ꦥꦶꦠ

Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -tɔ
• Hyphenation: pi‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese pīta (“yellow”), from Sanskrit पीत (pīta, “yellow”).

Adjective

ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

1. yellow

Noun

ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

1. yellow

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese pitā (“father”), from Sanskrit पिता (pitā, “father”), the nominative form of पितृ (pitṛ, “father”).

Noun

ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

1. (archaic) father

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Malay pita (“band; tape”) (compare Indonesian pita), from Portuguese fita, from Latin vitta.

Noun

ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

1. (archaic) band
2. (archaic) ribbon

Derived terms

• ꦥꦶꦠꦏꦱꦺꦠ꧀ (pita kasèt)

 

Etymology 4

Affixed ꦲꦶꦠ (ita, “good, need; purpose, use, utility”) +‎ ꦥ- (pa-).

Noun

ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

1. (archaic) request

Verb

ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

1. (archaic) to ask, to request

Conjunction

ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

1. (archaic) or

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “pita”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN