kata
English
Etymology 1
From Japanese 型 (“pattern, model”). In English use since the 1950s.
Noun
kata (plural katas or kata)
- (martial arts) Any of a sequence of positions and movements used in many martial arts.
- 1979, Masatoshi Nakayama, Best Karate: Heian, Tekki, page 12,
- About fifty kata, or "formal exercises," are practiced at the present time, some having been passed down from generation to generation, others having been developed fairly recently.
- 2006, Kelley MacAulay, Bobbie Kalman, Karate in Action, page 22,
- Katas are a series of motions, such as punches, strikes, and kicks, arranged in a specific pattern. The pattern allows the motions to flow into one another. A student must learn a new kata to advance to each new belt level.
- 2009, Thomas W. Hanlon, The Sports Rules Book, Human Kinetics, page 161,
- When the competitor's name is called, she stands on the designated line, bows to the panel of judges, and announces the name of the kata she will perform. […] She then performs the kata. When she is finished, her opponent performs her kata. At the end of the second kata, both return to the mat area to await the decision of the judging panel.
- 2010, Kenji Tokitsu, The Katas: The Meaning Behind the Movements.
- 1979, Masatoshi Nakayama, Best Karate: Heian, Tekki, page 12,
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “downwards”). Compare cata-.
Noun
kata (plural katas)
- Abbreviation of kata thermometer.
- (in combination) A drop (in temperature).
Adverb
kata (comparative more kata, superlative most kata)
- In a direction analogous to down, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
- 1985, Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes (page 43)
- Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata. The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.
- 2005, Animation journal (volumes 13-15)
- Added to the conventional FPS control keys are two extra keys that move the player in ana and kata direction in 4d space. If you go in this extra direction the space around you changes, the room transforms.
- 1985, Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes (page 43)
Antonyms
Etymology 3
Noun
kata (plural katas)
- Alternative form of gata
Anagrams
Chickasaw
Pronoun
kata
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
kata
Esperanto
Etymology
kato (“cat”) + -a (“adjective”)
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
kata (accusative singular katan, plural kataj, accusative plural katajn)
Finnish
Verb
kata
- inflection of kattaa:
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kata, from Pali kathā, from Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “speech; story”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kata (first-person possessive kataku, second-person possessive katamu, third-person possessive katanya)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Japanese
Romanization
kata
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कथा (kathā).
Noun
kata (Jawi spelling کات, plural kata-kata, informal 1st possessive kataku, 2nd possessive katamu, 3rd possessive katanya)
Derived terms
Novial
Etymology
kate + -a (feminine nominal suffix).
Noun
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Hypernyms
- kate (“cat”)
Coordinate terms
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Sanskrit कृत (kṛta, “done”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥tás. Compare Hindi किया (kiyā), Middle Persian 𐭪𐭫𐭲 (klt /-kirt/).
Pronunciation
Verb
kata
- past participle of karoti; done
Declension
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | kato | katā |
Accusative (second) | kataṃ | kate |
Instrumental (third) | katena | katehi or katebhi |
Dative (fourth) | katassa or katāya or katatthaṃ | katānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | katasmā or katamhā or katā | katehi or katebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | katassa | katānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | katasmiṃ or katamhi or kate | katesu |
Vocative (calling) | kata | katā |
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | katā | katāyo or katā |
Accusative (second) | kataṃ | katāyo or katā |
Instrumental (third) | katāya | katāhi or katābhi |
Dative (fourth) | katāya | katānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | katāya | katāhi or katābhi |
Genitive (sixth) | katāya | katānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | katāya or katāyaṃ | katāsu |
Vocative (calling) | kate | katāyo or katā |
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | kataṃ | katāni |
Accusative (second) | kataṃ | katāni |
Instrumental (third) | katena | katehi or katebhi |
Dative (fourth) | katassa or katāya or katatthaṃ | katānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | katasmā or katamhā or katā | katehi or katebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | katassa | katānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | katasmiṃ or katamhi or kate | katesu |
Vocative (calling) | kata | katāni |
Derived terms
Pitjantjatjara
Pronunciation
Noun
kata
Derived terms
- katapi (“pillow”)
- kata kura (“headache”)
- kata kutjara (“two-faced”)
- kata tarka (“bald”)
- Kata Tjuṯa
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
kata f
- (rare) khat (plant)
- Synonym: czuwaliczka
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
kata f (indeclinable)
Etymology 3
Noun
kata m pers or m anim
Further reading
Rapa Nui
Verb
kata
Slovak
Noun
kata
Swahili
Verb
-kata (infinitive kukata)
- to cut (to break or sever, including in a metaphorical sense)
- (of tickets) to buy
- to bring to an end
Conjugation
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Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “story”)
Pronunciation 1
Noun
kata
- start of bubbling of rice being boiled
- fiction; make-believe
- idle talk
Alternative forms
Pronunciation 2
Pronoun
kata
Volapük
Noun
kata
Western Highland Chatino
Etymology
From Proto-Chatino *kesa (“tobacco”), from Proto-Zapotecan *keʔsa.
Noun
kata⁴
Related terms
References
- Pride, Leslie, Pride, Kitty (2010) Diccionario chatino de la zona alta: Panixtlahuaca, Oaxaca y otros pueblos[1] (in Spanish), 2nd (electronic) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 40
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