nito

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ni‧to

Noun

nito

  1. any of several climbing fern species:
    1. Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum)
    2. red finger fern (Lygodium circinnatum)
    3. maidenhair creeper (Lygodium flexuosum)
    4. scansorial climbing fern (Lygodium scandens)

Derived terms
  • nito pula
  • nito puti

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Niet and Polish nit.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnito]
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: ni‧to

Noun

nito (accusative singular niton, plural nitoj, accusative plural nitojn)

  1. rivet

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from ng +‎ ito. See also ng (n-ang), ni (n-i), niyan (n-iyan), and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /niˈto/ [nɪˈto]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: ni‧to

Determiner

nitó (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜆᜓ)

  1. its

Pronoun

nitó (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜆᜓ)

  1. this

See also
Tagalog demonstrative pronouns
Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa) Locative (nasa) Existential Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker* ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari** nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari† dini/dine nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari ere/eri, here/heri, ayri ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
Near speaker and listener* ito nito dito nandito, narito, naito** heto, eto, ayto† ganito, garito(garto)**
Near listener iyan, yaan niyan diyan/diyaan nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡ hayan, ayan ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
Remote iyon, yoon, yaon† niyon, noon, niyaon† doon nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡ hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else.
**These pronouns are used in some dialects.
†These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature.
‡Rare in text.

Further reading
  • “nito”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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