bita

From English bitter.

bita

1. bitter

Borrowed from French bitte.

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

bita f (plural bites)

1. (nautical) bitt

• bitó

• manegueta
• norai

• “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

bita

1. grandmother

• qartana
• (in the northern dialect) abay

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪta]

bita

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

• abita

From French bitte (“bitt”), from Old Norse biti (“beam”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbitɐ]

bita f (plural bitas)

1. (nautical) bitt
2. (nautical) mooring post

• 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

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

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

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

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

• “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

bita

1. (Banawá) mosquito

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈβiː.ta/

bita f

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

bita

1. genitive singular of bits

• IPA^(key): /²biːtɑ/

From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Akin to English bite.

• bite (e and split infinitives)

bita (present tense bit, past tense beit, supine biten, past participle biten, present participle bitande, imperative bit, reciprocal bitast)

1. to bite

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bita n

1. definite plural of bit (Etymology 3)

• ᛒᛁᛏᚪ (bita) — Franks Casket

From Proto-Germanic *bitô. See the verb *bītaną (“to bite”).

Cognate with Old Frisian bita, Old High German bizzo (German Bisse), Old Norse biti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.tɑ/
• Rhymes: -i.tɑ

bita m (nominative plural bitan)

1. bite (of food), mouthful
2. biter, one who bites

Weak:

• 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

From Proto-West Germanic *bītan.

bīta

1. to bite

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: bitj

  Mooring: bite

  Sylt: bit

• Saterland Frisian: biete
• West Frisian: bite

From the verb bitten.

bita f

2. request, inquiry

• German: Bitte

From the verb bītan.

bīta f ^[1]

2. anticipation, expectation, hesitation, wait
3. stay

Presumably from bit (“a bite”) or biti (“bit, mouthful”).

bita

1. to cut into bits

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bita

1. genitive plural of bit
2. inflection of biti:
   1. oblique singular
   2. accusative plural
   3. genitive plural

bita

1. first-person singular past subjunctive active of bíta

From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną.

bita

1. bite

• Swedish: bita

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

bita

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of bity

bita m inan

1. genitive singular of bit

• bitu

• IPA^(key): /bita/, [bita̠], [bitɑ̟]

From English bitter.

bita

1. bitter

bita

1. bile

Borrowed from Dutch bitter.

bita

1. a type of strong liquor

-bíta

1. to call

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

bita (present biter, preterite bet, supine bitit, imperative bit)

1. to bite

bit (“bit”) +‎ -a; which comes from the same root as the above.

bita (present bitar, preterite bitade, supine bitat, imperative bita)

1. to dice, to split into bits (e.g. sugar into cubes)

   Lägg blandade grönsaker som bitats i lergrytans botten.

   Put mixed vegetables that have been diced in the bottom of the clay pot.

• “bita”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “bita”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “bita”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)