tito

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tito"

English

Etymology

From Tagalog tito, from Spanish tito.

Noun

tito (plural titos)

1. (Philippines) an uncle
2. (Philippines, slang) an adult man exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipino uncle

Coordinate terms

• (of a woman): tita

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tito, diminutive of tío (“uncle”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ti‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈtito/ [ˈti.to]

Noun

títo (feminine tita)

1. uncle

   Synonyms: tiyo, amaon

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tito, diminutive of tío (“uncle”), from Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ti‧to

Noun

tito (feminine iyaan)

1. an uncle; the brother of either parent
2. a male cousin of either parent
3. an affectionate or honorific term for a man of an older generation than oneself

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tito.

Synonyms

• tiyo, uyoan

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈcɪto]

Pronoun

tito

1. animate masculine nominative plural of tento

Maranao

Noun

tito

1. puppy

Slavomolisano

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tetto.

Noun

tito m

1. roof

Declension

    declension of tito (inan series-1a masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	tito	titola
genitive	titola	titoli
dative	titolu	titoli
accusative	tito	titola
locative	titolu	titola
instrumental	titolom, titolam	titoli

References

• Ivica Peša Matracki and Nada Županović Filipin (2014), Changes in the System of Oblique Cases in Molise Croatian Dialect.
• Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

Spanish

Etymology 1

From tío +‎ -ito.

Noun

tito m (plural titos, feminine tita, feminine plural titas)

1. (Philippines) uncle
2. (colloquial, Spain) unkie

Etymology 2

From teto ("grandfather").

Noun

tito m (plural titos, feminine tita, feminine plural titas)

1. (informal, Mexico) grandfather, grandpa

Further reading

• “tito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tito, from tío (“uncle”) + -ito (“diminutive suffix”), from Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtito/ [ˈt̪iː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ti‧to

Noun

tito (feminine tita, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜓ)

1. uncle

   Synonyms: tiyo, tiyong, tiyuhin, amain, amba, (slang) tsong

2. (slang) adult man exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipino uncle

Derived terms

• plantito
• tituhin

 

Related terms

• Tito

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 豬肚／猪肚 (ti-tǒ͘, “pig tripe”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtitoʔ/ [ˈt̪iː.t̪oʔ]
• Rhymes: -itoʔ
• Syllabification: ti‧to

Noun

titò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜓ)

1. pig tripe

Usage notes

• It is often written as tito ng baboy (“pork tito”, literally “tripe of pig”) to differentiate it from the above sense of "uncle".

See also

• goto
• batutay

West Coast Bajau

Alternative forms

• titoo
• teto
• teto'o

Etymology

From Proto-Sama-Bajaw *təttawəh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawa, from Proto-Austronesian *Cawa.

Verb

tito

1. to laugh