jiti

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)
• gidi
• nciti
• aiti (Eye dialect)

Etymology

From an unattested Vulgar Latin *blēta, from Latin bēta (from which it takes the feminine gender) by contamination of blitum (a kind of spinach) (from which it changed the original ⟨bl-⟩ into ⟨j-⟩). Compare Sicilian gidi, Italian bieta, Catalan bleda, French blette. The transition from bl- to j- in is typical in the south-eastern area of Sicily, compare also Sicilian jancu and jastimia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈji.t̪i/ (Standard)
• Hyphenation: ji‧ti

Noun

jiti f

1. Beta vulgaris; beet

Derived terms

• mpanata câ jiti
• mpanata dâ jiti

Related terms

• allija-allija
• buccatureḍḍu
• gidi
• mpanata
• mpanatigghia
• nciti
• scaccia
• scacciata
• vota-vota