tita

From Tagalog tita, from Spanish tita.

tita (plural titas)

1. (Philippines) an aunt; auntie
2. (Philippines, slang) a young adult woman exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipina aunt

• (of a man): tito

Borrowed from Spanish tita, diminutive of tía (“aunt”).

• Hyphenation: ti‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈtita/ [ˈti.ta]

títa (masculine tito)

1. an aunt (the sister of either parent)

   Synonyms: tiya, inaon

From tit.

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

tita f (plural tites)

1. turkey hen
2. (childish) penis

• titot

• “tita”, 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
• “tita”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “tita” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tita” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Spanish tita, diminutive of tía (“aunt”), from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

• Hyphenation: ti‧ta

tita (masculine tito)

1. an aunt; the sister of either parent
2. a female cousin of either parent
3. an affectionate or honorific term for a woman of an older generation than oneself

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tita.

• iyaan, tiya

• IPA^(key): [ˈtita] (Aosta)

tita (plural tite) (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL)

1. alternative form of téta (“head”)

• tête in Patois VdA: Le site du Francoprovençal en Vallée d'Aoste – on patoisvda.org

• kika

Borrowed from English sister.

tita

1. sister

   Coordinate term: palala

• tita in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

From Sanskrit तिक्त (tikta). Cognate with Bengali তিতা (tita).

tita

1. bitter

tita

1. obsolete form of atâta

• tita in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈtita/ [ˈt̪i.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ti‧ta

tita f (plural titas)

1. theta; the Greek letter Θ, θ

   Synonyms: zeta, theta

From teta ("grandma").

tita f (plural titas, masculine tito, masculine plural titos)

1. (colloquial, endearing, Mexico) grandma

From tía +‎ -ita.

tita f (plural titas, masculine tito, masculine plural titos)

1. (Philippines) aunt
2. (colloquial, Spain) auntie

• “tito”, 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

tita c

1. a tit in the Poecile genus

• tita in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tita in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tita in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Borrowed from Spanish tita, from tía (“aunt”) +‎ -ita (diminutive suffix), from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía). By surface analysis, tiya +‎ -ita.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtita/ [ˈt̪iː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ti‧ta

tita (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆ)

1. feminine of tito: aunt; auntie

   Synonyms: tiya, tiyang, tiyahin, ale, inain, (slang) nana, tsang

2. (slang) young adult woman exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipino aunt

From Indonesian titah (“word, command”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.ta]

tita

1. (intransitive) to speak
2. (intransitive) to instruct

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh