# nita
## Alabama
### Noun

nita
* bear

## Cebuano
### Pronoun

nita
* (possessive) our (inclusive form)

#### See also

$^1$ Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences. $^2$ Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially. $^3$ Ta is used over nako or ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.

## Choctaw
### Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw nita' (“bear”), Koasati nita (“bear”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɪtá/

### Noun

nita
* bear (animal)

## Hanunoo
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *n-ita (“our (inclusive)”, 1st pers. incl. genitive). By surface analysis, ni +‎ ta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /niˈta/ [niˈta]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ni‧ta

### Pronoun

nitá (Hanunoo spelling ᜨᜲᜦ)
* by us; of us; our (inclusive)
    Synonym: nitam

#### See also

| Person | Number | Direct | Indirect | Oblique |
| First | singular | ako | niko | kangko, kang |
| First | plural inclusive | kita | nita | kanta |
| First | plural exclusive | kami | nimi | kanmi |
| Second | singular | kawo, ka | nimo | kanmo |
| Second | plural | kamo | niyo | kanyo |
| Third | singular | siya | niya | kanya |
| Third | plural | sida | nida | kanda |

### Further reading

* Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 199
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ita₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Koasati
### Noun

nita
* bear

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hníta, from Proto-Germanic *hnītaną.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²niː.tɑ/

#### Verb

nita (present tense nit, past tense neit, supine nite, past participle niten, present participle nitande, imperative nit)
* a-infinitive form of nite

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈniː.tɑ/

#### Noun

nita n
* definite plural of nit

## Old Irish
### Verb

nita
* Alternative spelling of níta

## Sumerian
### Romanization

nita
* Romanization of 𒍑 (nita)

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German nieten or Middle Low German nêden, from Proto-Germanic *hneudaną. According to SO attested since 1790.
In punch and defeat sense; according to SO attested since 1958.

### Verb

nita (present nitar, preterite nitade, supine nitat, imperative nita)
* To rivet.
* (colloquial) To brake suddenly.
    Synonym: bromsa
    Hon nitade för älgen!She braked for the moose!
* (colloquial) To strongly hit or punch with a fist.
    Synonym: slå
    Ja' ska nita han!I'm gonna punch him!
* (colloquial, sports) To defeat, especially with great advantage.
    Synonyms: besegra, slå

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Derived terms

* tvärnita (“slam on the brakes”)

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: niitata

#### See also

* käftsmäll (“punch in the mouth”)
* smocka (“punch”)
* snyting (“punch to the face”)
* tjottablängare (“hard punch”)

### References

* nita in Svensk ordbok (SO)

### Further reading

* nita in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈnita/ [ˈn̪iː.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ita
* Syllabification: ni‧ta

#### Verb

nita (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜆ) (obsolete)
* complete aspect of mita

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈnitaʔ/ [ˈn̪iː.t̪ɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -itaʔ
* Syllabification: ni‧ta

#### Verb

nità (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜆ) (obsolete)
* complete aspect of mita

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈni.ta]

### Noun

nita (Jawi نيته)
* daylight

### Verb

nita (Jawi نيته)
* (stative) to be light, lit, daylit
* (stative) to be bright

#### Conjugation
### References

* Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* ńta

### Etymology

Contraction of ní ìta (“on the outside”).

### Pronunciation

IPA: /nĩ́.ꜜtā/

### Adverb

níta
* outside; out
    Àwọn ọmọdé máa ń ṣeré bojúbojú níta. ― The children tend to play hide and seek outside.
    Abúlé mi wà níta ìlú Ìlọrin. ― My village is outside of Ilorin.
    Kó o gbálẹ̀ níta àti nínú ilé. ― Sweep the floor outdoors and indoors.

#### Usage notes

* used when no movement is implied, when movement is implied síta is used.