mita
/ˈmiːtə/(also mitta) Now historical
noun
In colonial South America: a group of Peruvian or other Indians employed in forced labour by the Spanish colonists, usually for a specified period; the system under which such groups were employed.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in John Stevens (c1662–1726), translator and antiquary. From American Spanish mita from Quechua mitʔa turn, successive or alternate order.
- roundaboutness
- round-aft
- round-arch
- round-arched
- round-arm
- round-armer
- round-baled
- round baler
- round baling
- roundball
- roundballer
- round barrow
- round-bellied
- round-bend
- round bilge
- round-bilged
- round birthwort
- round bone
- round book
- round bracket
- round-cell
- round-celled
- round dance
- round dancer
- round dancing