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English

Etymology

From Japanese ??? (yatta).

Popularized by the character Hiro Nakamura on the American television series Heroes.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t?
• (US) IPA^(key): /j??t?/

Interjection

yatta

1. (chiefly among fans of Japanese comics and Japanese animation) I did it!
   • 2008 1 July, Antonio Ospite, "ext3grep: success story. Thanks!", ext3grep, Google Groups:

     Yatta! File restored!

   • 2009, Giz, Menage a 3: I <3 Magical Zii,

     Yatta! I’ll go get my script, and be right back!

   • 2011, Ned Greenwood, Hachiman Taro: Firstborn of the God of War, Tate Publishing (2011), ?ISBN, page 233:

     Finally, they found number 16 with the name Ragnvold printed below. "Yatta, we did it," exclaimed Tule.

See also

• eureka

Japanese

Romanization

yatta

1. R?maji transcription of ???

English

Etymology

Hindi

Noun

tatta (plural tattas)

1. (India) A bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is allowed to trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters.

Cimbrian

Etymology

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

Noun

tatta m

1. (Luserna) father

   Synonym: vatar

References

• “tatta” 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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo Ptata.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tatta m (plural tatta's, diminutive tattaatje n)

1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) An autochthonous Dutch person.

Related terms

• patat

Swedish

Etymology

From tattare (“Traveller, Gypsy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tat?a/

Verb

tatta (present tattar, preterite tattade, supine tattat, imperative tatta)

1. (slang, offensive) to steal, gyp

Conjugation