# tito
## English
### Etymology

From Tagalog tito, from Spanish tito.

### Noun

tito (plural titos)
* (Philippines) an uncle
* (Philippines, slang) an adult man exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipino uncle

#### Coordinate terms

* (of a woman): tita

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tito, diminutive of tío (“uncle”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ti‧to
* IPA: /ˈtito/ [ˈti.to]

### Noun

títo (feminine tita)
* uncle
    Synonyms: tiyo, amaon

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tito, diminutive of tío (“uncle”), from Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ti‧to

### Noun

tito (feminine iyaan)
* an uncle; the brother of either parent
* a male cousin of either parent
* an affectionate or honorific term for a man of an older generation than oneself

#### Synonyms

* tiyo, uyoan

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈcɪto]

### Pronoun

tito
* animate masculine nominative plural of tento

## Maranao
### Noun

tito
* puppy

## Slavomolisano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tetto.

### Noun

tito m
* roof

#### Declension
### References

* Ivica Peša Matracki and Nada Županović Filipin (2014), Changes in the System of Oblique Cases in Molise Croatian Dialect.
* Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

## Spanish
### Etymology 1

From tío +‎ -ito.

#### Noun

tito m (plural titos, feminine tita, feminine plural titas)
* (Philippines) uncle
* (colloquial, Spain) unkie

### Etymology 2

From teto ("grandfather").

#### Noun

tito m (plural titos, feminine tita, feminine plural titas)
* (informal, Mexico) grandfather, grandpa

### 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

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tito, from tío (“uncle”) + -ito (“diminutive suffix”), from Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtito/ [ˈt̪iː.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ito
* Syllabification: ti‧to

#### Noun

tito (feminine tita, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜓ)
* uncle
    Synonyms: tiyo, tiyong, tiyuhin, amain, amba, (slang) tsong
* (slang) adult man exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipino uncle

##### Derived terms

* plantito
* tituhin

##### Related terms

* Tito

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 豬肚 / 猪肚 (ti-tǒ͘, “pig tripe”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtitoʔ/ [ˈt̪iː.t̪oʔ]
* Rhymes: -itoʔ
* Syllabification: ti‧to

#### Noun

titò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜓ)
* pig tripe

##### Usage notes

* It is often written as tito ng baboy (“pork tito”, literally “tripe of pig”) to differentiate it from the above sense of "uncle".

##### Related terms

* goto
* kamto

##### See also

* batutay
* kasim
* lugaw
* trepilya

## West Coast Bajau
### Alternative forms

* titoo
* teto
* teto'o

### Etymology

From Proto-Sama-Bajaw *təttawəh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawa, from Proto-Austronesian *Cawa.

### Verb

tito
* to laugh