bito

See also: bitō

Borôro

Etymology

bi +‎ -to

Verb

bito

1. to kill

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi‧to

Noun

bito

1. a cenote
2. a cavern; a large cave

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bito.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪto]

Participle

bito

1. neuter singular passive participle of bít

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [ˈbito]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: bi‧to

Noun

bito (accusative singular biton, plural bitoj, accusative plural bitojn)

1. (computing) bit

Derived terms

• bitoko (“byte”)
• eksabito (“exabit”)
• gigabito (“gigabit”)
• jotabito (“yottabit”)
• kilobito (“kilobit”)
• kvantumbito (“qubit”)
• megabito (“megabit”)
• petabito (“petabit”)
• terabito (“terabit”)
• zetabito (“zettabit”)

 

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbito/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bitt, French bitte, German Beting, Italian bitta, Russian битсы (bitsy), Spanish bita.

Alternative forms

• bico

Noun

bito (plural biti)

1. (nautical) bitt

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Esperanto bito, English bit, French bit, German Bit, Italian bit, Russian бит (bit), Spanish bit.

Noun

bito (plural biti)

1. (neologism, mathematics, computing, rare) bit (binary digit)

Usage notes

See bico.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -itɔ
• Syllabification: bi‧to

Verb

bito

1. impersonal past of bić

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बिन्दु (bindu, “dot”), according to Potet (2016).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /biˈtoʔ/ [bɪˈtoʔ]
    • Rhymes: -oʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbitoʔ/ [ˈbi.toʔ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: bi‧to

Noun

bitô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜓ)

1. dot; point

   Synonyms: punto, tuldok

2. (obsolete) act of pointing or marking something
3. (obsolete) mark of a date of a calendar
4. (obsolete) demarcation; marking off something as one's property
5. (obsolete) excess from what is inherited

Derived terms

• bituin
• magbito
• mamito

 

See also

• bakod
• beto-beto
• hangganan

 

Further reading

• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 173
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 17: “Acotar) Bito (pp) para ſi algo”
  • page 551: “Señalar) Bito (pp) acontado algo”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Numbers and Units in Old Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 147
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 278