nitta

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English

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From Fula nete, and its source, Mandingo nɛtɛ.

nitta (plural nittas)

A tropical tree of the genus Parkia, having edible pods and seeds, especially Parkia filicoidea or Parkia biglobosa.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 65:
  These are the hard times, the long lingering days before the rains. Udders dry, grain reserves shot – even the insipid nitta pods in short supply.

nitta

Inflection of nitta (inflection type 7/lüpsta)
1st infinitive	nitta
present indic.	nitäb
past indic.	niti
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	nitän	nitin	—
2nd singular	nitäd	nitid	nitä
3rd singular	nitäb	niti	nitkaha
1st plural	nitäm	nitim	nitkam
2nd plural	nität	nitit	nitkat
3rd plural	nittas nitäba	nitiba	nitkaha
sing. conneg.¹	nitä	nitänd	nitä
plur. conneg.	nitkoi	nitnugoi	nitkoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	nitižin	nitnuižin	nitnen
2nd singular	nitižid	nitnuižid	nitned
3rd singular	nitiži	nitnuiži	nitneb
1st plural	nitižim	nitnuižim	nitnem
2nd plural	nitižit	nitnuižit	nitnet
3rd plural	nitižiba	nitnuižiba	nitneba
connegative	nitiži	nitnuiži	nitne
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	nitta
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	nittes	inessive	nitmas
instructive	nitten	illative	nitmaha
participles		elative	nitmaspäi
present active	nitäi	adessive	nitmal
past active	nitnu	abessive	nitmat
past passive	nittud
¹ In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “косить, скосить”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika