different between lata vs latah

English

Noun

lata (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of latah

Anagrams

• Alt-A, Alta, Alta., alta, tala

Bikol Central

Noun

lata

1. tin (metal)

Noun

latà

1. bruise

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish lata (“can”).

Adjective

lata

1. rotten
2. very soft (due to rot, ripeness or cooking)

Noun

lata

1. can, tin

Adjective

lata

1. Made of tin, tinnen

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?a?ta/
• Rhymes: -?a?ta

Verb

lata (third person singular past indicative læt, third person plural past indicative lótu, supine latið)

1. to let, to allow
2. to give, to pay

3. to shut

4. to open

Conjugation

Finnish

Noun

lata

1. field drag

   Synonym: lana

Declension

Anagrams

• -ltaa, alat, alta

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lata?/

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin latta (“lath”), from Proto-Celtic *slatt? (“stalk, staff”) or from Proto-Germanic *latt? (“board, plank”), both sharing a common, probably non Indo-European, origin.

Noun

lata f (plural latas)

1. slat, lath, board

   Synonyms: ripa, listón

   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 172:

     sete mantas brancas de cama e tres mesas de mantées e dous de lata e outros alesmaniscos e un par de toallas

     seven white blankets for the bed, three tables of tablecloth (?), two [made] of boards and another two German ones, and a pair of towels

2. beam

   Synonyms: varal, viga

   • 1339. Graña Cid, M. Mar (ed.) Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500), page 127:

     que a deuedes dar chantada de vina et ben fercada et [. . ] con forcas et linoos ao pelongo et latas ao traues

     you should plant vines and have it correctly kept [...] with gallows and strings all along, and beams crosswise

3. beam or pole of the plough

   Synonym: temón

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French latte or from Italian latta.

Noun

lata f (plural latas)

1. tin
2. a container made of tin; tin can

Derived terms

• latón (“tin”)

References

• “lata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “lata” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lata” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gothic

Romanization

lata

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lata]
• Hyphenation: la?ta

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit ??? (lat?, “creeper”).

Verb

lata

1. to creep,
   1. to move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
   2. of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.

   Synonym: melata

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit ?? (la?a, “fault, defect, thief”).

Adjective

lata (plural lata-lata)

1. bad, dirty, despicable

   Synonyms: buruk, kotor, hina

Etymology 3

From Latin l?ta of l?tus (“wide”).

Noun

lata (first-person possessive lataku, second-person possessive latamu, third-person possessive latanya)

1. (shipping) range of tide.

Further reading

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

Irish

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin latta (“lath”).

Noun

lata m (genitive singular lata, nominative plural lataí)

1. (construction) lath
2. (furniture, construction, agriculture) slat
3. louver(-board) (single slat in panel)
4. barrel hoop

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• lúvar (“louver”)

Further reading

• "lata" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “lata” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “lata” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la.ta/

Adjective

lata

1. feminine singular of lato

Latin

Adjective

• l?ta: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?la?.ta/, [???ä?t?ä]
• l?ta: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?la.ta/, [?l??t??]
• l?t?: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?la?.ta?/, [???ä?t?ä?]
• l?t?: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?la.ta/, [?l??t??]

Adjective 1

l?ta

1. nominative/vocative feminine singular of l?tus
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of l?tus

Adjective 2

l?t?

1. ablative feminine singular of l?tus

Latvian

Noun

lata m

1. genitive singular form of lats

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lata (present tense lèt, past tense lét, past participle late, passive infinitive latast, present participle latande, imperative lat)

1. Alternative form of late

Verb

lata (present tense lèt, past tense lét, past participle late, passive infinitive latast, present participle latande, imperative lat)

1. Alternative form of la

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *l?tan?.

Verb

l?ta

1. to release, let go
2. to put, place
3. to leave
4. to hand over

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: låta

Oroqen

Noun

lata

1. post, pole, stake

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la.ta/

Noun

lata n pl

1. plural of rok; years

Declension

Noun

lata n

1. inflection of lato:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

lata

1. third-person singular present of lata?

Further reading

• lata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?lat?/
• Hyphenation: la?ta

Etymology 1

From Italian latta, from Old High German latta (“lath”), from Proto-Germanic *laþþ?.

Noun

lata f (plural latas)

1. can, tin (UK, Australia)
2. tin, tin-plate (material)
3. (colloquial) cheek, nerve

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lata.

Etymology 2

Verb

lata

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of latir

   É importante que eu lata.

   It’s important that I bark.

2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of latir

   É importante que ele lata.

   It’s important that he barks.

3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of latir

   Você aí, lata sozinho.

   You there, bark by yourself.

4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of latir

   Você aí, não lata sozinho.

   You there, don’t bark by yourself.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:latir.

Etymology 3

Adjective

lata

1. feminine singular of lato

Quechua

Noun

lata

1. metal

Declension

Derived terms

• lata pisqu
• lata wuru

Sambali

Noun

latà

1. thirst

Noun

lata

1. can; tin

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dànda.

Verb

lata

1. to fetch

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Likely from Vulgar Latin *latta, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *latt?, but uncertain. Compare French latte, English lath.

Noun

lata f (plural latas)

1. can, tin, tin can, canister (vessel)
2. tin, tin-plate (material)
3. plate, sheet of metal

   Synonym: hojalata

4. (colloquial) annoyance, nuisance, drag (that which annoys)

   Synonym: disgusto

5. (colloquial) pity

   Synonym: lástima

6. (Argentina, Uruguay, colloquial) chat

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Tetelcingo Nahuatl: löta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

lata

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

Further reading

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

Swedish

Adjective

lata

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of lat.

Verb

lata (present latar, preterite latade, supine latat, imperative lata)

1. (reflexive) to be lazy

Conjugation

Related terms

Anagrams

• tala

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lata.

Noun

lata

1. can

Derived terms

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English ladder.

Noun

lata

1. ladder; step stairs

English

Alternative forms

• lata

Etymology

From Malay latah.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??t?/

Noun

latah (countable and uncountable, plural latahs)

1. (pathology) A condition found in Malaysia and nearby areas characterised by extreme suggestibility; also, a person suffering from this malady.
   • 1959, William Burroughs, Naked Lunch:

     Latah is a condition occurring in Southeast Asia. Otherwise sane, Latahs compulsively imitate every motion once their attention is attracted by snapping the fingers or calling sharply.

   • 1989, Anthony Burgess, The Devil's Mode:

     It seemed to Sir Edwin that this patient, a young man who had never set foot outside England, was suffering from an ailment known as latah – common enough in the Malay archipelago but hitherto unknown, so far as the clinical records – admittedly not very reliable – could advise, in the temperate clime of northern Europe.

   • 2003, Wen-Shing Tseng, Clinician's Guide to Cultural Psychiatry, p. 116:

     Actually, there is a debate among scholars as to whether the latah condition should be regarded as a culture-related "mental disorder" or merely as an "unusual behavior response" found in some cultures.

Anagrams

• Thala

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay latah, from Sanskrit ??? (lat?, “streak, childish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lat?ah]
• Hyphenation: la?tah

Adjective

latah

1. (psychiatry, psychology) latah: a condition found in Malaysia and nearby areas characterised by extreme suggestibility.
2. acting like a crazy person.
3. behaves in a stereotypically other nation manner as imitation in attitude, deed, or habit.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lat?ah]
• Hyphenation: la?tah

Noun

latah (first-person possessive latahku, second-person possessive latahmu, third-person possessive latahnya)

1. (archaic) trash under the tree.

Further reading

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

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /latah/
• Rhymes: -atah, -tah, -ah

Noun

latah (Jawi spelling ?????, informal 1st possessive latahku, impolite 2nd possessive latahmu, 3rd possessive latahnya)

1. (pathology) latah (A condition found in Malaysia and nearby areas characterised by extreme suggestibility)

Descendants

• ? English: latah
• Indonesian: latah

Further reading

• “latah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.