ziti

• zite

From Italian zite or ziti, plural of zita, zito, from a Southern (Neapolitan or Sicilian) word likely from Vulgar Latin pittitus (“small, worthless”), originally denoting a young boy or girl. See also petty.

• IPA^(key): /ˈziːti/, enPR: zēʹtē

• Audio (Southern England):

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  • (General American) IPA^(key): [ˈziɾi]
• Rhymes: -iːti

ziti (usually uncountable, plural zitis)

1. A type of macaroni pasta in the form of long smooth hollow tubes.

• zitoni

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈt͡si.ti/, ^*/ˈd͡zi.ti/
• Rhymes: -iti
• Hyphenation: zì‧ti

ziti m pl

1. plural of zito

• tizi

• zajti

Compare iz- (“out-”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

ziti pf (Cyrillic spelling зити)

1. (Chakavian, Kajkavian) to go out, leave, come out, get out, to rise, to be published
   • 1936, Dragutin Domjanić, Clair-obscur:

     Težko bu ti, znam oditi, / pak bu taki dan. / – Zakaj mora pri nas ziti / sunce tak zaran?!

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