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English
Noun
bati (plural batis)
- Alternative form of batty
Anagrams
Basque
Pronunciation
Determiner
bati
- dative indefinite of bat
Numeral
bati
- dative indefinite of bat
Pronoun
bati
- dative of bat
Bikol Central
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish batir.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧ti
- IPA(key): /baˈti/,
Noun
batí (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆᜒ)
- (cooking) beat; whisk
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧ti
- IPA(key): /ˈbatiʔ/,
Noun
batì (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆᜒ)
- labor (childbirth)
Derived terms
See also
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
bati
- inflection of batre:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧ti
- IPA(key): /ˈbati/,
Etymology 1
Adjective
batì
- inferior in quality
- (derogatory) ugly
- Synonyms: laksot, ngil-ad
Verb
batì
- for something to decrease in quality
- to become ugly
Etymology 2
Noun
batì (pathology)
- swine fever
- (by extension) fowl cholera
Verb
batì
- to be infected with swine fever
Etymology 3
Verb
batì
- to feel or perceive something
- to have the symptoms of an illness
- to be sensitive or emotionally distressed to something
- to hear
- to sympathize
- to be pregnant
Derived terms
- balatian (“feeling; sensitivity; sickness”)
- binati (“someone beloved”)
- mabination (“sympathetic”)
- mamati (“to sense by physical means; to listen”)
- pabati-bati (“to say something bad within one's earshot; to say or ask about something with hints”)
- pagbati (“feeling toward someone”)
- pamati (“feeling; sensation; opinion;”)
- panimati
Esperanto
Etymology
From Italian battere.
Pronunciation
Verb
bati (present batas, past batis, future batos, conditional batus, volitive batu)
- (transitive) to beat, to strike, to hit
- Synonym: frapi
- Kiu vin batis? ― Who hit you?
- Li kredas ke geplenkreskuloj devas neniam bati geinfanojn. ― He believes adults ought never to strike children.
- Estas kontraŭleĝe por policisto bati akuziton. ― It is against the law for a police officer to beat a suspect.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of bati
infinitive
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bati
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imperative
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batu
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conditional
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batus
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Derived terms
- albati (“to knock against; to slam; to hammer on”)
- batilo (“racket, paddle, bat, club”)
Fijian
Noun
bati
- tooth
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin battere, from earlier battuere.
Verb
bati
- to beat
Conjugation
This is a regular -i verb.
Conjugation of bati (third conjugation)
Related terms
Galician
Verb
bati
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of bater
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese bater. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bati.
Verb
bati
- to hit
- to beat
Hiligaynon
Verb
bátì
- to suffer
- (negative) to feel
Verb
batî (diminutive batî-báti)
- to hear
Verb
batí
- (cooking) to beat, stir
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse bati, from Proto-Germanic *batô.
Pronunciation
Noun
bati m (genitive singular bata, nominative plural batar)
- recovery, rally, convalescence
- improvement
- Synonym: bötnun
Declension
Derived terms
Ido
Pronunciation
Noun
bati
- plural of bato
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese bater.
Verb
bati
- to hit
- to beat
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
batī
- inflection of batus:
- nominative/vocative plural
- genitive singular
Lindu
Noun
bati
- grasshopper; locust
Maltese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Arabic باطِئ (bāṭiʔ).
Adjective
bati (feminine singular batja, plural batjin)
- (dated, of wind) light, slight, slow
Etymology 2
See the lemma.
Verb
bati
- singular imperative of bata
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese bater and Kabuverdianu bati.
Verb
bati
- to hit
- to beat
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
bati
- first-person singular preterite indicative of bater
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bojati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.
Pronunciation
Verb
báti impf
- (obsolete, non-reflexive) to fear
1555, Primož Trubar, CATECHISMVS, Tübingen, page 69:Bug pag tukai Sapoueda de nega imamo lubiti inu bati zhes vſe rizhi.- God here orders that we must love and fear him over everything.
- (reflexive) to fear
1853, Harriet Elisabeth Beecher-Stowe, Stric Tomaž ali življenje zamorcov v Ameriki [Uncle Tomaž or life of black people in America], page 31:Doteče ju pozno pri neki kovačnici, kjer je Halaj Tomaža še na rokah vkleniti dal, bavši se namreč čverstega zamorca.- He catches up to them late by some blacksmith, where Halaj had Tomaž handcuffed as well, fearing the strong black man.
- (reflexive) to be afraid
Ne bom šel na vlakec smrti, ker se bojim višine. - I won't go on the roller coaster because I am afraid of heights.
- (reflexive) to assume, to think, usually something negative
- Synonyms: domnẹ́vati, menīti, mísliti
Ne boš se izmazal, ne boj se. - Don't think that you will get away with it.
Conjugation
Class III, accentual type III (accent is directly before the endings), imperfective
Infinitive báti (a-ti), l-participle báł
Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts)
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báti
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Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial)
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bȁt, bāt
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Supine
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bāt
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l-participle
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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singular
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báł, ✝bojał
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bála
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bálo
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dual
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bála
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báli
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báli
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plural
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báli
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bále
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bála
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n-/t-participle (passive participle)
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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š-participle
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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adverbial š-participle
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bȃvši
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True gerund
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Objectified gerund
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “bati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “bati”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
bati (ma class, plural mabati)
- metal sheet, often corrugated iron
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Metathesis of Malay tabik, from Sanskrit क्षन्तव्य (kṣantavya, “to be pardoned”). Compare tabi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈtiʔ/, (adjective)
- IPA(key): /ˈbatiʔ/, (noun)
- Hyphenation: ba‧ti
Adjective
batî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜒ)
- reconciled; renewed (of one's friendship)
- Bati na sila. ― They're friends again.
Derived terms
Noun
batì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜒ)
- greeting
- congratulations
- Maligayang bati! ― Happy Birthday!
- attention called to a fault
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish batir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈti/,
- Hyphenation: ba‧ti
Noun
batí (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜒ)
- (cooking) beat; whisk
- kind of dance similar to a pandanggo
- (slang) masturbation
- Synonyms: salsal, dikdik-bawang, jakol, tikol
Derived terms
Related terms
Adjective
batí (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜒ)
- beaten; churned (with a beater or whisk)
Further reading
- “bati”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Ternate
Etymology 1
Possibly from N- (nominalizer) + fati (“to block, hinder”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bati (Jawi باتي)
- a tree trunk
- any piece of wood
- a pole
- a boundary (as demarcated by poles in the ground, etc.)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
bati
- a kind of sorcery
References
- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh