Related terms

Finnish

Pronunciation

Noun

aita

1. fence

Declension

Derived terms

• aidanne
• aidas
• aidata
• aidoittaa
• aituri
• aitasienisääski

Compounds

Italian

Verb

aita

1. third-person singular present indicative of aitare
2. second-person singular imperative of aitare

Latvian

Aita

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *aitā, from Proto-Indo-European *ey-, *oy- ‎(“to go”) (cf. iet) with an extra syllable tā. The original meaning was thus “goer, one that goes (around),” a not unfrequent source of words for “sheep” (cf. Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian баран ‎(barán), a borrowing from Turkic *baran ‎(“one that goes”)). An alternative theory, which derives aita from the diminutive avitiņa of dated avs ‎(“sheep”) is less likely to be correct, since the avi > ai change would be irregular. Cognates include Lithuanian áita (feminine), áitas ‎(“one who walks around a lot; restless person”) (masculine), Old Prussian aytegenis ‎(“small (quick, restless) woodpecker”), Russian dialectal етенька ‎(jetenʹka, “name used to call sheep”) (from *ěta- ‎(*ěta-) < *ait- ‎(*ait-)), Hittite 𒇻 ‎(iyant-, “sheep”) (lit. “goer, one that goes”).^[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

aita f (4th declension)

1. sheep (esp. Ovis aries; generic word)

   mājas aita‎ ― domestic sheep

   aitu gans‎ ― sheep herd (shepherd, person)

   aitu suns‎ ― sheep dog (shepherd, dog breed)

   cirpt aitas‎ ― to shear the sheep

Declension

Usage notes

The term aita is more frequent than avs, both as a generic and as the specific name of the female.

See also

• auns
• teķis
• (dated term) avs
• jērs

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “aita”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *otьcь, from Proto-Indo-European *átta.

Noun

aita

1. father

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aita.

Noun

aita ‎(genitive aďďaa, partitive [please provide])

1. garden

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• "aita" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat