pita

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪtə/, /ˈpiːtə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːtə/
• Rhymes: -ɪtə, -iːtə
• Homophone: pitter (non-rhotic)
• Homophones: PETA (US); Peter, peter (non-rhotic); PITA

From Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”), more at pizza. Doublet of pide and pizza.

• pitta
• pita bread, pitta bread

pita (countable and uncountable, plural pitas or pites)

2. A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.
   • 1991, Georgia Lyras, Rita Lazarakis, “Filo”, in Yes You Can Cook Greek! Elegant But Easy Greek Cooking, Olathe, Kan.: Cookbook Publishers, →ISBN, page vi:

     There is a wide variety of pites, small triangles of butter laden crispy filo dough, voluptuously filled with cheeses, vegetables or spiced meats.

   • 1995, Vefa Alexiadou, “Cuisine and Greek Tradition”, in Greek Cuisine, 3rd edition, Thessaloniki: Vefa Alexiadou, →ISBN, page 4:

     A sweet smell of cheese and milk pites permeates the air of the homes of Greek housewives who prepare the pites according to the tradition of their forefathers.

   • 2002 February, Richard Sterling, Georgia Dacakis, Kate Reeves, “Psomi (Bread)”, in Greece (World Food), Footscray, Vic.: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, “Staples & Specialities” section, page 30:

     Most often pites are made with filo dough, but certainly not always. They can be filled with anything and everything, and they are.

   • 2017, Juli Berwald, “In Medusa’s Blood”, in Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone, New York, N.Y.: Riverhead Books, →ISBN, “Medusa” section, page 278:

     They served pita, my old nemesis. I ordered one, and it arrived oozing with hummus and studded with bright green falafel. It was horribly delicious.

• pita peach

Borrowed from Spanish pita (“century plant”).

pita (countable and uncountable, plural pitas)

1. A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper.
2. The plant which yields the fiber.

   Synonyms: century plant, maguey, American aloe

• Pait, TAPI

pita f (plural pites)

1. hen (female bird (i.e. chicken))

• gallina

• pitín
• piteru

• Hyphenation: pi‧ta
• IPA^(key): /piˈtaʔ/ [piˈtaʔ]

pitâ

1. (anatomy, childish) vagina of young girls

   Synonyms: buray, putay, buday, pipi

pita

1. morning

   Coordinate terms: udto, apon, gabi

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpi.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpi.ta]

Borrowed from Spanish pita (“century plant”).

pita f (plural pites)

1. century plant

   Synonym: atzavara

2. pita (fiber obtained from Agave americana)

• pitera

Borrowed from Greek πίτα (píta).

pita f (plural pites)

1. pita (flat bread pouch)

• “pita”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pita”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “pita” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pita” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-pɪ́ta. Cognate with Swahili -pita.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ta/

-pita (infinitive kupíta)

1. to go

   Synonym: kuvaya

2. to go away
3. to leave
4. to depart
5. to say goodbye
6. (euphemistic) to depart, to pass, to go (i.e. to die)
7. to travel

   Synonym: kuyenda

8. to walk

   Synonym: kuyenda

9. to head for
10. to go ahead
11. to be past, ago (often with words like masiku referencing the past)
12. to have sex

    Synonym: kugonana

13. to be pregnant, to stop menstruating

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -pitira
  • Causative: -pititsa
  • Negative: -sapita
  • Reduplicative: -pitapita
  • Repetitive: -pitanso
  • Other formations: -pita wamoyo (“to die unexpectedly”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • mpita (“duct, corridor, thoroughfare, passage”)
  • mpito (“path, street, door opening, gateway, route, lane, avenue”)
  • wopita (“goer”)

• Steven Paas (2016) Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford University Press, page 468

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪta]

pita f

1. pita

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pita

1. inflection of pít:
   1. feminine singular passive participle
   2. neuter plural passive participle

• “pita”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pita”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Greek πίτα (píta).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitɑ/, [ˈpit̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -itɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pi‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): pi‧ta

pita

1. pita

• pitaleipä

• “pita”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• apit, pati

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpita̝/

pita f (plural pitas)

1. young hen

   Synonym: pola

2. hen

   Synonym: galiña

• Pita
• pita cega
• pita de río
• pita do monte

• pitiño
• pito

From Spanish pita, from an American language.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpita̝/

pita f (plural pitas)

1. century plant

   Synonyms: agave, piteira

2. pita (fiber obtained from Agave americana)
3. pita (the plant which yields the fiber)

• piteira

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pita

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

• “pita”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pita”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pita”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pita”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pita”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): [piˈta]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pi‧ta

pita

1. to smoke

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From French plus tard (“later”).

• IPA^(key): /pita/

pita

1. later

Inherited from Malay pita, from Portuguese fita, from Latin vitta.

• IPA^(key): /pi.ta/

pita

1. ribbon
2. excise seal
3. band
   1. (physics, computing) a part of the electromagnetic spectrum

• “pita” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: pì‧ta

pita f (plural pite)

1. pita (type of slightly leavened flatbread)

   Synonym: pane arabo

• patì, tipa

pita

1. romanization of ꦥꦶꦠ

pita

1. dirt

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲita]

pita

1. nominative singular feminine of pity

pita

1. land; earth

Unknown, probably affixed hita (“benefit, welfare”) +‎ pa-.

• IPA^(key): /pi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ta
• Homophones: pita, pīta, pitā
• Hyphenation: pi‧ta

pita

1. drunk

pita

1. drink
2. food

• >? Javanese: ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

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

pita

1. vocative singular of pitar (“father”)

• pati

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: pi‧ta
• Homophone: Pita

Perhaps borrowed from Greek πίτα (píta). Doublet of pizza.

• pitta

pita f

1. pita (piece of pita bread; a flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels)

   Hypernym: pieczywo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pita

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of pity

• pita in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pita in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• pita in PWN's encyclopedia

Borrowed from Greek πίτα (píta), from Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”). Doublet of pizza.

pita m (plural pitas)

1. pita (a type of slightly leavened flatbread)

   Synonyms: pão sírio, pão árabe

pita f (plural pitas)

1. Furcraea foetida, a fibrous, ornamental plant of the Americas

   Synonym: piteira

2. agave (any plant of the genus Agave)

   Synonyms: agave, piteira

3. pita (fibre obtained from agaves)
4. feminine of puto
5. (slang, Portugal) jailbait

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pita

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

Borrowed from Greek πίτα (píta).

pȉta f (Cyrillic spelling пи̏та)

1. pie (a type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pita (Cyrillic spelling пита)

1. third-person singular present of pitati

From Greek πίτα (píta).

• IPA^(key): /pìːta/

píta f

1. pie (type of pastry)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	píta
gen. sing.	píte
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	píta	píti	píte
genitive (rodȋlnik)	píte	pít	pít
dative (dajȃlnik)	píti	pítama	pítam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	píto	píti	píte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	píti	pítah	pítah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	píto	pítama	pítami

• IPA^(key): /ˈpita/ [ˈpi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: pi‧ta

Unknown, possibly misheard from an original American Indian name.

pita f (plural pitas)

1. century plant (Agave americana)

   Synonym: (Latin America) maguey

2. pita (fiber obtained from Agave americana)

• → Catalan: pita
• → English: pita

Borrowed from Greek πίτα (píta).

pita f (plural pitas)

1. pita (flat bread pouch)

   Synonym: pan de pita

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pita

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

• “pita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• Friederici, Georg (1960) Amerikanistisches Wörterbuch und Hilfswörterbuch für den Amerikanisten. Deutsch-Spanisch-Englisch (Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Auslandskunde / Reihe B: Völkerkunde, Kulturgeschichte und Sprachen; 53), 2nd edition, Hamburg: Cram, De Gruyter & Co., →DOI, pages 512b–513a

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-pɪ́ta. Cognate with Chichewa -pita.

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-pita (infinitive kupita)

1. to pass, exceed, surpass
2. (euphemistic) to die

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fa

Conjugation of -pita
Positive present -napita Subjunctive -pite Negative -piti Imperative singular pita
Infinitives
Positive kupita Negative kutopita
Imperatives
Singular pita Plural piteni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupita Positive past positive subject concord + -lipita Negative past negative subject concord + -kupita
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napita) Singular Plural 1st person ninapita/napita tunapita 2nd person unapita mnapita 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapita wanapita other classes positive subject concord + -napita
Negative present (negative subject concord + -piti) Singular Plural 1st person sipiti hatupiti 2nd person hupiti hampiti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapiti hawapiti other classes negative subject concord + -piti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapita Negative future negative subject concord + -tapita
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pite) Singular Plural 1st person nipite tupite 2nd person upite mpite 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apite wapite other classes positive subject concord + -pite
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipite Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepita Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepita Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipita Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipita
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apita) Singular Plural 1st person napita twapita 2nd person wapita mwapita 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apita wapita m-mi(III/IV) wapita yapita ji-ma(V/VI) lapita yapita ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapita vyapita n(IX/X) yapita zapita u(XI) wapita see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapita pa(XVI) papita mu(XVIII) mwapita
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepita "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapita "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japita "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipita "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopita Consecutive kapita / positive subject concord + -kapita Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapite
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipita -tupita 2nd person -kupita -wapita/-kupiteni/-wapiteni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpita -wapita m-mi(III/IV) -upita -ipita ji-ma(V/VI) -lipita -yapita ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipita -vipita n(IX/X) -ipita -zipita u(XI) -upita see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupita pa(XVI) -papita mu(XVIII) -mupita Reflexive -jipita
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pita- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pitaye -pitao m-mi(III/IV) -pitao -pitayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pitalo -pitayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pitacho -pitavyo n(IX/X) -pitayo -pitazo u(XI) -pitao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pitako pa(XVI) -pitapo mu(XVIII) -pitamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pita) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepita -opita m-mi(III/IV) -opita -yopita ji-ma(V/VI) -lopita -yopita ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopita -vyopita n(IX/X) -yopita -zopita u(XI) -opita see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopita pa(XVI) -popita mu(XVIII) -mopita
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -pitia
  • Causative: -pitisha
  • Passive: -pitiwa
  • Reciprocal: -pitiana
  • Reduplicative: -pitapita
  • Stative: -pitika

• Nominal derivations:
  • mpitaji
  • mpito (“transition”)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpita/ [ˈpiː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: pi‧ta

pita (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ)

1. intense, strong or eager desire

   Synonym: pithaya

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈtaʔ/ [pɪˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pi‧ta

pitâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ)

1. low-lying land; lowland; watery land

• pait, pati, atip, tapi