# pitsa
## Estonian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpitsɑ/

### Noun

pitsa (genitive pitsa, partitive pitsat)
* pizza

#### Derived terms

* seenepitsa (“pizza with mushrooms”)
* vorstipitsa (“pizza with frankfurters, pizza with sausages”)
* pitsabaar (“pizzeria”)
* pitsarestoran (“pizza restaurant”)
* pitsamüükla (“pizza shop”)
* pitsapoiss (“pizza boy”)
* pitsajahu (“pizza dough”)
* pitsapõhi (“pizza base, pizza dough”)
* pitsamaitseaine (“pizza flavor/flavour”)

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Italian pizza, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Ancient Greek πίττα (pítta, “cake, pie”), from Ancient Greek πίσσα (píssa, “pitch”), Attic πίττα (pítta), from πεπτός (peptós, “cooked”) or from Lombardic pizza ("bit, bite"), or from Latin pinso (“I beat, pound”).

### Noun

pitsa f (genitive singular pitsu, plural pitsur)
* pizza

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpitsɑ/, [ˈpits̠ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -itsɑ
* Hyphenation: pit‧sa

### Noun

pitsa
* Alternative spelling of pizza

#### Usage notes

This is the standard spelling preferred by the Kotus (both forms are accepted), but pizza is more common.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pitsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pitsani
pitsani
accusative
nom.
pitsani
pitsani
gen.
pitsani
genitive
pitsani
pitsojeni pitsaini $^{rare}$
partitive
pitsaani
pitsojani
inessive
pitsassani
pitsoissani
elative
pitsastani
pitsoistani
illative
pitsaani
pitsoihini
adessive
pitsallani
pitsoillani
ablative
pitsaltani
pitsoiltani
allative
pitsalleni
pitsoilleni
essive
pitsanani
pitsoinani
translative
pitsakseni
pitsoikseni
abessive
pitsattani
pitsoittani
instructive
comitative
—pitsoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pitsasi
pitsasi
accusative
nom.
pitsasi
pitsasi
gen.
pitsasi
genitive
pitsasi
pitsojesi pitsaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
pitsaasi
pitsojasi
inessive
pitsassasi
pitsoissasi
elative
pitsastasi
pitsoistasi
illative
pitsaasi
pitsoihisi
adessive
pitsallasi
pitsoillasi
ablative
pitsaltasi
pitsoiltasi
allative
pitsallesi
pitsoillesi
essive
pitsanasi
pitsoinasi
translative
pitsaksesi
pitsoiksesi
abessive
pitsattasi
pitsoittasi
instructive
comitative
—pitsoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pitsamme
pitsamme
accusative
nom.
pitsamme
pitsamme
gen.
pitsamme
genitive
pitsamme
pitsojemme pitsaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
pitsaamme
pitsojamme
inessive
pitsassamme
pitsoissamme
elative
pitsastamme
pitsoistamme
illative
pitsaamme
pitsoihimme
adessive
pitsallamme
pitsoillamme
ablative
pitsaltamme
pitsoiltamme
allative
pitsallemme
pitsoillemme
essive
pitsanamme
pitsoinamme
translative
pitsaksemme
pitsoiksemme
abessive
pitsattamme
pitsoittamme
instructive
comitative
—pitsoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pitsanne
pitsanne
accusative
nom.
pitsanne
pitsanne
gen.
pitsanne
genitive
pitsanne
pitsojenne pitsainne $^{rare}$
partitive
pitsaanne
pitsojanne
inessive
pitsassanne
pitsoissanne
elative
pitsastanne
pitsoistanne
illative
pitsaanne
pitsoihinne
adessive
pitsallanne
pitsoillanne
ablative
pitsaltanne
pitsoiltanne
allative
pitsallenne
pitsoillenne
essive
pitsananne
pitsoinanne
translative
pitsaksenne
pitsoiksenne
abessive
pitsattanne
pitsoittanne
instructive
comitative
—pitsoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pitsansa
pitsansa
accusative
nom.
pitsansa
pitsansa
gen.
pitsansa
genitive
pitsansa
pitsojensa pitsainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
pitsaansa
pitsojaan pitsojansa
inessive
pitsassaan pitsassansa
pitsoissaan pitsoissansa
elative
pitsastaan pitsastansa
pitsoistaan pitsoistansa
illative
pitsaansa
pitsoihinsa
adessive
pitsallaan pitsallansa
pitsoillaan pitsoillansa
ablative
pitsaltaan pitsaltansa
pitsoiltaan pitsoiltansa
allative
pitsalleen pitsallensa
pitsoilleen pitsoillensa
essive
pitsanaan pitsanansa
pitsoinaan pitsoinansa
translative
pitsakseen pitsaksensa
pitsoikseen pitsoiksensa
abessive
pitsattaan pitsattansa
pitsoittaan pitsoittansa
instructive
comitative
—pitsoineen pitsoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* ananaspitsa
* einespitsa
* pannupitsa
* pitsamauste
* pitsamyymälä
* pitsapaikka
* pitsapohja
* pitsaravintola
* pitsataksi
* valmispitsa

### Further reading

* “pitsa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* aspit, tapsi

## Icelandic
### Alternative forms

* pítsa, pizza (proscribed)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

### Noun

pitsa f (genitive singular pitsu, nominative plural pitsur)
* pizza
    Synonym: (rare) flatbaka

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “pitsa”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

## Karao
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fecha (“date”).

### Noun

pitsa
* date

## Sambali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fecha (“date”).

### Noun

pitsa
* date

## Sotho
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mbɪ̀dìá, which is an agent nominalization of the causative of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ̀da, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da (“to boil”).

### Noun

pitsa class 9/10 (plural dipitsa)
* cooking pot

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish ficha, from French fiche.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpit͡ʃa/ [ˈpiː.t͡ʃɐ], /piˈt͡ʃa/ [pɪˈt͡ʃa]
** IPA: (no yod coalescence) /ˈpitsa/ [ˈpit̪.sɐ], (no yod coalescence) /pitˈsa/ [pɪt̪ˈsa]
* Rhymes: -it͡ʃa, (no yod coalescence) -itsa, -a
* Syllabification: pit‧sa

#### Noun

pitsa or pitsá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐ)
* (games, gambling) chip (token used in gambling)
* (mahjong) mahjong tile

##### See also

* bato
* peon

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pizza, from Neapolitan pizza (1590), the Neapolitan dialectal form of Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “cake, pie”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpitsa/ [ˈpit̪.sɐ], (slightly dated) /ˈpit͡ʃa/ [ˈpiː.t͡ʃɐ]
* Rhymes: -itsa, (slightly dated) -it͡ʃa
* Syllabification: pit‧sa

#### Noun

pitsa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐ) (colloquial)
* pizza

##### Alternative forms

* pizza — unadapted spelling
* picha — colloquial
* pisa — colloquial, dated

### Anagrams

* patis, pista, sipat, pitas, tapis, sapit

## Tausug
### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /pit͡ʃa/ [pɪˈt͡ʃa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: pit‧sa

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish fecha (“date”). Compare Cebuano petsa and Tagalog petsa.

#### Noun

pitsa (Sulat Sūg spelling فِچَ)
* (Philippines, time) date
    Synonyms: tarik (Malaysia), tanggal (Indonesia)
    Pitsa pila adlaw ini?What is the date today?

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pizza.

#### Noun

pitsa (Sulat Sūg spelling فِچَ)
* pizza
    Kimaun hi Jaafar sin pitsa ha Shakey's.Jaafar eats pizza at Shakey's.

##### Alternative forms

* picha

## Tswana
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mbɪ̀dìá, which is an agent nominalization of the causative of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ̀da, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da (“to boil”).

### Noun

pitsa (plural dipitsa)
* cooking pot

## Uzbek
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пи́цца (pícca), from Italian pizza.

### Noun

pitsa (plural pitsalar)
* pizza