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Albanian

Etymology

From the accusative Proto-Albanian *a-ta, compound of proclitic particle a and demonstrative ta, from Proto-Indo-European *tons, accusative plural of *só m (“that (one)”) (compare Latin istud, English that).

Older and dialectal varieties retain ablative asish, acish, from a + Proto-Albanian *tsj(a)isu, from *ḱjoisu, locative of Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this (one)”) (compare English he).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ata m pl (accusative ata, dative atyre, ablative atyre)

  1. they

ata (accusative ata, dative atij, ablative (a)tij)

  1. (archaic) it

Declension

forms of ata
ata (3rd person masculine plural)
nominative ata
ablative atyre / tyre
full form clitic
accusative ata i
dative atyre u
possessive adjective possessive pronoun
i tyre i tyri

See also

Albanian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person unë ne
2nd person ti ju
3rd person masculine ai ata
feminine ajo ato

Asturian

Verb

ata

  1. third-person singular present indicative of atar
  2. second-person singular imperative of atar

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic ата
Abjad آتا

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ata / *ete. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰀 (t¹a /⁠ata⁠/).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ata (definite accusative atanı, plural atalar)

  1. father
    Synonyms: (colloquial) dədə, (informal) papa
    Hyponyms: valideyn (“parent”), ata-ana (“parents”)
    Coordinate term: ana (“mother”)

Declension

    Declension of ata
singular plural
nominative ata
 atalar
definite accusative atanı
 ataları
dative ataya
 atalara
locative atada
 atalarda
ablative atadan
 atalardan
definite genitive atanın
 ataların
    Possessive forms of ata
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) atam atalarım
sənin (“your”) atan ataların
onun (“his/her/its”) atası ataları
bizim (“our”) atamız atalarımız
sizin (“your”) atanız atalarınız
onların (“their”) atası or ataları ataları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) atamı atalarımı
sənin (“your”) atanı atalarını
onun (“his/her/its”) atasını atalarını
bizim (“our”) atamızı atalarımızı
sizin (“your”) atanızı atalarınızı
onların (“their”) atasını or atalarını atalarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) atama atalarıma
sənin (“your”) atana atalarına
onun (“his/her/its”) atasına atalarına
bizim (“our”) atamıza atalarımıza
sizin (“your”) atanıza atalarınıza
onların (“their”) atasına or atalarına atalarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) atamda atalarımda
sənin (“your”) atanda atalarında
onun (“his/her/its”) atasında atalarında
bizim (“our”) atamızda atalarımızda
sizin (“your”) atanızda atalarınızda
onların (“their”) atasında or atalarında atalarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) atamdan atalarımdan
sənin (“your”) atandan atalarından
onun (“his/her/its”) atasından atalarından
bizim (“our”) atamızdan atalarımızdan
sizin (“your”) atanızdan atalarınızdan
onların (“their”) atasından or atalarından atalarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) atamın atalarımın
sənin (“your”) atanın atalarının
onun (“his/her/its”) atasının atalarının
bizim (“our”) atamızın atalarımızın
sizin (“your”) atanızın atalarınızın
onların (“their”) atasının or atalarının atalarının

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Ata / *Ete”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

  • “ata” in Obastan.com.

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈta/,

Noun

atá

  1. rice bran

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔataʔ/,

Interjection

atà

  1. (Naga) I told you already!
    Synonym: bata

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Tagalog yata.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔataʔ/,

Adverb

atà

  1. perhaps
    Synonyms: tibaad, baka, seguro

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔataʔ/,

Noun

ata

  1. squid ink

Chibcha

Pronunciation

Noun

ata

  1. cave

References

  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ata / *ete.

Noun

ata

  1. (obsolete) ancestor
    Synonym: selef
  2. (obsolete) father
    Synonyms: baba, babay
  3. male

Declension

Declension of ata
singular plural
nominative ata atalar
genitive atanıñ atalarnıñ
dative atağa atalarğa
accusative atanı atalarnı
locative atada atalarda
ablative atadan atalardan

References

Dobu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

ata

  1. four

Galician

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Preposition

ata

  1. until, till, up to
    Synonym: deica

Etymology 2

Verb

ata

  1. inflection of atar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

ata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ataði, supine atað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to make dirty

Conjugation

ata — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að ata
supine
(sagnbót) 		atað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		atandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég ata við ötum present
(nútíð) 		ég ati við ötum
þú atar þið atið þú atir þið atið
hann, hún, það atar þeir, þær, þau ata hann, hún, það ati þeir, þær, þau ati
past
(þátíð) 		ég ataði við ötuðum past
(þátíð) 		ég ataði við ötuðum
þú ataðir þið ötuðuð þú ataðir þið ötuðuð
hann, hún, það ataði þeir, þær, þau ötuðu hann, hún, það ataði þeir, þær, þau ötuðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		ata (þú) atið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
ataðu atiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
atast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að atast
supine
(sagnbót) 		atast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		atandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég atast við ötumst present
(nútíð) 		ég atist við ötumst
þú atast þið atist þú atist þið atist
hann, hún, það atast þeir, þær, þau atast hann, hún, það atist þeir, þær, þau atist
past
(þátíð) 		ég ataðist við ötuðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég ataðist við ötuðumst
þú ataðist þið ötuðust þú ataðist þið ötuðust
hann, hún, það ataðist þeir, þær, þau ötuðust hann, hún, það ataðist þeir, þær, þau ötuðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		atast (þú) atist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
atastu atisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
ataður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		ataður ötuð atað ataðir ataðar ötuð
accusative
(þolfall) 		ataðan ataða atað ataða ataðar ötuð
dative
(þágufall) 		ötuðum ataðri ötuðu ötuðum ötuðum ötuðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		ataðs ataðrar ataðs ataðra ataðra ataðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		ataði ataða ataða ötuðu ötuðu ötuðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		ataða ötuðu ataða ötuðu ötuðu ötuðu
dative
(þágufall) 		ataða ötuðu ataða ötuðu ötuðu ötuðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		ataða ötuðu ataða ötuðu ötuðu ötuðu

Derived terms

Igala

Áta

Etymology 1

From á- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ta (“to be peppery, to be spicy”), literally “that which is peppery”, cognate with Yoruba ata (“pepper”)

Pronunciation

Noun

áta

  1. Alligator pepper
    Synonym: ákpọkọ (“pepper”)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

àtá

  1. father

Ikaranggal

Verb

ata

  1. see

Further reading

  • Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

Irish

Pronunciation

Participle

ata

  1. past participle of at

Alternative forms

Noun

ata m

  1. genitive singular of at

Verb

ata

  1. present subjunctive analytic of at

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ata n-ata hata not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ata.

Noun

ata

  1. father (in Latin)

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “ata”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Kunjen

Verb

ata

  1. see

Further reading

  • Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaRta (“outsiders, alien people”).

Noun

ata

  1. person
  2. servant

Derived terms

References

  • Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “ata”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 6
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qaRta”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Limos Kalinga

Noun

atá

  1. (anatomy) eye

Lindu

Noun

ata

  1. roof

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

ata

  1. (anatomy) eye

Maia

Noun

ata

  1. coconut

Mansaka

Noun

atà

  1. octopus or squid ink

Maori

Noun

ata

  1. shadow
  2. morning

Meriam

Noun

ata

  1. grandparent

Mussau-Emira

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

ata

  1. four

Nauruan

Etymology

From Pre-Nauruan *ita, possibly from Proto-Micronesian *ita "pile up". Compare Proto-Central Micronesian *-itaki "counter for tens".

Numeral

ata

  1. ten

Numbami

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

ata

  1. Alternative form of wata

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

ata

  1. third-person plural present indicative relative of is

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

a·ta

  1. Alternative spelling of at·tá

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *atǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *od-, *h₃ed- (“aversion, hate”).

Noun

ata f

  1. quarrel
  2. a hunting

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *atōną.

Verb

ata

  1. to stimulate
  2. to egg on (to mischief)
Synonyms

Pacoh

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *ʔadaa, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *da[ʔ].

Pronunciation

Noun

ata 

  1. (zoology) duck

Portuguese

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Wikipedia pt

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin ācta (“register of public events”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -atɐ
  • Hyphenation: a‧ta

Noun

ata f (plural atas)

  1. minute (record of meeting)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -atɐ
  • Hyphenation: a‧ta

Verb

ata

  1. inflection of atar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Interjection

ata

  1. (Brazil, Internet slang, nonstandard) Alternative form of ah, tá

Further reading

Sotho

Etymology

Cognate with Zulu -anda.

Verb

ata

  1. to increase, to multiply

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈata/
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: a‧ta

Verb

ata

  1. inflection of atar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Particle

atà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ)

  1. Alternative form of yata: may; perhaps; I think

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Determiner

ata (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ) (now dialectal, in the dual, inclusive)

  1. our; my and your

Pronoun

ata (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ) (now dialectal, in the dual, inclusive)

  1. (possessive) ours; of the two of us
  2. (oblique) (to) the two of us

See also

Tagalog personal pronouns
Person Number Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa)
First singular ako ko akin
dual* kita, kata nita, nata, ta kanita, kanata, ata
plural inclusive tayo natin atin
plural exclusive kami namin amin
First & Second singular kita**
Second singular ikaw, ka mo iyo
plural kayo, kamo ninyo, niyo inyo
Third singular siya niya kaniya
plural sila nila kanila
* First person dual pronouns are not commonly used.
** Replaces "ko ikaw".

Tahitian

Noun

ata

  1. cloud

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

ata

  1. (anatomy) chest

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

ata

  1. (transitive) to bring
Conjugation
Conjugation of ata
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toata foata miata
2nd noata niata
3rd Masculine oata iata, yoata†
Feminine moata
Neuter iata
† - archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qa-ta.

Determiner

ata

  1. (alienable) my
Usage notes
  • ata is commonly used in place of aku to arouse the listener’s sympathy about some predicament that one is in.
See also
Tokelauan possessive determiners
Definite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) toku,
tota1 		to māua to mā to mātou oku,
ota1 		o māua o mā o mātou
1st person (incl.) ― to tāua to tā to tātou ― o tāua o tā o tātou
2nd person tō toulua toutou ō oulua outou
3rd person tona to lāua to lā to lātou ona o lāua o lā o lātou
Definite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) taku,
tata1 		ta māua ta mā ta mātou aku,
ata1 		a māua a mā a mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ta tāua ta tā ta tātou ― a tāua a tā a tātou
2nd person tau taulua tautou au aulua autou
3rd person tana ta lāua ta lā ta lātou ana a lāua a lā a lātou
Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) hoku,
hota1 		ho māua ho mā ho mātou ni oku,
ni ota1 		ni o māua ni o mā ni o mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ho tāua ho tā ho tātou ― ni o tāua ni o tā ni o tātou
2nd person hō houlua houtou ni ō ni oulua ni outou
3rd person hona ho lāua ho lā ho lātou ni ona ni o lāua ni o lā ni o lātou
Indefinite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) haku,
hata1 		ha māua ha mā ha mātou ni aku,
ni ata1 		ni a māua ni a mā ni a mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ha tāua ha tā ha tātou ― ni a tāua ni a tā ni a tātou
2nd person hau haulua hautou ni au ni aulua ni autou
3rd person hana ha lāua ha lā ha lātou ni ana ni a lāua ni a lā ni a lātou
1) Sympathetic

Etymology 2

Te ata (2.2).
Nā ata (2.3) e lua.
Te ata (2.4)
Te ata (2.5) o te kolokotaila.
Te ata (2.6).

From Proto-Polynesian *ata. Cognates include Hawaiian aka and Samoan ata.

Noun

ata

  1. image, shape
  2. daybreak, dawn
  3. picture, photograph
  4. diagram, scheme
  5. reflection
  6. film, movie

Verb

ata

  1. (stative) to be visible
  2. (intransitive) to become understood

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *ata. Cognates include Pukapukan ata.

Particle

ata

  1. Used to indicate one's ability to perform the action of the following verb; be able to

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 19

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From Meriam ata.

Noun

ata

  1. (eastern dialect) grandparent
    Synonyms: pop, popa

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑˈtɑ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ata. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰀 (t¹a /⁠ata⁠/).

Noun

ata (definite accusative atayı, plural atalar)

  1. (dated) father
  2. predecessor, forerunner
  3. ancestor, forefather
Declension
Inflection
Nominative ata
Definite accusative atayı
Singular Plural
Nominative ata atalar
Definite accusative atayı ataları
Dative ataya atalara
Locative atada atalarda
Ablative atadan atalardan
Genitive atanın ataların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular atam atalarım
2nd singular atan ataların
3rd singular atası ataları
1st plural atamız atalarımız
2nd plural atanız atalarınız
3rd plural ataları ataları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular atamı atalarımı
2nd singular atanı atalarını
3rd singular atasını atalarını
1st plural atamızı atalarımızı
2nd plural atanızı atalarınızı
3rd plural atalarını atalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular atama atalarıma
2nd singular atana atalarına
3rd singular atasına atalarına
1st plural atamıza atalarımıza
2nd plural atanıza atalarınıza
3rd plural atalarına atalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular atamda atalarımda
2nd singular atanda atalarında
3rd singular atasında atalarında
1st plural atamızda atalarımızda
2nd plural atanızda atalarınızda
3rd plural atalarında atalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular atamdan atalarımdan
2nd singular atandan atalarından
3rd singular atasından atalarından
1st plural atamızdan atalarımızdan
2nd plural atanızdan atalarınızdan
3rd plural atalarından atalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular atamın atalarımın
2nd singular atanın atalarının
3rd singular atasının atalarının
1st plural atamızın atalarımızın
2nd plural atanızın atalarınızın
3rd plural atalarının atalarının
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

ata

  1. dative singular of at

Turkmen

Noun

ata

  1. dative singular of at

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ata

  1. (colloquial) first-person singular of at

Wolio

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp.

Pronunciation

Noun

ata

  1. roof

References

  • Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris

Yoruba

ata

Alternative forms

  • ita (Ìlàjẹ, Ìkálẹ̀, Ọ̀wọ̀)
  • uta (Ào, Èkìtì)

Etymology

From a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ ta (“to be peppery, to be spicy”), literally “that which is peppery”, cognate with Igala áta

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ā.tā/

Noun

ata

  1. pepper, spice

Derived terms

Yup'ik

Noun

ata

  1. Alternative form of aata

Interjection

ata

  1. (phrase) look here!, let me see!, well then!

Alternative forms

Related terms

Zazaki

Noun

ata (c)

  1. beyond
  2. over
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