ata

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ata"

Albanian

Etymology

From the accusative Proto-Albanian *a-ta, compound of proclitic particle a and demonstrative ta, from Proto-Indo-European *tons, accusative plural of *tód m (“that (one)”) (compare Latin istud, English that).

Older and dialectal varieties retain ablative asish, acish, from a + Proto-Albanian *tsj(a)isu, from *ḱjoisu, locative of Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this (one)”) (compare English he).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈta/

Pronoun

ata m pl (accusative ata, dative atyre, ablative atyre)

1. they

ata (accusative ata, dative atij, ablative (a)tij)

1. (archaic) it

Declension

forms of ata

	ata (3rd person masculine plural)
nominative	ata
ablative	atyre / tyre
	full form	clitic
accusative	ata	i
dative	atyre	u
	possessive adjective	possessive pronoun
	i tyre	i tyri

See also

Albanian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		unë	ne
2nd person		ti	ju
3rd person	masculine	ai	ata
	feminine	ajo	ato

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Asturian

Verb

ata

1. third-person singular present indicative of atar
2. second-person singular imperative of atar

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic	ата
Roman	ata
Perso-Arabic	آتا‎

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ata, *ete (father), cognate with Old Turkic ata‎ (ata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑˈtɑ]

Noun

ata (definite accusative atanı, plural atalar)

1. father

Declension

Declension of ata

	singular	plural
nominative	ata	atalar
definite accusative	atanı	ataları
dative	ataya	atalara
locative	atada	atalarda
ablative	atadan	atalardan
definite genitive	atanın	ataların

Possessive forms of ata

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	atam	atalarım
sənin (“your”)	atan	ataların
onun (“his/her/its”)	atası	ataları
bizim (“our”)	atamız	atalarımız
sizin (“your”)	atanız	atalarınız
onların (“their”)	atası or ataları	ataları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	atamı	atalarımı
sənin (“your”)	atanı	atalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	atasını	atalarını
bizim (“our”)	atamızı	atalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	atanızı	atalarınızı
onların (“their”)	atasını or atalarını	atalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	atama	atalarıma
sənin (“your”)	atana	atalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	atasına	atalarına
bizim (“our”)	atamıza	atalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	atanıza	atalarınıza
onların (“their”)	atasına or atalarına	atalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	atamda	atalarımda
sənin (“your”)	atanda	atalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	atasında	atalarında
bizim (“our”)	atamızda	atalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	atanızda	atalarınızda
onların (“their”)	atasında or atalarında	atalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	atamdan	atalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	atandan	atalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	atasından	atalarından
bizim (“our”)	atamızdan	atalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	atanızdan	atalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	atasından or atalarından	atalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	atamın	atalarımın
sənin (“your”)	atanın	atalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	atasının	atalarının
bizim (“our”)	atamızın	atalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	atanızın	atalarınızın
onların (“their”)	atasının or atalarının	atalarının

Synonyms

• dədə (colloquial)
• papa (informal)

Antonyms

• (with regard to gender): ana
• (with regard to ancestry): oğul, qız

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Bikol Central

Noun

atá

1. rice bran

Interjection

atà

1. I've already told you!

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧ta

Noun

ata

1. squid ink

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Dobu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

ata

1. four

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Galician

Alternative forms

• até

Preposition

ata

1. until, till, up to

   Synonym: deica

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːta/
• Rhymes: -aːta

Verb

ata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ataði, supine atað)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to make dirty

Conjugation

ata — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að ata
supine (sagnbót)		atað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		atandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég ata	við ötum	present (nútíð)	ég ati	við ötum
	þú atar	þið atið		þú atir	þið atið
	hann, hún, það atar	þeir, þær, þau ata		hann, hún, það ati	þeir, þær, þau ati
past (þátíð)	ég ataði	við ötuðum	past (þátíð)	ég ataði	við ötuðum
	þú ataðir	þið ötuðuð		þú ataðir	þið ötuðuð
	hann, hún, það ataði	þeir, þær, þau ötuðu		hann, hún, það ataði	þeir, þær, þau ötuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	ata (þú)	atið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	ataðu	atiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

atast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að atast
supine (sagnbót)		atast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		atandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég atast	við ötumst	present (nútíð)	ég atist	við ötumst
	þú atast	þið atist		þú atist	þið atist
	hann, hún, það atast	þeir, þær, þau atast		hann, hún, það atist	þeir, þær, þau atist
past (þátíð)	ég ataðist	við ötuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég ataðist	við ötuðumst
	þú ataðist	þið ötuðust		þú ataðist	þið ötuðust
	hann, hún, það ataðist	þeir, þær, þau ötuðust		hann, hún, það ataðist	þeir, þær, þau ötuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	atast (þú)	atist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	atastu	atisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

ataður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	ataður	ötuð	atað		ataðir	ataðar	ötuð
accusative (þolfall)	ataðan	ataða	atað		ataða	ataðar	ötuð
dative (þágufall)	ötuðum	ataðri	ötuðu		ötuðum	ötuðum	ötuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	ataðs	ataðrar	ataðs		ataðra	ataðra	ataðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	ataði	ataða	ataða		ötuðu	ötuðu	ötuðu
accusative (þolfall)	ataða	ötuðu	ataða		ötuðu	ötuðu	ötuðu
dative (þágufall)	ataða	ötuðu	ataða		ötuðu	ötuðu	ötuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	ataða	ötuðu	ataða		ötuðu	ötuðu	ötuðu

Derived terms

• útata (“to soil”)

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Ikaranggal

Verb

ata

1. see

Further reading

• Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈat̪ˠə/

Participle

ata

1. past participle of at

Alternative forms

• ataithe

Noun

ata m

1. genitive singular of at

Verb

ata

1. present subjunctive analytic of at

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ata	n-ata	hata	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "at" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Kunjen

Verb

ata

1. see

Further reading

• Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

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Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaRta (“outsiders, alien people”).

Noun

ata

1. person
2. servant

Derived terms

• ata ngade (“fool”)
• ata katuna (“old man”)

References

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “ata”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 6
• Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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Limos Kalinga

Noun

atá

1. (anatomy) eye

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Lindu

Noun

ata

1. roof

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Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

ata

1. (anatomy) eye

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Maia

Noun

ata

1. coconut

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Maori

Noun

ata

1. shadow
2. morning

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Meriam

Noun

ata

1. grandparent

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Mussau-Emira

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

ata

1. four

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Nauruan

Numeral

ata

1. ten

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Numbami

Alternative forms

• wata

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

ata

1. Alternative form of wata

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Old Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ada/

Verb

ata

1. third-person plural present indicative relative of is

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtaː/

Verb

a·ta

1. Alternative spelling of at·tá

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *atǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *od-, *h₃ed- (“aversion, hate”).

Noun

ata f

1. quarrel
2. a hunting

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *atōną.

Verb

ata

1. to stimulate
2. to egg on (to mischief)

Synonyms

• etja

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin ācta (“register of public events”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈa.tɐ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈa.ta]

Noun

ata f (plural atas)

1. minute (record of meeting)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [a.ˈta]

Interjection

ata

1. (Internet slang) Alternative form of ah, tá

Etymology 3

Verb

ata

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of atar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of atar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈata/, [ˈat̪a]

Verb

ata

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of atar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of atar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of atar.

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Tagalog

Adverb

atà

1. Alternative form of yata

Pronoun

ata

1. mine and yours (dual)

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Tahitian

Noun

ata

1. cloud

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From Meriam ata.

Noun

ata

1. (eastern dialect) grandparent

   Synonyms: pop, popa

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈta/
• Hyphenation: a‧ta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ata, *Ata, *Ete. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰀‎ (ata).

Noun

ata (definite accusative atayı, plural atalar)

1. (dated) father
2. predecessor, forerunner
3. ancestor, forefather

Derived terms

• Atabey
• atacı
• atalı
• atasız
• atasözü
• Atatürk
• atayla
• ataysa
• Atayurt
• atiyye
• kaynata
• matiyye
• ita

 

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	ata
Definite accusative	atayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ata	atalar
Definite accusative	atayı	ataları
Dative	ataya	atalara
Locative	atada	atalarda
Ablative	atadan	atalardan
Genitive	atanın	ataların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular atam atalarım 2nd singular atan ataların 3rd singular atası ataları 1st plural atamız atalarımız 2nd plural atanız atalarınız 3rd plural ataları ataları

See also

• cet
• ecdat

Etymology 2

Noun

ata

1. dative singular of at

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈata/

Pronoun

ata

1. first-person singular of at

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Yup'ik

Noun

ata

1. father

Alternative forms

• aata

Interjection

ata

1. (phrase) look here!, let me see!, well then!

Alternative forms

• ata'a
• atak
• ataki

Related terms

• atam (look!)

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Zazaki

Noun

ata (c)

1. beyond
2. over