kiti

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Jamamadí

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Adjective

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kiti

  1. (Banawá) strong

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Kituba

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Noun

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kiti

  1. chair

Nupe

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Etymology

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Cognates include Yoruba òkìtì.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kìtì (plural kìtìzhì)

  1. heap
  2. somersault
    Synonym: kángi

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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kiti (Cyrillic spelling кити)

  1. dative/locative singular of kita

Swahili

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kiti
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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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kiti (ki-vi class, plural viti)

  1. chair (furniture)
  2. seat

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Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Hokkien, the first syllable of which most likely is from (ke, chicken), as noted by Chan-Yap (1980). The second syllable is proposed by Chan-Yap (1980) to mean young; tender, proposing the character (), which has no such meaning, but a similar sounding character (, young; immature) does.

Noun

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kitî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜆᜒ)

  1. small chick; young of bird
    Synonyms: sisiw, inakay

Etymology 2

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Noun

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kitî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜆᜒ)

  1. start of ebullition; appearance of small bubbles before boiling; effervescence
    Synonyms: bulak, sulak, bukal

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Etymology 3

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Noun

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kitî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜆᜒ)

  1. Alternative form of kiliti
Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • kiti”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 134
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 32

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