tata

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tata"

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English

Etymology 1

Probably hypocoristic, circa 1823.

Interjection

tata

1. Alternative form of ta ta.

Etymology 2

Probably ultimately from baby-talk and related to teat, tit. Possibly borrowed through French tette, of Germanic origin, and/or Old English titt. Compare Dutch tiet and German Zitze.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

tata (plural tatas)

1. (slang) Alternative form of ta-ta (“breast”).

Anagrams

• atta

Aeka

Noun

tata

1. paternal aunt

References

Greenhill, Simon (2017). "Language: Aeka". TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea. Retrieved July 7, 2017.

Amanab

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑtɑ/

Noun

tata

1. pig

References

• Andy Minch. Amanab grammar essentials. 1992.

Bangi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *tààtá

Noun

tata

1. dad, daddy

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈta/ [taˈta]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ta

Noun

tatá (Basahan spelling ᜆᜆ)

1. (dated) door

   Synonyms: puwerta, pinto

Derived terms

• tatahan

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Compare tatay.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈtata/ [ˈt̪a.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

tata

1. a familiar address to one's father

Etymology 2

Reduplication of ta, from initial clipping of bata.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧ta
• IPA^(key): /taˈta/ [t̪ɐˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

tata

1. (childish) a familiar address to a child

Etymology 3

Compare tastas

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈtataʔ/ [ˈt̪a.t̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -a

Verb

tata

1. to wear out

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

tata

1. father.

Central Tarahumara

Noun

tata

1. father

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish tata (“daddy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtata/, [ˈt̪a.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ta

Noun

tata

1. father

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Perhaps imitative, though compare tahtli (“father”) and Spanish taita (“dad”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.ta]

Noun

tata (animate)

1. A child's word for his father; dad, daddy.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 111v. col. 1:

     Taita. padre delos niños. tata.

     Taita. the children's father. tata.

   • Idem, f. 91r. col. 1.

     Tata. por tayta,padre [dize el niño.]

     Tata. from tayta, father, says the child.

Synonyms

• tahtli

References

• Alonso de Molina (1571), Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 11v, 91r

Crimean Tatar

Noun

tata

1. elder sister

French

Etymology

Expressive variant of tante (“aunt”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ta/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

tata f (plural tatas)

1. (childish) auntie

   Les enfants, aujourd'hui on va voir tata !

   Kids, today we're going to see auntie!

Noun

tata m (plural tatas)

1. (chiefly Canada, informal, derogatory) imbecile, idiot, wanker, dickhead

Interjection

tata

1. (Canada, informal) Goodbye.

Further reading

• “tata”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Fula

Noun

tata o (plural tataaji ɗi) (ka)

1. (Pular, Pulaar) tata (a defensive city wall)

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Hungarian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒtɒ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

tata (plural taták)

1. (possibly offensive) uncle, old man, fogey (used to speak of or address old men humorously or disparagingly)
2. (informal, dialectal) father, dad

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	tata	taták
accusative	tatát	tatákat
dative	tatának	tatáknak
instrumental	tatával	tatákkal
causal-final	tatáért	tatákért
translative	tatává	tatákká
terminative	tatáig	tatákig
essive-formal	tataként	tatákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tatában	tatákban
superessive	tatán	tatákon
adessive	tatánál	tatáknál
illative	tatába	tatákba
sublative	tatára	tatákra
allative	tatához	tatákhoz
elative	tatából	tatákból
delative	tatáról	tatákról
ablative	tatától	tatáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	tatáé	tatáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	tatáéi	tatákéi

Possessive forms of tata

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tatám	tatáim
2nd person sing.	tatád	tatáid
3rd person sing.	tatája	tatái
1st person plural	tatánk	tatáink
2nd person plural	tatátok	tatáitok
3rd person plural	tatájuk	tatáik

Further reading

• tata in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tata, from Javanese ꦠꦠ (tata), from Old Javanese tatā (“arrangement, ordering; fixed order, rule”), from Pali tathā (“in this way”), from Sanskrit तथा (tathā, “in that manner”). Doublet of titi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtata/ [ˈt̪a.t̪a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ta‧ta

Noun

tata (plural tata-tata)

1. order, arrangement

   Synonyms: susunan, tataan, tatanan

2. system

   Synonym: sistem

Verb

tata (active menata, passive ditata)

1. to organize, arrange

   Synonyms: atur, susun

2. (figurative, of a relationship) to build

   Synonyms: bangun, bina

Derived terms

• penata (“organizer, arranger”)
• penataan (“the act of organizing, arrangement”)
• tataan (“order, arrangement”)
• tertata (“organized, arranged”)

Compounds

• tata acara
• tata adab
• tata bahana
• tata bahasa
• tata bangunan
• tata berkas
• tata boga
• tata buku
• tata busana
• tata cahaya
• tata cara
• tata gerha
• tata graha
• tata guna
• tata hidang
• tata hidup
• tata hubungan
• tata hukum
• tata istilah
• tata kalimat
• tata kelola
• tata kerja
• tata kota
• tata krama
• tata laku
• tata latar
• tata letak
• tata lingkungan
• tata muka
• tata nama
• tata negara
• tata niaga
• tata olah
• tata panggung
• tata perang
• tata rambut
• tata rias
• tata ruang
• tata sinar
• tata surya
• tata susila
• tata susunan
• tata tanam
• tata tertib
• tata tingkat
• tata ulang prosenium
• tata urut
• tata urutan
• tata usaha
• tata warna

Further reading

• “tata”, 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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: tà‧ta

Noun

tata f (plural tate)

1. governess (or any young woman looking after children)
2. big sister
3. (regional) Form of address for an older male, especially:
   1. one's father, daddy, papa
   2. an older brother
   3. any man, especially if young, taking care of the child

Anagrams

• atta

Javanese

Romanization

tata

1. romanization of ꦠꦠ

Kituba

Noun

tata

1. father

Kongo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *tààtá

Noun

tata

1. father

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tata, from Proto-Indo-European *tata-, ultimately onomatopoeic, mimicking baby talk.

Compare the similar atta, and also Cornish tat, tas, Breton tad and Breton tata, Ancient Greek τατᾶ (tatâ), τέττα (tétta), Bulgarian та́тко (tátko), Sanskrit तात (tāta), Kamkata-viri tót, tó, Tregami tát, Waigali tati.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈta.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtaː.ta]

Noun

tata m (genitive tatae); first declension

1. dad, daddy, a term used by children for their father

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tata	tatae
genitive	tatae	tatārum
dative	tatae	tatīs
accusative	tatam	tatās
ablative	tatā	tatīs
vocative	tata	tatae

Descendants

• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian: tatã, tati
  • Istro-Romanian: tåtĕ
  • Megleno-Romanian: tată
  • Romanian: tată (“father, dad”)
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Dalmatian: tuota, teta
  • Italian: tata, tato
    • → Cimbrian: tatta
    • → Mòcheno: tata
  • Neapolitan: tata
• Old Occitan:
  • Old Catalan: taita (“dad”)
    • Catalan: tata (“dad, brother”) (dialectal)
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Romansch: tat (“grandfather”) (dialectal)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: taie
• West Iberian:
  • Portuguese: tatá
  • Old Spanish: taita (“dad”)
    • Spanish: tata, tato, taita

References

• "tata", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "tata", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Kongo tata.

Noun

tata class 1 (plural batata class 2)

1. father
2. man

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [tˠɑːdˠɑ], (enunciated) [tˠɑ tˠɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tˠæɰtˠæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {tahtah}

Determiner

tata

1. superlative particle; most

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tata/

Etymology 1

From Tamil தாத்தா (tāttā).

Noun

tata

1. grandfather

   Synonym: granper

Etymology 2

From kaka, from French caca.

Noun

tata

1. (usually childish) poo, excrement

Verb

tata (medial form tata)

1. (usually childish) to poo, defecate

Mbya Guarani

Etymology

Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani tata.

Noun

tata

1. fire

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Italian tata, from Latin tata (“dad, daddy”), of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

tata m

1. father

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
• “tata” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin tata.

Noun

tata

1. father, dad

Synonyms

• papa, pate

Ngombe (Congo)

Noun

tata

1. grandfather

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish tata.

Noun

tata

1. father

Paraguayan Guarani

Noun

tata

1. fire

Phuthi

Verb

-tata

1. to hurry

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ta‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tata.

Noun

tata m pers

1. (informal) dad

   Synonyms: tato, ojciec

Declension

Declension of tata

	singular	plural
nominative	tata	tatowie
genitive	taty	tatów
dative	tacie	tatom
accusative	tatę	tatów
instrumental	tatą	tatami
locative	tacie	tatach
vocative	tato	tatowie

Derived terms

nouns

• tata z mamą

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tata m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of tato

Further reading

• tata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Quechua

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tata (“dad, daddy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ta/

Noun

tata

1. father

   Synonyms: yaya, tayta

   Coordinate term: mama (“mother”)

2. sir, mister

   Synonym: tayta

   Coordinate term: mama (“madam, lady”)

3. lord, and by extension God

   Synonym: (arcaic) yaya

Usage notes

The use of tata over tayta is chiefly South Bolivian.

Declension

Declension of tata

	singular	plural
nominative	tata	tatakuna
accusative	tatata	tatakunata
dative	tataman	tatakunaman
genitive	tatap	tatakunap
locative	tatapi	tatakunapi
terminative	tatakama	tatakunakama
ablative	tatamanta	tatakunamanta
instrumental	tatawan	tatakunawan
comitative	tatantin	tatakunantin
abessive	tatannaq	tatakunannaq
comparative	tatahina	tatakunahina
causative	tatarayku	tatakunarayku
benefactive	tatapaq	tatakunapaq
associative	tatapura	tatakunapura
distributive	tatanka	tatakunanka
exclusive	tatalla	tatakunalla

Possessive forms of tata

ñuqap - first-person singular ñuqap (my) singular plural nominative tatay tataykuna accusative tatayta tataykunata dative tatayman tataykunaman genitive tataypa tataykunap locative tataypi tataykunapi terminative tataykama tataykunakama ablative tataymanta tataykunamanta instrumental tataywan tataykunawan comitative tataynintin tataykunantin abessive tatayninnaq tataykunannaq comparative tatayhina tataykunahina causative tatayrayku tataykunarayku benefactive tataypaq tataykunapaq associative tataypura tataykunapura distributive tatayninka tataykunanka exclusive tataylla tataykunalla qampa - second-person singular qampa (your) singular plural nominative tatayki tataykikuna accusative tataykita tataykikunata dative tataykiman tataykikunaman genitive tataykipa tataykikunap locative tataykipi tataykikunapi terminative tataykikama tataykikunakama ablative tataykimanta tataykikunamanta instrumental tataykiwan tataykikunawan comitative tataykintin tataykikunantin abessive tataykinnaq tataykikunannaq comparative tataykihina tataykikunahina causative tataykirayku tataykikunarayku benefactive tataykipaq tataykikunapaq associative tataykipura tataykikunapura distributive tataykinka tataykikunanka exclusive tataykilla tataykikunalla paypa - third-person singular paypa (his/her/its) singular plural nominative tatan tatankuna accusative tatanta tatankunata dative tatanman tatankunaman genitive tatanpa tatankunap locative tatanpi tatankunapi terminative tatankama tatankunakama ablative tatanmanta tatankunamanta instrumental tatanwan tatankunawan comitative tatanintin tatankunantin abessive tatanninnaq tatankunannaq comparative tatanhina tatankunahina causative tatanrayku tatankunarayku benefactive tatanpaq tatankunapaq associative tatanpura tatankunapura distributive tataninka tatankunanka exclusive tatanlla tatankunalla ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural nominative tatanchik tatanchikkuna accusative tatanchikta tatanchikkunata dative tatanchikman tatanchikkunaman genitive tatanchikpa tatanchikkunap locative tatanchikpi tatanchikkunapi terminative tatanchikkama tatanchikkunakama ablative tatanchikmanta tatanchikkunamanta instrumental tatanchikwan tatanchikkunawan comitative tatanchiknintin tatanchikkunantin abessive tatanchikninnaq tatanchikkunannaq comparative tatanchikhina tatanchikkunahina causative tatanchikrayku tatanchikkunarayku benefactive tatanchikpaq tatanchikkunapaq associative tatanchikpura tatanchikkunapura distributive tatanchikninka tatanchikkunanka exclusive tatanchiklla tatanchikkunalla ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural nominative tatayku tataykukuna accusative tataykuta tataykukunata dative tataykuman tataykukunaman genitive tataykupa tataykukunap locative tataykupi tataykukunapi terminative tataykukama tataykukunakama ablative tataykumanta tataykukunamanta instrumental tataykuwan tataykukunawan comitative tataykuntin tataykukunantin abessive tataykunnaq tataykukunannaq comparative tataykuhina tataykukunahina causative tataykurayku tataykukunarayku benefactive tataykupaq tataykukunapaq associative tataykupura tataykukunapura distributive tataykunka tataykukunanka exclusive tataykulla tataykukunalla qamkunap - second-person plural qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural nominative tataykichik tataykichikkuna accusative tataykichikta tataykichikkunata dative tataykichikman tataykichikkunaman genitive tataykichikpa tataykichikkunap locative tataykichikpi tataykichikkunapi terminative tataykichikkama tataykichikkunakama ablative tataykichikmanta tataykichikkunamanta instrumental tataykichikwan tataykichikkunawan comitative tataykichiknintin tataykichikkunantin abessive tataykichikninnaq tataykichikkunannaq comparative tataykichikhina tataykichikkunahina causative tataykichikrayku tataykichikkunarayku benefactive tataykichikpaq tataykichikkunapaq associative tataykichikpura tataykichikkunapura distributive tataykichikninka tataykichikkunanka exclusive tataykichiklla tataykichikkunalla paykunap - third-person plural paykunap (their) singular plural nominative tatanku tatankukuna accusative tatankuta tatankukunata dative tatankuman tatankukunaman genitive tatankupa tatankukunap locative tatankupi tatankukunapi terminative tatankukama tatankukunakama ablative tatankumanta tatankukunamanta instrumental tatankuwan tatankukunawan comitative tatankuntin tatankukunantin abessive tatankunnaq tatankukunannaq comparative tatankuhina tatankukunahina causative tatankurayku tatankukunarayku benefactive tatankupaq tatankukunapaq associative tatankupura tatankukunapura distributive tatankunka tatankukunanka exclusive tatankulla tatankukunalla

Derived terms

• hatun tata

Raga

Etymology

Compare Tagalog tatay.

Noun

tata

1. father

Salar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰata]

Verb

tata

1. to gather

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “tata”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 46

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tâta/
• Hyphenation: ta‧ta

Noun

tȁta m anim (Cyrillic spelling та̏та)

1. dad, daddy

   Synonyms: babo, ćaća, ćale, tajo

   Synonym: tatek

Declension

Declension of tata

	singular	plural
nominative	tȁta	tate
genitive	tate	tȃtā
dative	tati	tatama
accusative	tatu	tate
vocative	tȁta	tate
locative	tati	tatama
instrumental	tatom	tatama

Further reading

• “tata”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tata (Cyrillic spelling тата)

1. genitive/accusative singular of tat

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian tata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tâːtḁ/

Noun

tata m

1. dad, father

Declension

Declension of tata (series-1b masc a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	tata	tata
genitive	tata	tati
dative	tatu	tatami, tati
accusative	tata	tata
locative	tatu	tata
instrumental	tatom, tatam	tatami, tati

References

• Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale)., pp. 394

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtata/ [ˈt̪a.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ta‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tata. Compare taita.

Noun

tata m (plural tatas)

1. (colloquial, Latin America, Philippines) daddy; dad, a term used by children for their father
2. (colloquial) nanny

   Synonyms: niñera, criada

3. (colloquial, Chile, Baja California) grandfather, a term used by children for their grandfather

   Synonym: abuelo

Coordinate terms

• nana

Derived terms

• mató tunco tu tata

Etymology 2

Feminine form of tato.

Noun

tata f (plural tatas, masculine tato, masculine plural tatos)

1. (colloquial) big sister

Etymology 3

From teta.

Noun

tata f (plural tatas)

1. (colloquial, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) breasts

Further reading

• “tata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-tat- (“to entangle, be entangled”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-tata (infinitive kutata)

1. to tangle

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tata
Positive present -natata Subjunctive -tate Negative -tati Imperative singular tata
Infinitives
Positive kutata Negative kutotata
Imperatives
Singular tata Plural tateni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutata Positive past positive subject concord + -litata Negative past negative subject concord + -kutata
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natata) Singular Plural 1st person ninatata/natata tunatata 2nd person unatata mnatata 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatata wanatata other classes positive subject concord + -natata
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tati) Singular Plural 1st person sitati hatutati 2nd person hutati hamtati 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatati hawatati other classes negative subject concord + -tati
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatata Negative future negative subject concord + -tatata
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tate) Singular Plural 1st person nitate tutate 2nd person utate mtate 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atate watate other classes positive subject concord + -tate
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitate Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetata Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetata Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitata Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitata
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atata) Singular Plural 1st person natata twatata 2nd person watata mwatata 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atata watata m-mi(III/IV) watata yatata ji-ma(V/VI) latata yatata ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatata vyatata n(IX/X) yatata zatata u(XI) watata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatata pa(XVI) patata mu(XVIII) mwatata
Perfect positive subject concord + -metata "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatata "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatata "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitata "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotata Consecutive katata / positive subject concord + -katata Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katate
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitata -tutata 2nd person -kutata -watata/-kutateni/-watateni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtata -watata m-mi(III/IV) -utata -itata ji-ma(V/VI) -litata -yatata ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitata -vitata n(IX/X) -itata -zitata u(XI) -utata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutata pa(XVI) -patata mu(XVIII) -mutata Reflexive -jitata
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tata- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tataye -tatao m-mi(III/IV) -tatao -tatayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tatalo -tatayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tatacho -tatavyo n(IX/X) -tatayo -tatazo u(XI) -tatao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tatako pa(XVI) -tatapo mu(XVIII) -tatamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tata) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetata -otata m-mi(III/IV) -otata -yotata ji-ma(V/VI) -lotata -yotata ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotata -vyotata n(IX/X) -yotata -zotata u(XI) -otata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotata pa(XVI) -potata mu(XVIII) -motata
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Conversive: -tatua (“to untangle, to disentangle”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • matata (“trouble, problems”)
  • utata (“complication”)

Noun

tata

1. plural of utata

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Possibly borrowed from Philippine Spanish tata (“daddy”), possibly imitative from baby talk. Compare Ilocano tata, Chamorro tåta, Aymara tata (“father”), Latin tata, and Classical Nahuatl tata. See also Classical Nahuatl tahtli.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtata/ [ˈt̪aː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ta‧ta

Noun

tata (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆ)

1. (archaic) term of address used for one's father

   Synonyms: tatay, tatang, itay, tay, ama, amang, papa

2. (archaic) respectful term of address used for an older man

   Synonyms: manong, mang, mama

3. (dialectal) term of address used for an uncle

   Synonyms: tiyo, tito

Coordinate terms

• nana

Derived terms

• tatang

See also

• tatay

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtataʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.t̪ɐʔ], /taˈtaʔ/ [t̪ɐˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -ataʔ, -aʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧ta

Noun

tatà or tatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆ)

1. small, thin cut made on the edge of something to indicate a mark or sign (as in measuring or counting)

   Synonyms: gatgat, gatla, tiyab, gatlang

2. cut used as a foothold in climbing (made on the trunk of a tree, on a steep rock, etc.)

   Synonyms: bakat, uka, kutab

3. (obsolete) act of splitting by marking (as when one splits the husk to make a coconut a drinking vessel)
4. (obsolete) tree with several cut marks

Derived terms

• ipagtata
• magtata
• pagtataan
• tataan
• tumata

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈta/ [t̪ɐˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta‧ta

Noun

tatá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆ) (obsolete)

1. shriek of a mouse

Derived terms

• magtatata
• tatahan
• tatata-tata
• tumata

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈtaʔ/ [t̪ɐˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧ta

Noun

tatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆ) (obsolete)

1. name of the Baybayin letter ᜆ, corresponding to "ta"

See also

• ta

Further reading

• “tata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 156: “Chillar) Tata (pc) el raton”
  • page 564: “T) Tata (pc) letra que vſa el [Tagalo en] ſu. A.b.c .|. tata yaon .|. ᜆ. gumava ca dito nang tata ſa iniong ſulat, haz aqui vna .t. de bueſtra eſcritura, ſaſa yari indi tata. s. es eſta [que no] t.”
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1275
• Alvaina, Corazon S. (1989), Halupi: Essays on Philippine Culture, Capital Publishing House

Anagrams

• at-at, atat

Tarifit

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tata f (plural tatiwin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵜⴰ)

1. chameleon

Ternate

Etymology 1

May be the same as the second etymology. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.ta]

Noun

tata

1. a splint

Etymology 2

May be the same as the first etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.ta]

Noun

tata (Jawi تاتة)

1. a kind of cylindrical basket generally made of bamboo strips, historically used to transport fruit and betel nut

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum

Verb

tata

1. to bite

Thao

Thao cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tata

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

tata

1. one

Synonyms

• taha

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.ta]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *te-qa-ta.

Determiner

tata

1. (alienable, definite) my

Usage notes

• tata is commonly used in place of taku to arouse the listener’s sympathy about some predicament that one is in.

See also

Tokelauan possessive determiners

Definite inalienable (O-type)
		singular reference				plural reference
		sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
			long	short			long	short
1st person	excl.	toku, tota1	to māua	to mā	to mātou	oku, ota1	o māua	o mā	o mātou
	incl.	―	to tāua	to tā	to tātou	―	o tāua	o tā	o tātou
2nd person		tō	toulua		toutou	ō	oulua		outou
3rd person		tona	to lāua	to lā	to lātou	ona	o lāua	o lā	o lātou
Definite alienable (A-type)
		singular reference				plural reference
		sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
			long	short			long	short
1st person	excl.	taku, tata1	ta māua	ta mā	ta mātou	aku, ata1	a māua	a mā	a mātou
	incl.	―	ta tāua	ta tā	ta tātou	―	a tāua	a tā	a tātou
2nd person		tau	taulua		tautou	au	aulua		autou
3rd person		tana	ta lāua	ta lā	ta lātou	ana	a lāua	a lā	a lātou
Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
		singular reference				plural reference
		sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
			long	short			long	short
1st person	excl.	hoku, hota1	ho māua	ho mā	ho mātou	ni oku, ni ota1	ni o māua	ni o mā	ni o mātou
	incl.	―	ho tāua	ho tā	ho tātou	―	ni o tāua	ni o tā	ni o tātou
2nd person		hō	houlua		houtou	ni ō	ni oulua		ni outou
3rd person		hona	ho lāua	ho lā	ho lātou	ni ona	ni o lāua	ni o lā	ni o lātou
Indefinite alienable (A-type)
		singular reference				plural reference
		sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
			long	short			long	short
1st person	excl.	haku, hata1	ha māua	ha mā	ha mātou	ni aku, ni ata1	ni a māua	ni a mā	ni a mātou
	incl.	―	ha tāua	ha tā	ha tātou	―	ni a tāua	ni a tā	ni a tātou
2nd person		hau	haulua		hautou	ni au	ni aulua		ni autou
3rd person		hana	ha lāua	ha lā	ha lātou	ni ana	ni a lāua	ni a lā	ni a lātou

¹⁾ Sympathetic

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *tata. Cognates include Tuvaluan tata and Samoan tata.

Noun

tata

1. A kind of fish trap, consisting of a wooden frame that can be closed by pulling a rope.

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 375

Yogad

Etymology

Akin to Ibanag tadday.

Numeral

tatá

1. one

Yoruba

Tata

Etymology

Of ideophonic origin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tā.tā/

Noun

tata

1. grasshopper

   Synonyms: aláǹpara, ẹlẹ́ǹgà, edólo, kòkòrò