kito (uncountable)
- (Nigeria, LGBTQ) A type ofblackmail onLGBT people
2023 May 15, Ian Wafula, Tamasin Ford, “The Nigerians lured into a trap and blackmailed for being gay”, inBBC News[1]:This type of blackmail, where an LGBT person is entrapped, is known in Nigeria's gay community as"kito" - the exact origin of the term is unclear. BBC Africa Eye interviewed 21 people in all about their experiences of being "kito'd".
2023 May 16, Dylan Reber, “Gay Men in Nigeria Targeted in Dating App Extortion Scheme”, inAdvocate[2]:One LGBTQ+ advocacy group that works with Nigerians told BBC Africa Eye that, each week, 15 to 20 people reach out to them with similar stories of entrapment and extortion. The scheme is known in Nigeria's gay community as"kito."
- IPA(key): /kiˈtoʔ/ [kiˈtoʔ]
- Hyphenation:ki‧to
kitô (Basahan spellingᜃᜒᜆᜓ)
- (Naga, vulgar)coitus;sexual intercourse
- Synonyms:kayo,sulpanit
kitô (pluralkirito,Basahan spellingᜃᜒᜆᜓ)
- (Naga, vulgar) to havesexual intercourse
- Synonyms:kayo,sulpanit
kito
- Rōmaji transcription ofきと
kito
- eye dialect spelling ofkitaromanization ofꦏꦶꦠ
- nonstandard spelling ofkitha,romanization ofꦏꦶꦛ
kito
- knife
- Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “kito”, inKamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page52
kito
- ringworm
- fungus
kito
- to haveringworm
- to havefungus
- IPA(key): /ˈki.tɔ/
- Rhymes:-itɔ
- Syllabification:ki‧to
kito f
- vocativesingular ofkita
kito (Cyrillic spellingкито)
- vocativesingular ofkita
kíto
- accusative/instrumentalsingular ofkíta
kito classVII (pluralvito classVIII)
- jewel
- Synonym:johari