ꦥꦶꦠ

Javanese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pi.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -tɔ
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese pīta (“yellow”), from Sanskrit पीत (pīta, “yellow”).

Adjective

ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

  1. yellow

Noun

ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

  1. yellow

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese pitā (“father”), from Sanskrit पिता (pitā, “father”), the nominative form of पितृ (pitṛ, “father”).

Noun

ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

  1. (archaic) father

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Malay pita (“band; tape”) (compare Indonesian pita), from Portuguese fita, from Latin vitta.

Noun

ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

  1. (archaic) band
  2. (archaic) ribbon
Derived terms
  • ꦥꦶꦠꦏꦱꦺꦠ꧀ (pita kasèt)

Etymology 4

Affixed ꦲꦶꦠ (ita, “good, need; purpose, use, utility”) +‎ ꦥ- (pa-).

Noun

ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

  1. (archaic) request

Verb

ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

  1. (archaic) to ask, to request

Conjunction

ꦥꦶꦠ (pita)

  1. (archaic) or

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “pita”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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