ita

Symbol

ita

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Italian.

Alternative forms

• eta

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ita (plural itas)

1. A kind of palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco.

Anagrams

• AIT, IAT, TAI, TIA, Tai, Tia, ait, tai, tia

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ita

1. flower

References

• Stark C., Sharon, Johnson P., Audrey, González de Guzmán, Benita (2013) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Xochapa, Guerrero‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 8

Verb

ita

1. To see.

Etymology

Cognate with North Germanic ett, eitt.

Numeral

ita

1. one
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Legationis Turcicae Epistolae Quatuor, page 389:

     Jussus ita numerabat. Ita, tua, tria, fyder, fyuf, seis, sevene, prorsus, ut nos Flandri.

     When I asked him to count, he did so as follows: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, just as we Flemings do.

Romanization

ita

1. Romanization of 𐌹𐍄𐌰

Etymology

Cognate with Old Tupi itá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈta]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: i‧ta

Noun

ita

1. stone

Etymology

Cognate with Mangas ta, Bole ítáː, Kirfi tāː, Beele etita, Galambu tāː, Gera tá, Deno taː.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔí.tá/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ́.tə́]

Pronoun

ita f sg (masculine shi, plural su)

1. she (3rd person singular pronoun)

See also

• mátà (3rd person singular feminine indirect object enclitic pronoun)
• tá (3rd person singular feminine independent object pronoun)
• -tà (3rd person singular feminine possessive enclitic pronoun)

Pronoun

ita

1. 1st-person plural pronoun inclusive: we, us (including you)

Alternative forms

• ta

Etymology

Borrowed from English that, Russian тот (tot), та (ta), то (to), Latin iste. Formed after ica (“this”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ta/

Pronoun

ita (plural iti)

1. (demonstrative pronoun) that (person)

   Ita esas plu forta, ma ica plu bela. ― That person is stronger, but this person is prettier.

Determiner

ita

1. (demonstrative determiner) that

   Ita kamizo esas verda. ― That shirt is green.

See also

• ibe (“there”)
• lore (“then”)
• tala (“such kind of”)
  • tale (“thus”)
• tanta (“so much”)

Romanization

ita

1. Rōmaji transcription of いた

Romanization

ita

1. Romanization of ꦲꦶꦠ

Etymology

From Sudanese Arabic ات (itta), an assimilated form of انت (inta), from Arabic أَنْتَ (ʔanta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈita/, [ˈi.ta]

Pronoun

ita

1. you (second-person singular pronoun)
   • (Can we date this quote?), “Halawa”, performed by Dynamq, River Nile Entertainment:

     banaat mutu ashan umon ma ze ita

     Girls die because they’re not like you

See also

References

• Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English‎, 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 143