bata

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See also: batá, bàta, bàtá, bâta, batā, bâtă, bată, bata-, and Baťa

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Bata drums (from left: Okónkolo, Iyá, Itótele)

bata (plural bata)

  1. An ethnic ceremonial double-headed drum played in triplet in the religion of Santeria, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, originally from the Yoruba of Nigeria.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Noun

bata

  1. a baby
  2. a young animal; a juvenile; a young
  3. a young person; a girl or a boy
  4. one's child; one's son or daughter
  5. a sprout

Adjective

bata

  1. young

Verb

bata

  1. to spend someone's early years in; to spend childhood years in
  2. to grow up by or in an area or town

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bata.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Chichewa

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. quietness

Crimean Tatar

Noun

bata (Northern dialect)

  1. little brother

Usage notes

  • Corresponding words in standard Crimean Tatar: kadâ, qardaş.

Declension

Declension of bata
nominative bata
genitive batanıñ
dative batağa
accusative batanı
locative batada
ablative batadan

Synonyms

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

batà

  1. child; baby

Hiligaynon

Noun

báta

  1. nightshirt, nightgown

Noun

bátà

  1. child, baby, boy, girl
  2. son, daughter
  3. servant

Noun

batâ

  1. uncle

Verb

bátà

  1. to give birth

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English batte (“bat”), from Old French batte (“pestle”), from the verb batre (“to beat”), from Latin battuō, perhaps of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

bata m (genitive singular bata, nominative plural bataí)

  1. stick
  2. baton
  3. (of wind) gust
  4. (of drink) measure

Declension

Declension of bata

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bata bataí
Vocative a bhata a bhataí
Genitive bata bataí
Dative bata bataí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bata na bataí
Genitive an bhata na mbataí
Dative leis an mbata

don bhata

leis na bataí

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bata bhata mbata
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Jamamadí

Etymology 1

Adjective

bata

  1. (Banawá) rotten

Etymology 2

Verb

bata

  1. (Banawá) to pick

References

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese bata.

Noun

bata

  1. uniform
  2. apron

References

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Maltese

Etymology

From Sicilian patiri, from Vulgar Latin *patīre, from Latin patī. An early borrowing, as attested by the initial b-; compare biċċa.

Pronunciation

Verb

bata (imperfect jbati)

  1. to suffer

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English father, from Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [pˠɑːdˠɑ], (enunciated) [pˠɑ tˠɑ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠæɰtˠæɰ/
  • Bender phonemes: {bahtah}

Noun

bata

  1. a priest

Verb

bata

  1. to be a priest

References

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

bata m

  1. genitive singular of bat

Portuguese

Noun

bata f (plural batas)

  1. white coat
    Synonym: jaleco
    • 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho, page 26:
      […] depois levantou-se, despiu a bata em movimentos cansados, lentos.
      […] next he got up and took off his white coat with tired, slow movements.

Verb

bata

  1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Noun

bata m (plural bataichean)

  1. a staff, a walking stick

Sotho

Verb

bata

  1. to be cold

Spanish

Etymology 1

From French ouate.

Noun

bata f (plural batas)

  1. dressing gown, robe
  2. lab coat

Etymology 2

From Tagalog bata (or from the same word in other Philippine languages, such as Cebuano bata, Hiligaynon bata, etc).

Noun

bata m (plural batas)

  1. (Philippines) child

Etymology 3

See batir.

Verb

bata

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

Swahili

bata

Etymology

From Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ).

Noun

bata (ma class, plural mabata)

  1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

bata

  1. baby; child (prepubescent human)
  2. youngster
  3. protege
  4. sweetheart

Adjective

bata

  1. young
  2. junior
  3. childish; childlike
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

bata

  1. robe; dressing gown

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

bata

  1. to persevere; to endure, to bear
  2. to grow young again; to be rejuvenated

See also

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

English butter

Noun

bata

  1. butter

Etymology 2

Unclear; probably from English betel

Noun

bata

  1. betel
Synonyms

See also

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