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English

Bata drums (from left: Okónkolo, Iyá, Itótele)
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Alternative forms

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

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)

Balinese

Romanization

bata

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬢ (brick)
  2. Romanization of ᬪᬝ (servant; soldier)

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 [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

batâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆ)

  1. stink; stench; reek
    Synonym: bangog
    Antonym: hamot
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Noun

batà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆ)

  1. (Naga, informal) lover; partner
    Synonyms: ilusyon, piday, katrato
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish bata.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

báta (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆ)

  1. robe

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

batà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆ)

  1. Alternative form of atà (I told you)

Butuanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq.

Noun

bata

  1. child

Cebuano

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

batà (Badlit spelling ᜊᜆ)

  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 (Badlit spelling ᜊᜆ)

  1. young
    Antonym: tigulang

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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish bata.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bata

  1. woman's nightgown

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Verb

báta (Badlit spelling ᜊᜆ)

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

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

Chavacano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Spanish bata (robe).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

báta

  1. house gown; dressing gown

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

batà

  1. (Zamboangueño) child
    Synonyms: anak, (Zamboangueño) chiquillo, (Ternateño, Caviteño) criatura, (Zamboangueño) niño

Chichewa

Pronunciation

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

Declension of bata
nominative bata
genitive batanıñ
dative batağa
accusative batanı
locative batada
ablative batadan

Synonyms

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

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

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay bata (brick). Cognate of Balinese ᬩᬢ (bata, brick), Javanese ꦧꦠ (bata, brick, brick wall; cube), Old Javanese bata (brick; wall).

Noun

bata

  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

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

Further reading

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

Noun

bata m (genitive singular bata, nominative plural bataí)

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

Declension

Declension of bata (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bata bataí
vocative a bhata a bhataí
genitive bata bataí
dative bata bataí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bata na bataí
genitive an bhata na mbataí
dative leis an mbata
don bhata
leis na bataí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bata
radical lenition eclipsis
bata bhata mbata

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 33
  2. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 255, page 58
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 49

Further reading

Jamamadí

Etymology 1

Adjective

bata

  1. (Banawá) rotten

Etymology 2

Verb

bata

  1. (Banawá) to pick

References

Javanese

Romanization

bata

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦠ

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

Root
b-t-j (suffering)
3 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

bata (imperfect jbati, verbal noun tbatija)

  1. to suffer
    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:
      Wara l-bibien,
      fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
      batejt
      il-għeja
      il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
      batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
      iżda ġarrabt ukoll
      il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
      li kull tallab iħoss
      x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
      bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bata
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m batejt batejt bata batejna batejtu batew
f batiet
imperfect m nbati tbati jbati nbatu tbatu jbatu
f tbati
imperative bati batu

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

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buRtaq (earth, soil, mud).

Pronunciation

Noun

bata

  1. brick
    Synonyms: aśmawiṣṭaka, bata, rimbag, iṣṭakā, wiṣṭaka
  2. wall
    Synonyms: āwaraṇa, bata, kaṇṭa, kuṭa, lalayan, laleyan, leleyan, pacira, parigi, sarisig, tambak, tambĕṅ, taraṅ, tarib, tawiṅ, tawuṅ, tĕruṅ

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦧꦠ (bata) (inherited)
  • >? Balinese: ᬩᬢ (bata)
  • >? Malay: bata
    • > Indonesian: bata (inherited)
    • Iban: bata
    • Maranao: bata

Further reading

  • "bata" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

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.
  2. Alternative form of boitatá

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

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

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

Sundanese

Pronunciation

Noun

bata (Sundanese script ᮘᮒ)

  1. brick (a hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building, paving, or masonry.)
  2. A unit of area equivalent to a square tumbak or five-hundredth of a bahu, roughly 14 square meters

Further reading

Swahili

bata
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

bata class V (plural mabata class VI)

  1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

Derived terms

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). Compare Tausug bata'.

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

batá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ)

  1. ability to endure pain, hardship, etc.
    Synonyms: tiis, tiyaga, agwanta, kawasa, pasensiya
Derived terms

Further reading

  • bata”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • 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

Anagrams

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

bata

  1. (stative) to be spotted

Conjugation

Conjugation of bata
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobata fobata mibata
2nd nobata nibata
3rd Masculine obata ibata, yobata
Feminine mobata
Neuter ibata
- archaic

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bàtà

  1. shoe
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Bàtá mẹ́ta

Pronunciation

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
Descendants