different between tata vs taka

English

Etymology 1

Probably hypocoristic, circa 1823.

Interjection

tata

1. Alternative form of ta ta

Etymology 2

From French tette, of Germanic origin, and/or Old English titt. Confer Dutch tiet and German Zitze.

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Noun

tata (plural tatas)

1. (slang) 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): /t?t?/

Noun

tata

1. pig

References

• Andy Minch. Amanab grammar essentials. 1992.

Bikol Central

Noun

tatá

1. door; gate

Cebuano

Pronunciation 1

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /t?at?a/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta?ta

Etymology 1

Compare tatay.

Noun

tata

1. a familiar address to one's father

Pronunciation 2

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /?t?a?t?a/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta?ta

Etymology 2

Reduplication of ta, from initial clipping of bata.

Noun

tata

1. (childish) a familiar address to a child

Pronunciation 3

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /?t?a??t?a?/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta?ta

Etymology 3

Compare tastas

Verb

tata

1. to wear out

Central Tarahumara

Noun

tata

1. father

Chavacano

Noun

tata

1. father

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ta.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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ta/

Noun

tata f (plural tatas)

1. (childish) auntie

Noun

tata m (plural tatas)

1. (chiefly Canada, vulgar) imbecile, idiot, bastard, wanker, dickhead

Further reading

• “tata” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Guaraní

Noun

tata

1. fire

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?t?]
• Hyphenation: ta?ta
• Rhymes: -t?

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

Further reading

• tata in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tata, from Pali tath? (“in this way”), from Sanskrit ??? (tath?, “in that manner”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tata (first-person possessive tataku, second-person possessive tatamu, third-person possessive tatanya)

1. order
2. arrangement
3. system

Derived terms

Compounds

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

tata f (plural tate)

1. governess (or any young woman looking after children)
2. big sister

Anagrams

• atta

Latin

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, mimicking baby talk. Compare the similar atta, and also Cornish tat, tas, Breton tad, Ancient Greek ???? (tatâ), ????? (tétta), Bulgarian ?????? (tátko), Sanskrit ??? (t?ta).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tata m (genitive tatae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: tatã
  • Romanian: tat?
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Dalmatian: tuota, teta
  • Italian: tata
    • ? Cimbrian: tatta
    • ? Mòcheno: tata
  • Neapolitan: tata
• West Iberian
  • Portuguese: tatá
  • 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, 1883–1887)

Lingala

Noun

tata 1 (plural batata 2)

1. father
2. man

Marshallese

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

tata

1. superlative particle; most

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tata/

Etymology 1

From Tamil ?????? (t?tt?)

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

Mòcheno

Etymology

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

Noun

tata m

1. father

References

• “tata” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [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

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish tata.

Noun

tata

1. father

Phuthi

Verb

-tata

1. to hurry

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta.ta/

Noun

tata m pers

1. (informal) dad

Declension

Synonyms

• tato
• ojciec

Further reading

• tata in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• tata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Quechua

Noun

tata

1. mister
2. father

Derived terms

• jatun tata

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *tata.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

t?ta m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. dad, daddy

Declension

Synonyms

• ?a?a

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

tata (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. genitive/accusative singular of tat

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian tata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tâ?t?/

Noun

tata m

1. dad, father

Declension

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): /?tata/, [?t?a.t?a]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tata. Compare taita.

Noun

tata m (plural tatas)

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

   Synonyms: niñera, criada

3. (colloquial) big sister
4. (colloquial, Chile) grandfather, a term used by children for their grandfather

   Synonym: abuelo

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From teta.

Noun

tata f (plural tatas)

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

Further reading

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

Swahili

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

-tata (infinitive kutata)

1. to tangle

Conjugation

Related terms

• matata
• tatua

Tagalog

Noun

tata

1. conversational term used for one's father

Noun

tatà, tatâ

1. sign made by a sharp blade

Synonyms

• gatgat
• gatla
• tiab

Thao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *?sa.

Numeral

tata

1. one

Synonyms

• taha

Yogad

Numeral

tatá

1. one

English

Etymology

From Bengali ???? (?aka), from Sanskrit ???? (?a?ka).

Noun

taka (plural takas)

1. The official currency of Bangladesh, equal to 100 paisas. Symbol: ?

Translations

Anagrams

• kata

Bikol Central

Pronoun

taká

1. Second-person form, used when speaking directly to the receiver of a verb, combining the first- and second-person. Replacement for ko ika (I or my and you).

   Padangat ko siya, padangat ko sinda, padangat ko kita gabos—asin ika, padangat taka.

   I love him, I love them, I love all of us—and you, I love you.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *t?kan? (“to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh?g-, *dh?g- (“to touch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??a??ka/
• Rhymes: -?a??ka

Verb

taka (third person singular past indicative tók, third person plural past indicative tóku, supine tikið)

1. to take

Conjugation

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *taka, from Proto-Uralic *taka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?k?/, [?t??k?]
• Rhymes: -?k?
• Syllabification: ta?ka

Noun

taka

1. (rare, poetic) the backside.
2. In the expression omasta takaa the word refers to self-support.

   Meillä on lakanat omasta takaa. = We have our own bedsheets.

   Hyvä, että meillä on juomavettä omasta takaa! = Good that we have our own supply of drinking water!

Declension

The cases of taka- serve in modern Finnish only as postpositions and adverbs.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Kata, akat, kata

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese atacado.

Noun

taka

1. fat

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?a?ka/
• Rhymes: -a?ka

Etymology 1

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *t?kan?, from Proto-Indo-European *deh?g-, *dh?g- (“to touch”).

Verb

taka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative tók, third-person plural past indicative tóku, supine tekið)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to take (an object)
   • Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic)

     Slái þig einhver á kinnina, skaltu og bjóða hina, og taki einhver yfirhöfn þína, skaltu ekki varna honum að taka kyrtilinn líka.

     If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic.

   Ég ætla að taka bílinn.

   I'm going to take the car.

   Hún var að fara að taka veskið þitt!

   She was about to take your purse!

2. (transitive, with accusative) to seize, to capture
3. (transitive, with accusative) to take (time, measure)

   Viltu að ég taki tímann?

   Do you want me to take the time?

4. (transitive, with accusative) to get, to obtain
5. (transitive, with accusative) to take (undergo), e.g. an exam
6. (transitive, with accusative or dative) to accept, to take
7. (transitive, with accusative) to hold, to contain, to take

   Völlurinn tekur tíu þúsund áhorfenda.

   The stadium holds ten thousand spectators.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• tak

Etymology 2

From the verb taka.

Noun

taka f (genitive singular töku, nominative plural tökur)

1. taking, capture
2. (law) the capture and claiming of ownership of previously unowned property
3. (film, usually in the plural) video capture, filming
4. (film) take (attempt to record a scene)

Declension

Etymology 3

Inflected form of tak (“grip, grasp”).

Noun

taka n

1. indefinite genitive plural of tak

Japanese

Romanization

taka

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

Latvian

Noun

taka f (4th declension)

1. path
2. pathway
3. footpath
4. track
5. trail

Declension

Manchu

Romanization

taka

1. Romanization of ????

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• takene

Noun

taka n

1. definite plural of tak

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??k?/

Noun

taka n

1. definite plural of tak

Etymology 2

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *t?kan? (“to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh?g-, *dh?g- (“to touch”). Akin to English take.

Alternative forms

• ta (“short form”)
• take (“e infinitive”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²t??k?/

Verb

taka (present tense tek, past tense tok, past participle teke, passive infinitive takast, present participle takande, imperative tak)

1. to take (to grab with the hands)
2. to catch (to capture)

Derived terms

• overtaka

References

• “taka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *t?kan? (“to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh?g-, *dh?g- (“to touch”).

Verb

taka (singular past indicative tók, plural past indicative tóku, past participle tekit)

1. to take

Conjugation

Descendants

• Icelandic: taka
• Faroese: taka
• Norn: taka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ta

  Nynorsk: taka, take

• Old Swedish: taka, tagha
  • Swedish: ta, taga
• Old Danish: taka, taghæ
  • Danish: tage
• Jamtish: ta
• Elfdalian: tågå
• Scanian: tâga
• Westrobothnian: taga, tåga, taa, tåå, ta, tå
• ? Old English: tacan
  • Middle English: taken
    • English: take
    • Northumbrian: tak, tyek
    • Scots: tak, ta

Noun

taka f (genitive t?ku)

1. taking, capture (of a fortress; prisoner)
2. taking, seizing (of property)
3. revenue

Declension

References

• taka in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• taka in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
• J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on taka.

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• tagha

Etymology

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *t?kan?.

Verb

taka

1. to touch, reach
2. to grasp, seize
3. to take, bring
4. to demand
5. to remove
6. to beset, attack
7. to encounter, meet

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: ta, taga

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta.ka/

Pronoun

taka

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of taki

Portuguese

Noun

taka m (plural takas)

1. taka (currency of Bangladesh)

Quechua

Noun

taka

1. punch, blow, collision
2. fist

Declension

See also

• takay

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

taka (n class, plural taka)

1. dirt

Verb

-taka (infinitive kutaka)

1. to want
2. be about to (followed by an imperative or bare verb stem)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -takia
  • Causative: -takisha
  • Passive: -takwa
  • Reciprocal: -takana
  • Stative: -takika

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Japanese ? (take).

Noun

taka

1. bamboo sticks placed at angles over rice sprouts

Etymology 2

Noun

takà

1. impression; imprint; stamped impression; rubber stamp

Etymology 3

Adjective

taká

1. surprised

Noun

taká

1. surprise

Related terms