bita

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bita"

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French bitte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbi.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbi.ta]

Noun

bita f (plural bites)

1. (nautical) bitt

Derived terms

• bitó

See also

• manegueta
• norai

Further reading

• “bita”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Crimean Tatar

Noun

bita

1. grandmother

Declension

Declension of bita

nominative	bita
genitive	bitanıñ
dative	bitağa
accusative	bitanı
locative	bitada
ablative	bitadan

Synonyms

• qartana
• (in the northern dialect) abay

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪta]

Participle

bita

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• abita

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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bita”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bita”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English byte, from alteration of the word bite. Compare to Standard Malay bait.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ta
• Hyphenation: bi‧ta

Noun

bita

1. (computing) byte
   1. a unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values
   2. a short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word

Further reading

• “bita”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Jamamadí

Noun

bita

1. (Banawá) mosquito

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Latin

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβiː.ta/

Noun

bita f

1. (African Romance) alternative spelling of vīta: life

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, reciprocal bitast)

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

• ᛒᛁᛏᚪ (bita) — Franks Casket

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

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	bita	bitan
accusative	bitan	bitan
genitive	bitan	bitena
dative	bitan	bitum

Descendants

• Middle English: bite, bit, bitte, byte, bitt, byt, bytt, bytte (Late Middle English), bete (Norfolk) (conflated with bite)
  • English: bit; bite
    • Sranan Tongo: beti
  • Middle Scots: bit, bitt, byt, byte
    • Scots: bit; bite

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bītan.

Verb

bīta

1. to bite

Conjugation

Conjugation of bīta (strong class 1)

infinitive	bīta
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	bīte	bēt
2nd person singular	bītest, bītst	bētest, bētst
3rd person singular	bīteth, bītth	bēt
plural	bītath	biten
subjunctive	present	past
singular	bīte	bite
plural	bīte, bīten	bite, biten
imperative	present
singular	bīt
plural	bīteth
participle	present	past
	bītande	ebiten, biten

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: bitj

  Mooring: bite

  Sylt: bit

• Saterland Frisian: biete
• West Frisian: bite