tatta

Hindi

tatta (plural tattas)

1. (India) A bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is allowed to trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters.

Probably from Italian tata, from Latin tata (“dad, daddy”), of onomatopoeic origin. Alternatively from Middle High German tate (“father”), from Old High German *tato, from Proto-West Germanic *dadō (“father, dad”).

tatta m

1. (Luserna) father

   Synonym: vatar

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter , Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo Ptata (“Dutch person”), from ptata (“potato, fries”). Doublet of patat and bataat.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ.taː/

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• Hyphenation: tat‧ta

tatta m (plural tatta's, diminutive tattaatje n)

1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) An autochthonous Dutch person.

   Synonym: bakra

tatta

1. Rōmaji transcription of たった

Inherited from Sanskrit तप्त (taptá). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀢 (tatta).

tatta

1. hot, heated, glowing

Inherited from Sanskrit तत्व (tatva). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀢 (tatta).

tatta n

1. truth

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “tatta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 295
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tattva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 321
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tapta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 323

Back-formation from tattare (“Traveller, Gypsy”).

• IPA^(key): /²tatːa/

tatta (present tattar, preterite tattade, supine tattat, imperative tatta)

1. (slang, offensive) to steal, gyp