pataka

See also: patākā

English

Etymology 1

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Māori pātakabor.

English pataka

Borrowed from Māori pātaka.

Noun

pataka (plural pataka or patakas)

1. (New Zealand) A Maori storehouse for food, typically raised above the ground. [from 19th c.]
   • 1972, James K. Baxter, ‘Autumn Testament’, Selected Poems, Te Herenga Waka University Press 2023, p. 281:

     The brown grass that Barry cut for us / With the new sickle, is lying in heaps / Between the house and the door of the pataka / Where we stuck our mattresses.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi पटाका (paṭākā), पटाखा (paṭākhā).

Alternative forms

• phataka, patakha

Noun

pataka (plural patakas)

1. (India) A firecracker; a small paper packet of coloured potash and pieces of kankar, exploding when thrown against a hard surface.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pataˈkaʔ/ [pɐ.t̪ɐˈkaʔ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ka

Adjective

patakâ (Badlit spelling ᜉᜆᜃ)

1. baseless; unfounded; unsubstantiated

   Synonyms: walay basehan, walay kapiskaran

   Ayaw og pataka og sumbong.

   Don't make baseless complains.

   Ayaw og tuo sa mga balita nga pataka lang ug walay tinubdan.

   Don't believe on news that is just unsubstantiated and has no source.

2. reckless; indiscriminate

   Pataka ang iyang pagdrayb maong naaksidente siya.

   His driving was reckless, that's why he got into an accident.

   Pataka nga pagpamusil. ― Indiscriminate firing.

Derived terms

• gapataka
• gipataka
• magpataka (“to speak or act recklessly; will speak or act without basis.”)
• pinataka (“something done baselessly or recklessly”)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /paˈtaka/ [paˈt̪a.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: pa‧ta‧ka

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦠꦏ (pataka), from Old Javanese patāka (“flag, pennon, banner, sign, emblem”), from Sanskrit पताका (patākā, “banner, flag”).

Noun

pataka (plural pataka-pataka)

1. guidon: pennant, banner

   Synonyms: bendera, panji

2. colors

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?]. Compare to Old Javanese pataka (“a part of the roof”) and Sanskrit पाटक (pāṭaka, “shore, long span”).

Noun

pataka (plural pataka-pataka)

1. (dialectal) dome of mosque (West Java)

Further reading

• “pataka”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

pataka

1. romanization of ꦥꦠꦏ

Mapudungun

Etymology

From Aymara pataka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtaka/

Numeral

pataka (Raguileo spelling)

1. one hundred

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Old Javanese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ta.ka/
• Rhymes: -ka
• Homophones: pataka, pātaka, patāka
• Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ka

Noun

pataka

1. a part of the roof; ridge

Further reading

• "pataka" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pȃtākā (Cyrillic spelling па̑та̄ка̄)

1. genitive plural of patak