bata

English

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Batá drum

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• batá, bàtá

Etymology

From Yoruba bàtá.

Noun

bata (plural bata)

1. A ceremonial double-headed drum played in triplet in the religion of santería, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, originally from the Yoruba of Nigeria.
   • 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “The Rhythm of the Saints”, in The Coast, Warner Bros.:

     Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine.

   • 2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 283:

     Five drummers in front setting the dance—three beating barrel drums, a fourth beating a double-skin bata, and the fifth beating four small bata tied together.

Anagrams

• AABT, ABTA

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈta/,
• Hyphenation: ba‧ta

Noun

batá f 

1. doum fruit

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bata/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: ba‧ta

Etymology 1

From bat (“one, some”) +‎ -a (definite article).

Numeral

bata

1. absolutive singular of bat (“one”)

Pronoun

bata (indefinite)

1. one, someone

Usage notes

• Southern dialects tend to use this form in all cases rather than bat.
• When used in coordination with bestea (“other, another”), the indefinite form isn't used.

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Spanish bata (“dressing gown”).

Noun

bata inan

1. dressing gown, robe

Declension

Further reading

• “bata” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ta
• IPA^(key): /baˈtaʔ/,

Noun

batâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆ)

1. stink; stench; reek

   Synonym: bangog

   Antonym: hamot

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈbataʔ/,

Noun

batà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆ)

1. (Naga, informal) lover; partner

   Synonyms: ilusiyon, piday, katrato

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish bata.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈbata/,

Noun

báta (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆ)

1. robe

Related terms

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈbataʔ/,

Interjection

batà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆ)

1. (Legazpi) Alternative form of atà (“I told you”)

Butuanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq.

Noun

bata

1. child

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈbataʔ/,

Noun

batà

1. child
2. juvenile; young
3. sprout
4. protégé of someone of higher rank

   Synonym: bata-bata

5. (colloquial) mistress

   Synonyms: kabit, kerida

Adjective

batà

1. young

Verb

batà

1. to spend someone's early years in; to spend childhood years in
2. to grow up by or in an area or town

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bata.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish bata.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈbata/,

Noun

bata

1. woman's nightgown

Related terms

• bata debanyo (“bathrobe”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈbata/,

Verb

bata

1. to divide into equal parts or bundles to be sold

Derived terms

• batabata (“to estimate the quantity of something”)

Further reading

• Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español‎ (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País
• “bata” in Pinoy Dictionary, Cyberspace.ph, 2010-2022.

Anagrams

• abat, abta, atab, baat

Chavacano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Spanish bata (“robe”).

Noun

báta

1. house gown; dressing gown

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Cebuano bata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq.

Noun

batà

1. child

   Synonym: anak

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓá.ta/

Noun

báta class 5

1. quietness

Crimean Tatar

Noun

bata (Northern dialect)

1. little brother

Usage notes

• Corresponding words in standard Crimean Tatar: kadâ, qardaş.

Declension

Synonyms

• mata, qardaş

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq.

Noun

batà

1. child; baby

Ede Idaca

Etymology

Cognates include Edo ibata and Yoruba bàtà

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bà.tà/

Noun

bàtà

1. shoe

References

• Baloubi, Désiré (2005) The Morphophonemics of the Idaacha dialect of Yoruba‎, Charlotte, North Carolina: Conquering Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 41

Galician

Verb

bata

1. inflection of bater:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Garo

Verb

bata

1. to cross, to pass

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq.

Noun

bata

1. child
2. offspring

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish bata.

Noun

báta

1. nightshirt, nightgown

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq.

Noun

batà

1. child, baby, boy, girl
2. son, daughter
3. servant

Verb

batà

1. to give birth

Etymology 3

Noun

batâ

1. uncle

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ba‧ta

Noun

bata

1. brick:
   1. a hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

Igbo

Etymology

From ba (“enter”) + -tá (“towards”).

Verb

batá

1. to enter, to come in.

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

bata

Wikipedia ^id

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: ba‧ta

Etymology 1

From Malay bata (“brick”). Cognate of Balinese ᬩᬢ (bata, “brick”), Javanese ꦧꦠ (bata, “brick, brick wall; cube”), Old Javanese bata (“brick; wall”).

Noun

bata (plural bata-bata, first-person possessive bataku, second-person possessive batamu, third-person possessive batanya)

1. brick:
   1. a hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

      Synonym: batu bata

   2. something shaped like a brick.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq. Compare to Tagalog bata (“child”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bata (first-person possessive bataku, second-person possessive batamu, third-person possessive batanya)

1. marriage between siblings and siblings at the same time.

Further reading

• “bata” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English batte (“bat”), from Old French batte (“pestle”), from the verb batre (“to beat”), from Latin battuō, perhaps of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑt̪ˠə/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠat̪ˠə/

Noun

bata m (genitive singular bata, nominative plural bataí)

1. stick
2. baton
3. (of wind) gust
4. (of drink) measure

Declension

Derived terms

• bata cogaidh (“knapweed”)
• bata druma (“drumstick”)

Mutation

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bata”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “bata” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bata” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39

Jamamadí

Etymology 1

Adjective

bata

1. (Banawá) rotten

Etymology 2

Verb

bata

1. (Banawá) to pick

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese bata.

Noun

bata

1. uniform
2. apron

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Makasae

Noun

bata

1. stalk

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian patiri, from Vulgar Latin *patīre, from Latin patī. An early borrowing, as attested by the initial b-; compare biċċa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.ta/
• Homophones: bagħta, bagħatha (except archaically)
• Rhymes: -aːta

Verb

bata (imperfect jbati, verbal noun tbatija)

1. to suffer

Conjugation

Maranao

Noun

bata

1. concrete, cement

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English father, from Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): , (enunciated)
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pˠæɰtˠæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {bahtah}

Noun

bata

1. a priest

Verb

bata

1. to be a priest

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ba‧ta

Noun

bata m

1. genitive singular of bat

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: ba‧ta

Etymology 1

Noun

bata f (plural batas)

1. white coat

   Synonym: jaleco

   • 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho, page 26:

     […] depois levantou-se, despiu a bata em movimentos cansados, lentos.

     next he got up and took off his white coat with tired, slow movements.

Etymology 2

Verb

bata

1. inflection of bater:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English batte, from Old French batte. Akin to Irish bata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʰtə/

Noun

bata m (plural bataichean)

1. a staff, a walking stick

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bata (Cyrillic spelling бата)

1. genitive singular of bat

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jípata.

Verb

-bátá (infinitive kubátá)

1. hold, grasp
2. touch

Sotho

Verb

bata

1. to be cold

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbata/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ba‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French ouate.

Noun

bata f (plural batas)

1. dressing gown, robe
2. lab coat
3. smock

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tagalog bata (or from the same word in other Philippine languages, such as Cebuano bata, Hiligaynon bata, etc).

Noun

bata m (plural batas)

1. (Philippines) child

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bata

1. inflection of batir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “bata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

bata

Wikipedia ^sw

Etymology

From Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ), بَطَّة (baṭṭa).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

bata (ma class, plural mabata)

1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

Derived terms

• bata bukini (“goose”)
• bata mzinga (“turkey”)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq. Also possibly from Sanskrit वत्स (vatsa, “child, offspring”) or Sanskrit बटु (baṭu, “boy, lad, youth”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbataʔ/,
• Rhymes: -ataʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ta

Noun

batà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ)

1. child; kid

   Synonyms: paslit, bulilit

   • 2020, Ervin Santiago, “Frankie tinawag na ‘KSP at miserableng bata’ ng basher: Be like your Ate KC!”, in Bandera‎:

     WALANG patumanggang tinawag ng basher si Frankie Pangilinan na miserableng bata na uhaw sa atensyon.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. follower; supporter
3. protégé
4. (colloquial) sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend

   Synonyms: kasintahan, katipan, kasuyo, (male) nobyo, (female) nobya, (slang) siyota, (slang) jowa

5. (colloquial) mistress; paramour

   Synonyms: kaapid, kabit, kalaguyo

Adjective

batà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ)

1. young
2. junior; younger
3. childish; childlike

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish bata.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbata/,
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ba‧ta

Noun

bata (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ)

1. house gown; dressing gown
2. robe (loose, outer garment)
3. (strictly) bathrobe

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Possibly from Sanskrit वठ् (vaṭh, “to be able”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈta/,
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ba‧ta

Noun

batá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ)

1. ability to endure pain, hardship, etc.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “bata” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “bata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 16

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq.

Noun

bata

1. child

Derived terms

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

bata

1. (stative) to be spotted

Conjugation

References

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

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English butter.

Noun

bata

1. butter

Etymology 2

Unclear; probably from English betel

Noun

bata

1. betel

   Synonym: daka

See also

Yogad

Adjective

batá

1. wet

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ibàtà (Ọwọ)

Etymology 1

Cognates include Edo ibata. Possibly related to or from Baatonum bataku or Baatonum bara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bà.tà/

Noun

bàtà

1. shoe

Derived terms

• sálúbàtà (“sandals”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bà.tá/

Noun

bàtá

1. batá drum, a kind of drum sacred to the orisha Ṣàngó, it is one of the 4 families of drums (ìlù) among the Yoruba.

Derived terms

• alubàtá (“bàtá drummer”)

Descendants

• → English: bata
• → Portuguese: batá
• → Spanish: batá
• → Nupe: bàǹtá