different between arrow vs kita

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English arow, arwe, from Old English earh, arewe, arwe, from Proto-Germanic *arhw?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?érk?o- (“bow, arrow”). Cognate with Faroese ørv, ørvur (“arrow”), Icelandic ör (“arrow”), örvar (“arrows”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (ar?azna, “dart”), Latin arquus, arcus (“bow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æ?.??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ?.o?/, /????.o?/, /???.o?/
• (Southern American) IPA^(key): /?æ?.?/
• Hyphenation: ar?row
• Rhymes: -ær??

Noun

arrow (plural arrows)

1. A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
2. A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. ?).
3. (graph theory) A directed edge.
4. (colloquial, darts) A dart.
   • 2014, John Eaton, It's Gonna Rain All Night (page 182)

     The second arrow flew through the air in a drunken parabolic curve and nestled just below the previous dart. Twenty!
     “Good arrows!” came from all around the room. Total silence came from the opposition corner.

5. (computing) The -> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.
6. (botany) The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant.

Synonyms

• (projectile): streal
• (in graph theory): arc, directed edge

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Verb

arrow (third-person singular simple present arrows, present participle arrowing, simple past and past participle arrowed)

1. (intransitive) To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow).
2. (transitive) To let fly swiftly and directly.
3. (intransitive, botany, of a sugar cane plant) To develop an inflorescence.
4. (computing, intransitive) To navigate using the arrow keys.

   Arrow left until you reach the start of the text you want to delete.

Etymology 2

Representing pronunciation.

Contraction

arrow

1. (obsolete) Contraction of ever a (sometimes used with a redundant a or an).
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 153:

     though he hath lived here this many years, I don't believe there is arrow a servant in the house ever saw the colour of his money.

Anagrams

• worra

Amis

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronoun

kita

1. we (inclusive of the person spoken to)

See also

Bikol Central

Pronoun

kita

1. we (inclusive of the person spoken to)

   Luwas na kita.

Cayubaba

Noun

kita

1. water

   kikita

   the water

Further reading

• Mily Crevels, Hein van der Voort, The Guaporé-Mamoré region as a linguistic area, in Pieter Muysken (editor), From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics (2008), Studies in Language Companion Series, volume 90
• Harold Key, Morphology of Cayuvava (Mouton & Co., 1967), page 64

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronoun

kita

1. we (inclusive of the person spoken to)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita, from Proto-Austronesian *kita.

Verb

kita

1. to see, behold

Noun

kita

1. money earned; earnings

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kita.

Anagrams

• atik, kati, kiat

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kita. Cognate with Estonian kida, Karelian kita, Livonian ki’d, Ludian kida, Veps kida and Votic kita. Possible cognates in Ugric languages include Khanty ???????? (kot?mn??) and Mansi ??????? (hol??ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kit?/, [?kit??]
• Rhymes: -it?
• Syllabification: ki?ta

Noun

kita

1. mouth, especially a large, wide open mouth.
2. throat, pharynx
3. maw, the upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature.
4. the empty gap between the jaws of a wrench, vise, etc.

Declension

Derived terms

• kidus
• kituset

Compounds

Anagrams

• Kati, akti, kait

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronoun

kitá

1. we (inclusive)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita, from Proto-Austronesian *kita.

Verb

kítà

1. to see, behold

Ilocano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita, from Proto-Austronesian *kita.

Noun

kíta (plural kitkita)

1. kind; class; species
2. look; shape; appearance

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

kíta (plural kitkita)

1. salary; wages

   Synonym: sueldo

Derived terms

Conjugation

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kita(?), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita. Compare Tagalog kita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kita/

Pronoun

kita

1. we (inclusive)

2. our / ours (inclusive)

Related terms

• kami (exclusive)

Anagrams

ikat, tika

Inonhan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronoun

kita

1. we; us (inclusive of the person spoken to)

Japanese

Romanization

kita

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Javanese

Etymology 1

Pronoun

kita

1. we

Etymology 2

Noun

kita

1. Nonstandard spelling of kitha.

Lindu

Pronoun

kita

1. we (inclusive)

Lingala

Verb

-kita (infinitive kokita)

1. to descend, go down

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kita(?), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [kit?]
• Rhymes: -it?, -t?, -?

Pronoun

kita (Jawi spelling ????)

1. we, us, our (inclusive of the person spoken to)
2. I, me, my

Derived terms

• kekitaan

Related terms

• kami (“exclusive of the person spoken to”)

Descendants

• Indonesian: kita

Anagrams

ikat, tika

See also

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish quitar

Verb

kita

1. to remove, to take away
2. to subtract

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kyta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?i.ta/

Noun

kita f (diminutive kitka)

1. (fluffy) tail
2. crest, brush, tuft

Declension

Further reading

• kita in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kita in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Ratagnon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronoun

kitá

1. we (inclusive)

Sakizaya

Pronoun

kita

1. we (inclusive)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kyta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kîta/
• Hyphenation: ki?ta

Noun

k?ta f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. bunch, bouquet
2. (slang) penis
3. (archaic) pretty girl
4. (Kajkavian) branch (of a tree)

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kyta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kì?ta/

Noun

kíta f

1. plait, braid
2. tendon

Inflection

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

kita (ki-vi class, plural vita)

1. a war, a battle

Verb

-kita (infinitive kukita)

1. to stand one's ground

Conjugation

Tagalog

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ki?ta/, [k??ta]
• Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronoun

kitá

1. Replaces ko ka or ko ikaw (I or my and you). Used when speaking directly to the receiver of a verb.

2. we; the two of us; you and I

   Synonym: kata

See also

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /?kita/, [?kit?]
• Rhymes: -ita

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita, from Proto-Austronesian *kita.

Noun

kita

1. state or quality of being seen; visibility
2. observation

   Synonym: pagkakita

Adjective

kita

1. seen; visible

   Synonyms: nakikita, litaw, nakalitaw, hayag, nakahayag, tanaw, natatanaw

2. obvious; easily seen or understood

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

kita

1. earnings; income; salary

   Synonyms: sahod, suweldo

2. gain; profit; revenue

   Synonym: tubo

Adjective

kita

1. earned or received as salary or income
2. gained or benefited from business or interest (money)

Derived terms

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ki.ta/
• Hyphenation: ki?ta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ki-ta. Cognates include Tongan kita and Samoan kita.

Pronoun

kita

1. I, me

Usage notes

• kita is commonly used in place of au to arouse the listener’s sympathy about some predicament that one is in.

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

kita

1. coconut palm with many coconuts

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary?^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 162

Zacatepec Chatino

Noun

kita

1. dust
2. herb