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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bitte.

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Noun

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bita f (plural bites)

  1. (nautical) bitt

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Crimean Tatar

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bita

  1. grandmother

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Czech

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bita

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

Galician

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bitas

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Etymology

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From French bitte (bitt), from Old Norse biti (beam).

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Noun

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bita f (plural bitas)

  1. (nautical) bitt
  2. (nautical) mooring post

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Icelandic

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bita

  1. indefinite accusative singular of biti
  2. indefinite dative singular of biti
  3. indefinite genitive singular of biti
  4. indefinite accusative plural of biti
  5. indefinite genitive plural of biti

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English byte, from alteration of the word bite.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ta

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bita

  1. (computing) byte
    1. a unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values
    2. a short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word

Jamamadí

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bita

  1. (Banawá) mosquito

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Latvian

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Noun

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bita

  1. genitive singular of bits

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (to split). Akin to English bite.

Alternative forms

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  • bite (e and split infinitives)

Verb

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bita (present tense bit, past tense beit, supine biten, past participle biten, present participle bitande, imperative bit)

  1. to bite

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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bita n

  1. definite plural of bit (Etymology 3)

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *bitô. See the verb *bītaną (to bite).

Cognate with Old Frisian bita, Old High German bizzo (German Bisse), Old Norse biti.

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Noun

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bita m (nominative plural bitan)

  1. bite (of food), mouthful
  2. biter, one who bites

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Descendants

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  • English: bit

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *bītan.

Verb

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bīta

  1. to bite

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  • North Frisian: (Mooring) bite, (Föhr-Amrum) bitj
  • Saterland Frisian:
  • West Frisian: bite

Old High German

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Etymology 1

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From the verb bitten.

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bita f

  1. request, inquiry
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Etymology 2

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From the verb bītan.

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bīta f [1]

  1. anticipation, expectation, hesitation, wait
  2. stay

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  1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “bʰei̯dʰ-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 12

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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Presumably from bit (a bite) or biti (bit, mouthful).

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bita

  1. to cut into bits
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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bita

  1. genitive plural of bit
  2. inflection of biti:
    1. oblique singular
    2. accusative plural
    3. genitive plural

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bita

  1. first-person singular past subjunctive active of bíta

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną.

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bita

  1. bite

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Polish

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: bi‧ta

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bita

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of bity

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bita m inan

  1. genitive singular of bit

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Sranan Tongo

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Etymology 1

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From English bitter.

Adjective

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bita

  1. bitter

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bita

  1. bile

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Dutch bitter.

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bita

  1. a type of strong liquor

Swazi

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-bíta

  1. to call

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Swedish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (to split).

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bita (present biter, preterite bet, supine bitit, imperative bit)

  1. to bite
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Etymology 2

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bit (bit) +‎ -a; which comes from the same root as the above.

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bita (present bitar, preterite bitade, supine bitat, imperative bita)

  1. to dice, to split into bits (e.g. sugar into cubes)
    Lägg blandade grönsaker som bitats i lergrytans botten.
    Put mixed vegetables that have been diced in the bottom of the clay pot.
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