peta

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "peta"

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

peta

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

Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation from petar (“to knock”)

Pronunciation

Noun

peta f (plural petas)

  1. pickaxe
    Synonym: picaraña
  2. whim; will
    Synonym: gana
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References

Etymology 2

Verb

peta

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay peta, perhaps from Sanskrit भूपट (bhūpaṭa, “map”) as भू (bhū, “earth”) +‎ पट (paṭa, “garment”). Similar construction in Latin mappa mundī (“map”), compound of mappa (“napkin, cloth”) + mundus (“world”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈta/
  • Rhymes: -ta, -a
  • Hyphenation: pê‧ta

Noun

pêta (plural peta-peta, first-person possessive petaku, second-person possessive petamu, third-person possessive petanya)

  1. (geography) map (a visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit भूपट (bhūpaṭa, “map”) as भू (bhū, “earth”) +‎ पट (paṭa, “garment”). Similar construction in Latin mappa mundī (“map”), compound of mappa (“napkin, cloth”) + mundus (“world”).

Pronunciation

Noun

peta (Jawi spelling ڤتا, plural peta-peta, informal 1st possessive petaku, 2nd possessive petamu, 3rd possessive petanya)

  1. map

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: peta

Further reading

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Either of Romance origin, cognate to French petit, or from a native word, *feta, *ṡetta.

Pronunciation

Noun

peta m

  1. pet (usually of a tame or domesticated animal)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
peta pheta peta
pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रेत (preta).

Noun

peta m

  1. ghost

Declension

Declension table of "peta" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)petopetā
Accusative (second)petaṃpete
Instrumental (third)petenapetehi or petebhi
Dative (fourth)petassa or petāya or petatthaṃpetānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)petasmā or petamhā or petāpetehi or petebhi
Genitive (sixth)petassapetānaṃ
Locative (seventh)petasmiṃ or petamhi or petepetesu
Vocative (calling)petapetā

References

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “peta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛta
  • Syllabification: pe‧ta

Noun

peta m

  1. genitive singular of pet

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -etɐ
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ta

Noun

peta f (plural petas)

  1. fib

References

  1. ^ “peta” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “peta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

peta f (plural petas)

  1. (Sutsilvan) a cake in the shape of a loaf

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pęta. Cognate with Bulgarian пета (peta), Slovene peta, Russian пята (pjata), Slovak päta. Non-Slavic cognates include Pashto پونده (pūndaʿh, “heel”) and Old Prussian pentis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pěːta/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ta

Noun

péta f (Cyrillic spelling пе́та)

  1. heel

Declension

Declension of peta
singular plural
nominative peta pete
genitive pete peta
dative peti petama
accusative petu pete
vocative peto pete
locative peti petama
instrumental petom petama

Further reading

  • “peta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pęta. Cognate with Bulgarian пета (peta), Serbo-Croatian пета/peta, Russian пята (pjata), Slovak päta. Non-Slavic cognates include Pashto پونده (pūndaʿh, “heel”) and Old Prussian pentis.

Pronunciation

Noun

péta f

  1. heel

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. pêta
gen. sing. pête
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		pêta pêti pête
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		pête pêt pêt
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		pêti pêtama pêtam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		pêto pêti pête
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		pêti pêtah pêtah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		pêto pêtama pêtami
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. pêta
gen. sing. peté
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		pêta peté peté
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		peté petá petá
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		pêti petáma petàm
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		petó peté peté
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		pêti petàh petàh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		petó petáma petámi

Further reading

  • “peta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “peta”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeta/
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: pe‧ta

Etymology 1

From Aymara or Quechua.

Noun

peta f (plural petas)

  1. (Bolivia) turtle
    Synonym: tortuga

Etymology 2

Verb

peta

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

Swedish

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic. Possibly connected with the stem in words like pitt, påta, putta, pilla, and peka.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Verb

peta (present petar, preterite petade, supine petat, imperative peta)

  1. (often with på or i) to poke, to pick ((lightly) touch or fiddle, prod or jam)
    peta näsan / peta i näsan / peta sig i näsan
    pick one's nose
    Han petade på det lilla djuret med pekfingret
    He poked the little animal with his index finger
    Margit var kräsmagad och petade alltid bort oliverna ur salladen
    Margit was a picky eater and always picked ("poked") the olives out of the salad
    1. (chiefly with i) to poke (to promote burning)
  2. (often sports, colloquial) to remove, drop, to cut (remove, often from a team or the like, but also more general)
    Hon blev petad ur laget
    She was dropped from the team ("poked out of the team")
    Det var Nisses låt som till slut petade bort The Beatles från förstaplatsen på listorna
    It was Nisse's song that finally knocked The Beatles off the top of the charts ("poked away The Beatles")

Conjugation

Conjugation of peta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive peta petas
Supine petat petats
Imperative peta —
Imper. plural1 peten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative petar petade petas petades
Ind. plural1 peta petade petas petades
Subjunctive2 pete petade petes petades
Participles
Present participle petande
Past participle petad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Further reading

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