taita
See also: täitä, täita, and Taita
Finnish
Verb
taita
- present active indicative connegative of taittaa
- second-person singular present imperative of taittaa
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative of taittaa
Anagrams
- -ittaa, aitat, aitta, taiat
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈtɑi̯tɑ/
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈtɑi̯tˑɑː/ (phonemic spelling: taittaa)
- Hyphenation: tai‧ta
Adverb
taita
- probably, supposedly
- 1936, L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli, Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
- Taita möö hävitimmä napravlenian (poolen), kons jooksimma oravan jälest.
- Supposedly we lost our napravlenia (direction), when we were running after the squirrel.
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Spanish
Etymology
From Lunfardo, from Latin tata.
Noun
taita m (plural taitas)
- (Argentina, Uruguay) valiant and handsome man
- (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, childish) daddy
- Synonym: tata
- (Colombia) Used by the indigenous Inga people as a title meaning elder deserving of respect, relates to traditional medicine
See also
- Lunfardo at Wikipedia
Further reading
- “taita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *taitadak, which has developed into an adverb.
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtɑitɑː/, [ˈtɑitɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑitɑː
- Hyphenation: tai‧ta
Adverb
taita
- probably
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “taitaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn