jiti

jiti (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of jit (“Zimbabwean dance music”).

From Proto-Turkic *jiti. Compare to Azerbaijani iti, Southern Altai јидӱ (ǰidü), etc.

jiti

1. sharp

N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “jiti”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

• ajiti (crasis with the singular feminine definite article a)
• agghiti (crasis with the singular feminine definite article a, determining gemination, Ragusanu)
• gedi, gidi (Calatinu, Chiana di Catania)
• geji (Niscemi)
• nciti (Francufunti)
• aiti, iti (eye dialect)

From an unattested Vulgar Latin *blēta, from Latin bēta (from which it takes the feminine gender) by contamination of blitum (a kind of spinach) (from which it changed the original ⟨bl-⟩ into ⟨j-⟩). Compare Sicilian gidi, Italian bieta, Catalan bleda~bledera, French blette. The transition from bl- to j- in is typical in the south-eastern area of Sicily, compare also Sicilian jancu, jastimia and Jasi (“Blaise”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈji.t̪i/ (Standard)
• Hyphenation: ji‧ti

jiti f

1. Beta vulgaris; beet

• mpanata câ jiti
• mpanata dâ jiti