natar

See also: nåtar and n-atar

Balinese

Etymology

Cognate of Old Javanese natar (“grounds, yard; ground, surface of a piece of cloth on which the pattern is painted”), Tetum natar (“rice paddy, paddy field”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnatar]
• Hyphenation: na‧tar

Noun

natar (Balinese script ᬦᬢᬃ)

1. backyard

Descendants

• → Indonesian: natar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin natō (“to swim; to float”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈtar/

Verb

natar (present tense natas, past tense natis, future tense natos, imperative natez, conditional natus)

1. (intransitive) to swim

Conjugation

Conjugation of natar

		present		past		future
infinitive		natar		natir		nator
tense		natas		natis		natos
conditional		natus		—		—
imperative		natez		—		—
adjective active participle		natanta		natinta		natonta
adverbial active participle		natante		natinte		natonte
nominal active participle	singular	natanto		natinto		natonto
	plural	natanti		natinti		natonti

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Old Javanese natar (“grounds, yard; ground, surface of cloth on which the pattern is painted”).
• From Balinese natar (“house-complex”).

Both are from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *natad (“cleared area around house, cleared ground in village”), from Proto-Austronesian *NataD (“outside”). Related to Indonesian latar (“background”). Cognate of Tetum natar (“rice paddy, paddy field”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈnatar/ [ˈna.t̪ar]
• Rhymes: -atar
• Syllabification: na‧tar

Noun

natar (plural natar-natar)

1. background colour in batik

   Synonyms: dasar, latar

Further reading

• “natar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Old Javanese

Etymology

Cognate of Balinese natar (“house-complex”), Indonesian natar (“background colour in batik, backyard”), Tetum natar (“rice paddy, paddy field”).

Noun

natar

1. background colour in batik.
2. backyard

Alternative forms

• ᬦᬢᬃ
• ꦤꦠꦂ (natar)

Tetum

Etymology

Cognate of Old Javanese natar (“grounds, yard; ground, surface of a piece of cloth on which the pattern is painted”), Balinese natar (“backyard”), Indonesian natar.

Noun

natar

1. rice paddy; paddy field