chita

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kɪ́ta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ta/

-chita (infinitive kuchíta)

1. to do

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -chitira
  • Causative: -chititsa
  • Negative: -sachita
  • Passive: -chitidwa
  • Repetitive: -chitanso
  • Stative: -chitika
  • Other formations: -chita chizimezime (“to be dim/to be hard to see”), -chita chizinda (“to be rude or impatient”), -chita magulagula (“to buy food when there's a shortage”), -chita mazangazime (“to hallucinate”), -chita ngati (“to pretend”), -chita ngwangwangwa (“to shiver due to being wet or cold”), -chita njiru (“to be envious or jealous”), -chita nthantha (“to hesitate or doubt, to be on the point of death”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • ntchíto (“work, job”)

From Saint Dominican Creole French sitta, from French assieds-toi (“sit down”, imperative, second person singular). Compare Louisiana Creole assite, Cajun French assir.

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.ta/

chita

1. sit down

• kanpe

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 39

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• Hyphenation: chi‧ta

Borrowed from English cheetah,^[1] from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard, panther”),^[2] ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored, speckled”).

chita f (plural chitas)

1. (chiefly Portugal) cheetah (Acinonyx)

   Synonym: guepardo

From Hindi छींट (chī̃ṭ).

chita f (plural chitas)

1. chintz

   Synonym: beirame

   • 1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:

     Ela que devia ter ficado no Sertão de Alagoas com vestido de chita e sem nenhuma datilografia, já que escrevia tão mal, só tinha até o terceiro ano primário.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “chita”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Borrowed from English cheetah, from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard", "panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored", "speckled”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃita/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: chi‧ta

chita m or f same meaning (plural chitas)

1. (zoology) cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

   Synonym: guepardo

• “chita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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