different between batata vs batta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish batata, from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??t?.t?/

Noun

batata (plural batatas)

1. sweet potato (the plant).

Anagrams

• Tabata

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /b??ta.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ba?ta.ta/

Noun

batata f (plural batates)

1. the sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas)
2. the sweet potato tuber

Synonyms

• (plant): moniatera, moniato
• (tuber): moniato

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?ta.ta/

Adjective

batata (accusative singular batatan, plural batataj, accusative plural batatajn)

1. singular present passive participle of bati

Ido

Verb

batata

1. present passive participle of batar

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish batata, from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?ta.ta/

Noun

batata f (plural batate)

1. sweet potato

   Synonyms: patata americana, patata dolce

Lingala

Noun

batata 2

1. plural of tata

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish batata and Portuguese batata and Kabuverdianu batata.

The Spanish word comes from Taíno batata.

Noun

batata

1. potato

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /b?.?ta.t?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.?ta.t?/, [b?.?t?ä.t??]
• Hyphenation: ba?ta?ta

Noun

batata f (plural batatas)

1. potato

Derived terms

• batata-doce
• batata frita

Related terms

• batatal
• batateiro
• marmêndoa

Descendants

• Swahili: mbatata

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno batata. Compare patata from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?tata/, [ba?t?a.t?a]

Noun

batata f (plural batatas)

1. (Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, parts of Argentina) sweet potato

   Synonyms: (Cuba, Uruguay) boniato, (Mexico, Central America, Chile, Peru) camote, chaco, batata dulce, papa dulce, (Spain) patata dulce

Further reading

• “batata” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Hindi ????? (bhatt?)

Pronunciation

Noun

batta (countable and uncountable, plural battas)

1. (India, dated) An exchange rate.
2. (India, dated) The discount on uncurrent coins.
3. (India, dated) Extra pay; especially an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.
   • (Can we date this quote?) The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, China, and Australasia (volume 28)

     On the day previous to their entry into the place, the men had shown a spirit of insubordination, refusing to proceed until some promise was given that they should get their extra battas.

References

batta in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• at bat, at-bat

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: battas, battât

Verb

batta

1. third-person singular past historic of batter

Hausa

Noun

batt?? f (plural batt?c?, possessed form battàr?)

1. leather pouch (e.g., for tobacco)
2. small metal container (e.g., of tiger balm)

Italian

Verb

batta

1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of battere
2. third-person singular imperative of battere

Japanese

Romanization

batta

1. R?maji transcription of ???
2. R?maji transcription of ???

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bat.ta/
• Homophones: bg?adtha, bg?attha (some speakers)

Etymology 1

From Arabic ???????? (ba??a?a, “to make or become slow”).

Verb

batta (imperfect jbatti)

1. (intransitive) to abate, subside

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Sicilian battiri and/or Italian battere, both from Latin battuere.

Verb

batta (imperfect jbatti)

1. (transitive) to knock, beat

   Synonym: ?abbat

Conjugation

Derived terms

• tbatta