# hita
## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: hi‧ta
* IPA: /ˈhitaʔ/ [ˈhi.taʔ]
* IPA: /ˈʔitaʔ/ [ˈʔi.taʔ] (h-dropping)

### Noun

hità
* (anatomy) groin

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: hi‧ta
* IPA: /ˈhitaʔ/ [ˈhi.t̪ɐʔ]

### Noun

hità
* (anatomy) the crotch
    Synonym: bilahan

## Chamorro
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita. Cognates include Indonesian kita and Tagalog kita.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hi.tæ/

### Pronoun

hita
* (emphatic) we, us (inclusive)

#### Usage notes

* hita can be used either to emphasise the subject or object, or to give a quick answer.

#### References

* Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

## Garo
### Verb

hita
* to order

## Gothic
### Romanization

hita
* Romanization of 𐌷𐌹𐍄𐌰

## Herero
### Verb

hita
* to enter

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɪːta/
    Rhymes: -ɪːta

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

hita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hitaði, supine hitað)
* (transitive) to heat

##### Conjugation

Note: the mediopassive is not very common, as the separate verb hitna is normally used instead.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

hita
* inflection of hiti:
** indefinite accusative
** indefinite dative singular
** indefinite genitive

## Japanese
### Romanization

hita
* Rōmaji transcription of ひた

## Javanese
### Romanization

hita
* Romanization of ꦲꦶꦠ

## Malagasy
### Participle

hita
* seen
* found

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

hita f
* (pre-1917) alternative form of heta

### Verb

hita (present tense hitar, past tense hita)
* (pre-1917) alternative form of heta

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हित (hita).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hi.ta/
* Rhymes: -ta
* Hyphenation: hi‧ta

### Noun

hita
* advantage, benefit
* profit
* good
* welfare
* arranged, established

### Adjective

hita
* advantageous, beneficial
* convenient, suitable
* affectionate, friendly, kind

#### Derived terms

* hinitākĕn
* pinta
* pita
* ahita
* hitajanana
* hitanigraha
* hitaparwatādi
* hitaprayojana
* hitasukha
* hitasukhāwasāna
* hitāwasāna
* jagadhita
* parahita
* paramahita
* prajāhita
* priyahita
* sarwahita
* sattwahita

#### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦲꦶꦠ (ita)
* → Balinese: ᬳᬶᬢ (hita)

### Further reading

* "hita" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hitjǭ. Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉 (heitō, “fever”) and Old High German hizza (“heating”).

### Noun

hita f (genitive hitu)
* heat, heating

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: hita
* Norwegian: hete

### Further reading

* Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xit(j)ō(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 173
* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hita”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀳𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* हित (Devanagari script)
* হিত (Bengali script)
* හිත (Sinhalese script)
* ဟိတ or ႁိတ (Burmese script)
* หิต or หิตะ (Thai script)
* ᩉᩥᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ຫິຕ or ຫິຕະ (Lao script)
* ហិត (Khmer script)
* 𑄦𑄨𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

From Sanskrit हित (hita).

### Adjective

hita
* useful
* beneficial

#### Declension
### Noun

hita n
* welfare, blessing, good

#### Descendants

* → Burmese: ဟိတ (hi.ta.)

### Noun

hita m
* friend

#### Declension
### References

* Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “hita”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

## Portuguese
### Verb

hita
* inflection of hitar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Verb

hita
* inflection of hitar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Compare Bikol Central hita (“groin”), Cebuano hita (“groin”), and Kapampangan ita.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈhitaʔ/ [ˈhiː.t̪ɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -itaʔ
* Syllabification: hi‧ta

#### Noun

hità (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜆ)
* (anatomy) thigh
* part of a garment that covers the thigh
* upper hindleg of an animal

##### Derived terms

* hitaan

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /hiˈtaʔ/ [hɪˈt̪aʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: hi‧ta

#### Noun

hitâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜆ)
* benefit; advantage; gain
    Synonyms: pakinabang, kapakinabangan, napakinabang
* unsatisfactory result; disappointing gain or advantage (from a well-intentioned act)

##### Derived terms

* mahita

### Anagrams

* ahit, hati, tahi

## Uneapa
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kita, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣita/

### Pronoun

hita
* we (inclusive)

### Further reading

* Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)