jiti

== English == === Noun === jiti (uncountable) Alternative form of jit (“Zimbabwean dance music”). == Karaim == === Etymology === From Proto-Turkic *jiti. Compare to Azerbaijani iti, Southern Altai јидӱ (ǰidü), etc. === Adjective === jiti 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 Beta vulgaris; beet ==== Derived terms ==== mpanata câ jiti mpanata dâ jiti ==== Related terms ==== === See also ===