ꦥꦶꦠ
Javanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.tɔ/
- Rhymes: -tɔ
- Hyphenation: pi‧ta
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Javanese pīta (“yellow”), from Sanskrit पीत (pīta, “yellow”).
Adjective
ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)
Noun
ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Javanese pitā (“father”), from Sanskrit पिता (pitā, “father”), the nominative form of पितृ (pitṛ, “father”).
Noun
ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)
- (archaic) father
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Malay pita (“band; tape”) (compare Indonesian pita), from Portuguese fita, from Latin vitta.
Noun
ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)
Derived terms
- ꦥꦶꦠꦏꦱꦺꦠ꧀ (pita kasèt)
Etymology 4
Affixed ꦲꦶꦠ (ita, “good, need; purpose, use, utility”) + ꦥ- (pa-).
Noun
ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)
- (archaic) request
Verb
ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)
Conjunction
ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)
- (archaic) or
Further reading
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “pita”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN