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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

English

Alternative forms

• batá, bàtá

Etymology

From Yoruba bàtá.

Noun

bata (plural bata)

1. A ceremonial double-headed drum played in triplet in the religion of santería, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, originally from the Yoruba of Nigeria.
   • 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “The Coast”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.

     Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine.

Anagrams

• AABT, ABTA

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??t?/

Noun

batá f 

1. doum fruit

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ta/

Determiner

bata

1. absolutive plural of bat

Pronoun

bata

1. absolutive plural of bat

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba.ta?/

Noun

bata (batà) (Bikol Naga)

1. a lover

   Synonyms: ilusyon, piday

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.?ta?/

Noun

bata (batâ)

1. the quality of having a bad smell
2. bad personal qualities

Derived terms

• mabata

Butuanon

Noun

bata

1. child

Cebuano

Noun

bata

1. a baby
2. a young animal; a juvenile; a young
3. a young person; a girl or a boy
4. one's child; one's son or daughter
5. a sprout

Adjective

bata

1. young

Verb

bata

1. to spend someone's early years in; to spend childhood years in
2. to grow up by or in an area or town

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bata.

Derived terms

• bataon
• batan-on
• kabatan-onan

Anagrams

• abat, abta, atab, baat

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??á.ta/

Noun

báta 5

1. quietness

Crimean Tatar

Noun

bata (Northern dialect)

1. little brother

Usage notes

• Corresponding words in standard Crimean Tatar: kadâ, qarda?.

Declension

Synonyms

• mata, qarda?

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

batà

1. child; baby

Garo

Verb

bata

1. to cross, to pass

Hiligaynon

Noun

báta

1. nightshirt, nightgown

Noun

bátà

1. child, baby, boy, girl
2. son, daughter
3. servant

Noun

batâ

1. uncle

Verb

bátà

1. to give birth

Igbo

Etymology

From ba (“enter”) + -tá (“towards”).

Verb

batá

1. to enter, to come in.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bata]
• Hyphenation: ba?ta

Etymology 1

From Malay bata (“brick”).

Noun

bata (first-person possessive bataku, second-person possessive batamu, third-person possessive batanya)

1. brick:
   1. a hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

      Synonym: batu bata

   2. something shaped like a brick.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq. Probably Tagalog bata.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bata (first-person possessive bataku, second-person possessive batamu, third-person possessive batanya)

1. marriage between siblings and siblings at the same time.

Further reading

• “bata” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English batte (“bat”), from Old French batte (“pestle”), from the verb batre (“to beat”), from Latin battu?, perhaps of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?at???/

Noun

bata m (genitive singular bata, nominative plural bataí)

1. stick
2. baton
3. (of wind) gust
4. (of drink) measure

Declension

Derived terms

• bata cogaidh (“knapweed”)
• bata druma (“drumstick”)

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “bata”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• "bata" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “bata” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bata” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Jamamadí

Etymology 1

Adjective

bata

1. (Banawá) rotten

Etymology 2

Verb

bata

1. (Banawá) to pick

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese bata.

Noun

bata

1. uniform
2. apron

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, ?ISBN

Maltese

Etymology

From Sicilian patiri, from Vulgar Latin *pat?re, from Latin pat?. An early borrowing, as attested by the initial b-; compare bi??a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?.ta/
• Homophones: bag?ta, bag?atha (except archaically)

Verb

bata (imperfect jbati, verbal noun tbatija)

1. to suffer

Conjugation

Maranao

Noun

bata

1. concrete, cement

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English father, from Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fad?r, from Proto-Indo-European *ph?t?r.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [p???d??], (enunciated) [p?? t??]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /p?æ?t?æ?/
• Bender phonemes: {bahtah}

Noun

bata

1. a priest

Verb

bata

1. to be a priest

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba.ta/

Noun

bata m

1. genitive singular of bat

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba.t?/
• Hyphenation: ba?ta

Noun

bata f (plural batas)

1. white coat

   Synonym: jaleco

Verb

bata

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of bater
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of bater
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of bater
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of bater

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English batte, from Old French batte. Akin to Irish bata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa?t?/

Noun

bata m (plural bataichean)

1. a staff, a walking stick

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bata

1. genitive singular of bat

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jípata.

Verb

-bátá (infinitive kubátá)

1. hold, grasp
2. touch

Sotho

Verb

bata

1. to be cold

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bata/, [?ba.t?a]
• Hyphenation: ba?ta

Etymology 1

From French ouate.

Noun

bata f (plural batas)

1. dressing gown, robe
2. lab coat
3. smock

Related terms

• batín
• guata

Etymology 2

From Tagalog bata (or from the same word in other Philippine languages, such as Cebuano bata, Hiligaynon bata, etc).

Noun

bata m (plural batas)

1. (Philippines) child

Etymology 3

See batir.

Verb

bata

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of batir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of batir.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of batir.

Further reading

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

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (ba??), ??????? (ba??a).

Pronunciation

Noun

bata (ma class, plural mabata)

1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

Derived terms

• bata mzinga (“turkey”)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

• From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba.ta?/

Noun

bata

1. baby; child (prepubescent human)
2. youngster
3. protege
4. sweetheart

Adjective

bata

1. young
2. junior
3. childish; childlike

See also

• batang babae
• batang lalaki
• kabata
• kababata
• isip-bata
• bata-pa
• pambata

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba.ta/

Noun

bata

1. robe; dressing gown

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??ta/

Verb

bata

1. to persevere; to endure, to bear
2. to grow young again; to be rejuvenated

See also

• magbata
• mabata
• batahin / bathin
• ipabata
• bumata

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

English butter

Noun

bata

1. butter

Etymology 2

Unclear; probably from English betel

Noun

bata

1. betel

Synonyms

• daka

See also

• buai

Yogad

Adjective

batá

1. wet

Yoruba

Noun

bàtà

1. shoe

Noun

bàtá

1. batá drum, a kind of drum sacred to the orisha ?àngó

Descendants

• ? English: bata
• ? Portuguese: batá
• ? Spanish: batá