendants

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: bi‧ta

Participle

bita

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of bity

Noun

bita m inan

  1. genitive singular of bit

Alternative forms

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.ta/

Etymology 1

From English bitter.

Adjective

bita

  1. bitter

Noun

bita

  1. bile

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch bitter.

Noun

bita

  1. a type of strong liquor

Swazi

Verb

-bíta

  1. to call

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (to split).

Verb

bita (present biter, preterite bet, supine bitit, imperative bit)

  1. to bite
Conjugation

Etymology 2

bit (bit) + -a; which comes from the same root as the above.

Verb

bita (present bitar, preterite bitade, supine bitat, imperative bita)

  1. to dice, to split into bits (e.g. sugar into cubes)
    Lägg blandade grönsaker som bitats i lergrytans botten.
    Put mixed vegetables that have been diced in the bottom of the clay pot.
Conjugation

References

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