# lita
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɪta]

### Participle

lita
* inflection of lít:
** feminine singular passive participle
** neuter plural passive participle

## Gothic
### Romanization

lita
* Romanization of 𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌰

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɪːta/
    Rhymes: -ɪːta

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

lita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative litaði, supine litað)
* to color

##### Related terms

* litur

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

lita m
* indefinite genitive plural of lita

## Kavalan
### Noun

lita
* clay

## Ladin
### Verb

lita
* inflection of liter:
** third-person singular/plural present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Verb

litā
* second-person singular present active imperative of litō

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* liten

### Adjective

lita
* feminine singular of liten

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse hlíta. Attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in his Spydeberg Dialect Dictionary (1780).

#### Alternative forms

* lite

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²liːtɑ/

#### Verb

lita (present tense lit, past tense leit, past participle lite, passive infinitive litast, present participle litande, imperative lit)
* to rely on, have faith in; trust
    Synonym: stola
    Eg lit ikkje på dei.I don't trust them.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliːtɑ/

#### Noun

lita f
* definite singular of lit

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²liːtɑ/

#### Adjective

lita
* feminine singular of liten

### References

* “lita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.ta/
* Rhymes: -ita
* Syllabification: li‧ta

### Adjective

lita
* feminine nominative/vocative singular of lity

### Noun

lita m animal
* genitive/accusative singular of lit

## Spanish
### Verb

lita
* inflection of litar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Swahili
### Etymology

From English litre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

lita class IX (plural lita class X)
* litre

### References

* ↑ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, pages 54-55: “Names of weights such as aunsi (ounce), lita (liter), and paundi (pound) are all borrowed from English, too.”

## Swazi
### Verb

-lita
* to joke

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse hlíta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liːta/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

lita (present litar, preterite litade, supine litat, imperative lita)
* (with på (“on”)) to trust (have confidence in)
    Jag litar på digI trust you
    Jag litar på att det är santI trust that it is true
    Jag litar på att du talar sanningI trust that you are telling the truth
    Litar du inte på mig?Don't you trust me?
    Hon går inte att lita påShe cannot be trusted(literally, “She is not possible to trust”)
    Hon är inte att lita påShe is not to be trusted(literally, “She is not to trust”)
* (with till (“to”)) to rely on (trust in, in that sense)
    lita till sig självrely on oneself
    våga lita till personalens förmåga som arbetsledaredare to rely on the ability of staff as a supervisor

#### Related terms

* förlita

### References

* lita in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* lita in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* lita in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* ilat

## Yogad
### Noun

litá
* louse egg

## Yoruba
### Etymology

Borrowed from English litre

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lí.tà/

### Noun

lítà
* litre

### See also

* mìlílítà (“millilitre”)