ate

See also: Até, Atë, até, atè, atê, atë, åte, -ate, and átʼé

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /eɪt/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛt/, /eɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt, -eɪt
• Homophone: eight

Verb

ate

1. simple past tense of eat

Anagrams

• AET, ETA, TEA, Tea, a.e.t., aet, eat, eta, tea, æt.

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Asturian

Verb

ate

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of atar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of atar

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Basque

Noun

ate

1. door, entrance
2. pass, gorge
3. goal

Declension

(inanimate noun) declension of ate indefinite singular plural absolutive ate atea ateak ergative atek ateak ateek dative ateri ateari ateei genitive ateren atearen ateen comitative aterekin atearekin ateekin causative aterentzat atearentzat ateentzat benefactive aterengatik atearengatik ateengatik instrumental atez ateaz ateez inessive atetan atean ateetan locative atetako ateko ateetako allative atetara atera ateetara terminative atetaraino ateraino ateetaraino directive atetarantz aterantz ateetarantz destinative atetarako aterako ateetarako ablative atetatik atetik ateetatik partitive aterik - - prolative atetzat - -

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Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑt̪e/

Verb

ate

1. to know, be knowledgable

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːtə/

Verb

ate

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of eten

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Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

ate

1. Obsolete spelling of yate

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Japanese

Romanization

ate

1. Rōmaji transcription of あて

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Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

até

1. (anatomy) liver

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Lamboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

ate

1. (anatomy) liver

References

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

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Lindu

Noun

ate

1. (anatomy) liver

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Lithuanian

Interjection

ate

1. (informal) goodbye

   Synonyms: iki, viso gero

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Mandinka

Pronoun

ate

1. he, him (personal pronoun)
2. she, her (personal pronoun)
3. it (personal pronoun)

See also

Mandinka personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		nte, n, m	ntolu, ntelu, n
2nd person		ite, i	altolu, altelu, al
3rd person		ate, a	itolu, itelu, y

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

ate

1. (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)

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Middle English

Noun

ate

1. Alternative form of ote

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Mori Bawah

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔate/

Noun

ate

1. liver

References

• The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 684

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Portuguese

Verb

ate

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of atar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of atar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of atar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of atar

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

ate

1. (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈate/, [ˈat̪e]

Etymology 1

Of Nahuatl origin.

Noun

ate m (plural ates)

1. a kind of Mexican jelly candy made by cooking fruit pulp, usually from guava, quince, peach or prickly pear.

   Synonym: dulce

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ate

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of atar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of atar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of atar.

Further reading

• “ate” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 阿姊 (a-chí).

Noun

ate

1. a big sister: an elder sister, especially the eldest.

   Nagluto sina ate at nanay ng aming pananghalian. ― Our big sister and Mother prepared lunch.

2. (informal) any female who deserves respect or reverence because of her age

   Bumili ako ng pagkain kay ate. ― I bought my food from the food stall vendor.

3. (informal) Any female who belongs to a higher education level than to someone else, a senior

   Tinanong ko ang ate sa hayskul, "Ate, ano po ang mga gawain niyo sa hayskul". ― I asked my senior from high school, "What activities do you do in high school?"

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Tocharian B

Alternate Forms

• at
• atameṃ
• attai

Adverb

ate

1. away

References

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi

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Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtɛ/

Interjection

ate

1. ow, ouch (expressing pain in response to heat)

   Ate! Inyatapai itsei! ― Ow! [The] fire is hot! [I got singed or burned].

References

• E. Ireland field notes. Need to be checked by native speaker.