tåte

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tate"

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tåta (pre-2012)

Etymology

From Old Norse táta, possibly of the same origin as Latin tata (“dad, daddy”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic táta.

Noun

tåte f (definite singular tåta, indefinite plural tåter, definite plural tåtene)

1. (dated) a type of sugar tit; a small piece of cloth wound up with soaked food in it for feeding babies
2. the udder of a cow, particularly a heifer
3. the teat of a nursing bottle

Derived terms

• tåteflaske f (“nursing bottle”)

Related terms

• tatte (“a woman’s breast”, originally a child word)

References

• “tåte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “Taata” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring