jiti

See also: jíti

English

Noun

jiti (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of jit (“Zimbabwean dance music”).

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *jiti. Compare to Azerbaijani iti, Southern Altai јидӱ (ǰidü), etc.

Adjective

jiti

  1. sharp

References

N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “jiti”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • ajiti (crasis with the singular feminine definite article a)
  • agghiti (crasis with the singular feminine definite article a, determining gemination, Ragusanu)
  • gedi, gidi (Calatinu, Chiana di Catania)
  • geji (Niscemi)
  • nciti (Francufunti)
  • aiti, iti (eye dialect)

Etymology

Likely from an unattested Vulgar Latin *blēta. Possibly from Latin bēta by contamination of blitum (a kind of spinach) (from which it changed the original ⟨bl-⟩ into ⟨j-⟩). Cf. in any case Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”). Akin to gidi, possibly from Gallo-italic of Sicily. Compare Italian bieta, Catalan bleda~bledera, French blette. The transition from bl- to j- is typical in the south-eastern area of Sicily, compare also Sicilian jancu, jastimia and Jasi (“Blaise”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈ(j)i.t̪i/, [ˈ(j)i.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -it̪ɪ
  • Hyphenation: jì‧ti

Noun

jiti f

  1. Beta vulgaris; beet

Derived terms

  • mpanata câ jiti
  • mpanata dâ jiti

See also

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