tita

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tita"

English

Etymology

From Tagalog tita, from Spanish tita.

Noun

tita (plural titas)

1. (Philippines) an aunt; auntie
2. (Philippines, slang) a young adult woman exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipina aunt

Coordinate terms

• (of a man): tito

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tita, diminutive of tía (“aunt”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ti‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈtita/ [ˈti.ta]

Noun

títa (masculine tito)

1. an aunt (the sister of either parent)

   Synonyms: tiya, inaon

Catalan

Etymology

From tit.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tita f (plural tites)

1. turkey hen
2. (childish) penis

Derived terms

• titot

Further reading

• “tita” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tita”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “tita” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tita” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tita, diminutive of tía (“aunt”), from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ti‧ta

Noun

tita (masculine tito)

1. an aunt; the sister of either parent
2. a female cousin of either parent
3. an affectionate or honorific term for a woman of an older generation than oneself

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tita.

Synonyms

• iyaan, tiya

Franco-Provençal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtita] (Aosta)

Noun

tita (plural tite) (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL)

1. Alternative form of téta (“head”)

References

• tête in Patois VdA: Le site du Francoprovençal en Vallée d'Aoste – on patoisvda.org

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit तिक्त (tikta). Cognate with Bengali তিতা (tita).

Adjective

tita

1. bitter

Romanian

Interjection

tita

1. Obsolete form of atâta.

References

• tita in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtita/ [ˈt̪i.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ti‧ta

Etymology 1

Noun

tita f (plural titas)

1. theta; the Greek letter Θ, θ

   Synonyms: zeta, theta

Etymology 2

From teta ("grandma").

Noun

tita f (plural titas, masculine tito, masculine plural titos)

1. (colloquial, endearing, Mexico) grandma

Etymology 3

From tía +‎ -ita.

Noun

tita f (plural titas, masculine tito, masculine plural titos)

1. (Philippines) aunt
2. (colloquial, Spain) auntie

Further reading

• “tito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

tita c

1. a tit in the Poecile genus

Declension

Declension of tita

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tita	titas
	definite	titan	titans
plural	indefinite	titor	titors
	definite	titorna	titornas

Derived terms

• entita
• talltita
• sikangtita
• karolinatita
• amerikansk talltita
• bergtita
• mexikansk tita

References

• tita in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tita in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tita in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tita, from tía (“aunt”) + -ita (“diminutive suffix”), from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtita/ [ˈt̪iː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ti‧ta

Noun

tita (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆ)

1. feminine of tito: aunt; auntie

   Synonyms: tiya, tiyang, tiyahin, ale, inain, (slang) nana, tsang

2. (slang) young adult woman exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipino aunt

Derived terms

• plantita
• titahin

 

Related terms

• Tita

 

Ternate

Etymology

From Indonesian titah (“word, command”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.ta]

Verb

tita

1. (intransitive) to speak
2. (intransitive) to instruct

Conjugation

Conjugation of tita
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totita	fotita	mitita
2nd	notita	nitita
3rd	Masculine	otita	itita, yotita†
Feminine	motita
Neuter	itita
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh