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Kita

Kita

See also: kita, kýta, and kyttä

English

Proper noun

Kita

  1. A special ward in Tokyo that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Saitama Prefecture, Adachi, Arakawa, Bunkyō, Toshima, and Itabashi special wards

Translations


German

Etymology

Shortening of Kindertagesstätte

Noun

Kita f (genitive Kita, plural Kitas)

  1. day care center

kita

kita

See also: Kita, kýta, and kyttä

Finnish

Noun

kita

  1. maw
  2. palate

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

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kita/

Pronoun

kita

  1. we (inclusive); I and those ones I am addressing to.
  2. us (inclusive); me and those ones I am addressing to.

Eg:. "Kita akan pergi ke toko": "We will go to the store".

  1. our (inclusive); my and of those ones I am addressing to.

"Kita mempunyai komputer labotarorium baru di sekolah kita": "We have a new computer laboratory at our school".

  1. ours (if used with milik, kepunyaan, etc.)

"Pertanian ini milik kita": "This farm is ours".

related:

  • kami= We (exclusive)

Japanese

Romanization

kita

  1. rōmaji reading of きた

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

Related terms

  • kami (exclusive)

Derived terms

  • kekitaan

See also


Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kyta.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈkʲi.ta/

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) ****
  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

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/

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.

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