peita

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.tɐ/ [ˈpeɪ̯.tɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.ta/ [ˈpeɪ̯.ta]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐj.tɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.tɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.tɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.tɐ/

Rhymes: -ejtɐ, -ɐjtɐ
Hyphenation: pei‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin pāctus.

Noun

peita f (plural peitas)

(Brazil, slang) T-shirt
gift or promise for the purpose of bribing; bribery
(historical) tribute paid by those who were not nobles

Etymology 2

Noun

peita f (plural peitas)

diminutive of peia

Etymology 3

Verb

peita

inflection of peitar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Uneapa

Etymology

From earlier paita < *piata, from Proto-Oceanic *puia ta (“the good one”), from *puia (“good”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peita/

Adjective

peita

good
Synonym: paita

Further reading

Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 369