hita

See also: hītā

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hi‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈhitaʔ/ [ˈhi.taʔ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔitaʔ/ [ˈʔi.taʔ] (h-dropping)

Noun

hità

1. (anatomy) groin

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hi‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈhitaʔ/ [ˈhi.t̪ɐʔ]

Noun

hità

1. (anatomy) the crotch

   Synonym: bilahan

Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita. Cognates include Indonesian kita and Tagalog kita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi.tæ/

Pronoun

hita

1. (emphatic) we, us (inclusive)

Usage notes

• hita can be used either to emphasise the subject or object, or to give a quick answer.

See also

Chamorro personal pronouns

	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
hu-type pronouns
1st person	hu	ta	in
2nd person	un	en
3rd person	ha	ma
yoʼ-type pronouns
1st person	yoʼ	hit	ham
2nd person	hao	hamyo
3rd person	gueʼ	siha
emphatic pronouns
1st person	guahu	hita	hami
2nd person	hagu	hamyo
3rd person	guiya	siha

References

• Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Garo

Verb

hita

1. to order

Gothic

Romanization

hita

1. Romanization of 𐌷𐌹𐍄𐌰

Herero

Verb

hita

1. to enter

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪːta/

  Rhymes: -ɪːta

Etymology 1

Verb

hita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hitaði, supine hitað)

1. (transitive) to heat

Conjugation

hita — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að hita
supine (sagnbót)		hitað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		hitandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég hita	við hitum	present (nútíð)	ég hiti	við hitum
	þú hitar	þið hitið		þú hitir	þið hitið
	hann, hún, það hitar	þeir, þær, þau hita		hann, hún, það hiti	þeir, þær, þau hiti
past (þátíð)	ég hitaði	við hituðum	past (þátíð)	ég hitaði	við hituðum
	þú hitaðir	þið hituðuð		þú hitaðir	þið hituðuð
	hann, hún, það hitaði	þeir, þær, þau hituðu		hann, hún, það hitaði	þeir, þær, þau hituðu
imperative (boðháttur)	hita (þú)	hitið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	hitaðu	hitiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

hitast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að hitast
supine (sagnbót)		hitast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		hitandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég hitast	við hitumst	present (nútíð)	ég hitist	við hitumst
	þú hitast	þið hitist		þú hitist	þið hitist
	hann, hún, það hitast	þeir, þær, þau hitast		hann, hún, það hitist	þeir, þær, þau hitist
past (þátíð)	ég hitaðist	við hituðumst	past (þátíð)	ég hitaðist	við hituðumst
	þú hitaðist	þið hituðust		þú hitaðist	þið hituðust
	hann, hún, það hitaðist	þeir, þær, þau hituðust		hann, hún, það hitaðist	þeir, þær, þau hituðust
imperative (boðháttur)	hitast (þú)	hitist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	hitastu	hitisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

hitaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	hitaður	hituð	hitað		hitaðir	hitaðar	hituð
accusative (þolfall)	hitaðan	hitaða	hitað		hitaða	hitaðar	hituð
dative (þágufall)	hituðum	hitaðri	hituðu		hituðum	hituðum	hituðum
genitive (eignarfall)	hitaðs	hitaðrar	hitaðs		hitaðra	hitaðra	hitaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	hitaði	hitaða	hitaða		hituðu	hituðu	hituðu
accusative (þolfall)	hitaða	hituðu	hitaða		hituðu	hituðu	hituðu
dative (þágufall)	hitaða	hituðu	hitaða		hituðu	hituðu	hituðu
genitive (eignarfall)	hitaða	hituðu	hitaða		hituðu	hituðu	hituðu

Note: the mediopassive is not very common, as the separate verb hitna is normally used instead.

Etymology 2

Noun

hita

1. inflection of hiti:
   1. indefinite accusative
   2. indefinite dative singular
   3. indefinite genitive

Javanese

Romanization

hita

1. Romanization of ꦲꦶꦠ

Malagasy

Participle

hita

1. seen
2. found

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hita f

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of heta

Verb

hita (present tense hitar, past tense hita)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of heta

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हित (hita).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hita

1. advantage, benefit
2. profit
3. good
4. welfare
5. arranged, established

Adjective

hita

1. advantageous, beneficial
2. convenient, suitable
3. affectionate, friendly, kind

Derived terms

• hinitākĕn
• pita

• ahita
• hitajanana
• hitanigraha
• hitaparwatādi
• hitaprayojana
• hitasukha
• hitasukhāwasāna
• hitāwasāna
• jagadhita
• parahita
• paramahita
• prajāhita
• priyahita
• sarwahita
• sattwahita

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦶꦠ (ita)
• → Balinese: ᬳᬶᬢ (hita)

Further reading

• "hita" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hitjǭ. Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉 (heitō, “fever”) and Old High German hizza (“heating”).

Noun

hita f (genitive hitu)

1. heat, heating

Declension

Declension of hita (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hita	hitan	hitur	hiturnar
accusative	hitu	hituna	hitur	hiturnar
dative	hitu	hitunni	hitum	hitunum
genitive	hitu	hitunnar	hitna	hitnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hita
• Norwegian: hete

Further reading

• Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xit(j)ō(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 173
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hita”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀳𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• हित (Devanagari script)
• হিত (Bengali script)
• හිත (Sinhalese script)
• ဟိတ or ႁိတ (Burmese script)
• หิต or หิตะ (Thai script)
• ᩉᩥᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ຫິຕ or ຫິຕະ (Lao script)
• ហិត (Khmer script)
• 𑄦𑄨𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit हित (hita).

Adjective

hita

1. useful
2. beneficial

Declension

Declension table of "hita" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	hito	hitā
Accusative (second)	hitaṃ	hite
Instrumental (third)	hitena	hitehi or hitebhi
Dative (fourth)	hitassa or hitāya or hitatthaṃ	hitānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	hitasmā or hitamhā or hitā	hitehi or hitebhi
Genitive (sixth)	hitassa	hitānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	hitasmiṃ or hitamhi or hite	hitesu
Vocative (calling)	hita	hitā

Declension table of "hitā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	hitā	hitāyo or hitā
Accusative (second)	hitaṃ	hitāyo or hitā
Instrumental (third)	hitāya	hitāhi or hitābhi
Dative (fourth)	hitāya	hitānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	hitāya	hitāhi or hitābhi
Genitive (sixth)	hitāya	hitānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	hitāya or hitāyaṃ	hitāsu
Vocative (calling)	hite	hitāyo or hitā

Declension table of "hita" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	hitaṃ	hitāni
Accusative (second)	hitaṃ	hitāni
Instrumental (third)	hitena	hitehi or hitebhi
Dative (fourth)	hitassa or hitāya or hitatthaṃ	hitānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	hitasmā or hitamhā or hitā	hitehi or hitebhi
Genitive (sixth)	hitassa	hitānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	hitasmiṃ or hitamhi or hite	hitesu
Vocative (calling)	hita	hitāni

Noun

hita n

1. welfare, blessing, good

Declension

Declension table of "hita" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	hitaṃ	hitāni
Accusative (second)	hitaṃ	hitāni
Instrumental (third)	hitena	hitehi or hitebhi
Dative (fourth)	hitassa or hitāya or hitatthaṃ	hitānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	hitasmā or hitamhā or hitā	hitehi or hitebhi
Genitive (sixth)	hitassa	hitānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	hitasmiṃ or hitamhi or hite	hitesu
Vocative (calling)	hita	hitāni

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဟိတ (hi.ta.)

Noun

hita m

1. friend

Declension

Declension table of "hita" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	hito	hitā
Accusative (second)	hitaṃ	hite
Instrumental (third)	hitena	hitehi or hitebhi
Dative (fourth)	hitassa or hitāya or hitatthaṃ	hitānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	hitasmā or hitamhā or hitā	hitehi or hitebhi
Genitive (sixth)	hitassa	hitānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	hitasmiṃ or hitamhi or hite	hitesu
Vocative (calling)	hita	hitā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “hita”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

Verb

hita

1. inflection of hitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

hita

1. inflection of hitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Bikol Central hita (“groin”), Cebuano hita (“groin”), and Kapampangan ita.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhitaʔ/ [ˈhiː.t̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -itaʔ
• Syllabification: hi‧ta

Noun

hità (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜆ)

1. (anatomy) thigh
2. part of a garment that covers the thigh
3. upper hindleg of an animal

Derived terms

• hitaan

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hiˈtaʔ/ [hɪˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: hi‧ta

Noun

hitâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜆ)

1. benefit; advantage; gain

   Synonyms: pakinabang, kapakinabangan, napakinabang

2. unsatisfactory result; disappointing gain or advantage (from a well-intentioned act)

Derived terms

• mahita

Anagrams

• ahit, hati, tahi

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kita, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣita/

Pronoun

hita

1. we (inclusive)

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)