batas

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See also: batás and bâtas

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧tas

Verb

batas

  1. to cut down and harvest a bamboo culm

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Verb

batas

  1. present of bati

Galician

Verb

batas

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of bater

Ido

Pronunciation

Verb

batas

  1. present of batar

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Malay batas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batəs. Doublet of watas. Cognate of Iban batas (“raised path”), Toba Batak batos, Javanese ꦮꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (wates), Balinese ᬩᬢᭂᬲ (bates), and Sasak bates.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tas

Noun

batas (first-person possessive batasku, second-person possessive batasmu, third-person possessive batasnya)

  1. border (the outer edge of something)
  2. limit (a restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go)

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Lithuanian

Noun

bãtas m stress pattern 2

  1. shoe
  2. boot

Declension

    Declension of batas
nominative batas
genitive bato
dative batui
accusative batą
instrumental batu
locative bate
vocative bate

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batəs. Cognate of Iban batas (“raised path”), Toba Batak batos, Javanese ꦮꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (wates), Balinese ᬩᬢᭂᬲ (bates), and Sasak bates.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tas

Noun

batas (plural batas-batas, informal 1st possessive batasku, 2nd possessive batasmu, 3rd possessive batasnya)

  1. limit: a restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

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Maranao

Noun

batas

  1. (card games) suit

Portuguese

Verb

batas

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of bater

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbatas/
  • Rhymes: -atas
  • Syllabification: ba‧tas

Noun

batas f pl

  1. plural of bata

Verb

batas

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of batir

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Possibly from Cebuano batas (“proposition of a rule or law”), or back-formation from Cebuano batasan (“custom; tradition”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈtas/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tas

Noun

batás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜐ᜔)

  1. law
    Synonyms: kautusan, (archaic) ley
  2. decree
    Synonym: dekreto
  3. command
    Synonyms: utos, mando
  4. (obsolete) notification of an order or mandate
    Synonym: pahayag
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Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bə(ʀ)tas (“tear, rip open (as cloth or stitches), snap (as string)”) via Malay betas (“ripping open, splitting open”). Possible doublet of bagtas and bigtas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbatas/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tas

Noun

batas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜐ᜔)

  1. unstitching of clothes
    Synonym: tastas
  2. shortcut (such as estuary when traveling by water)
    Synonym: bagtasan
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